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Old 17 November 2011, 04:25 AM   #31
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awesome..great trip report!
the luxury market is on a tear in China...
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Old 17 November 2011, 05:51 AM   #32
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Great Pics! Thanks for sharing. Did leave with a new watch?
No, prices were to high and discounts were not even possible.
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Old 17 November 2011, 05:53 AM   #33
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Great photos.

And did you try a scorpion-on-a-stick? Good eatin' for sure.
I am adventurous but not that much. I've had 'maguey' (agave type plant) worms, ant larvae ('escamoles') and dried salted crickets ('chapulines') in the past while living in Mexico. All of them are delicious believe it or not!!!!
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Old 17 November 2011, 05:55 AM   #34
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great pics. thanks for sharing.
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Old 17 November 2011, 05:58 AM   #35
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do people speak English? Are street signs in English so a tourist would be able to get around on his or her own?
Very little English spoken around. Even at hotels their English is conversational and if you speak too fast is hard for some people to understand you but at least everyone is trying which makes it great. Chinese people are in general very friendly with tourists and have the biggest smiles on their faces when seeing occidental people.

The vendors in some of the street markets will know the numbers in English and would be able to negotiate but that is about it. Street signage and some other signs are now in Chinese and in our alphabet. Still pretty hard to get around. The hotels give you a card so that cabs know where to take you or how to get back to the hotel in case you get lost.
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Old 17 November 2011, 06:02 AM   #36
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Thanks for the great pics.
Looks like capitalisim has definitely arrived in China.
For instance the cars are in pretty good shape with very recent models. No beaters or clunkers. Most brands are available. The biggest car brands in order of importance based on what I saw are: Hyundai, VW, Audi, Buick, Toyota, BMW and then Mercedes-Benz. I even saw one of the coveted BMWs M3 Carbon (Limited Edition to 111 vehicles only made for the Chinese market MSRP $189,000 USD). Pretty fancy!
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Old 17 November 2011, 06:03 AM   #37
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Sounds like you had a great time, did you manage to find your way to Sunlitun? Nice place to eat/drink and watch the world go by, also a few new high end watch boutiques...
We went around the area on Sunday but since it's the bar street we missed all the action the day before. Next time we're there we'll go for sure.
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Old 17 November 2011, 06:04 AM   #38
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Wonderful pic..glad u enjoy the place and food...is that sweet and sour pork i see in one of the photo...I craving for it
Yes, that's an amazing Sweet and Sour Pork with pineapple and dragon fruit!!! Simply delicious!!!
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Old 17 November 2011, 06:05 AM   #39
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Happy to hear u had a great time, and didn't let some of the lesser educated forum members discourage u from wearing your watch in CHina. China is really wonderful
It's a wonderful place and I could've not felt any safer. No problem wearing the watch everywhere and at any time. The people at some of the boutiques even pointed out 'beautiful watch sir'.
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Old 17 November 2011, 06:09 AM   #40
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Yeah I was there 2 years ago, and the peking duck was to die for. The watches was alright too
Best three places for Peking Duck in order of importance: DaDong, Huang Ting and Quanjude. Avoid 'Made in China' because is nothing but a tourist trap. The setup is nice with the open kitchen stations but other than that the duck was pretty bad.
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Old 17 November 2011, 06:11 AM   #41
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Fantastic pictures H
Especially this one


I'm sure the trip to Beijing was fantastic and thank you for taking us along
Just for you Thomas!!! I knew you would love it!
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Old 17 November 2011, 06:18 AM   #42
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Looks like an amazing time!! Thanks for sharing.

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Old 17 November 2011, 06:31 AM   #43
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Awesome pictures! From my understanding the market for watches in that part of the world is HUGE!
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Old 17 November 2011, 06:40 AM   #44
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Awesome pictures! From my understanding the market for watches in that part of the world is HUGE!
Indeed. There are also some other Swiss brands that I've never seen before commanding higher prices than AP or Patek. One of them is SARCAR here's a pic of one of their watches. This one had a MOP dial with some dragon design and the price converted from RMB Yuan is $254,920.00 USD.
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Old 17 November 2011, 07:05 AM   #45
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Some great photos and a lovely reminder of my trip there a few years ago.

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Old 17 November 2011, 07:11 AM   #46
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Just for you Thomas!!! I knew you would love it!
And i knew you would bring that beautiful ROO on the trip
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Old 17 November 2011, 07:13 AM   #47
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Old 17 November 2011, 08:03 AM   #48
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cool. very nice!
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Old 17 November 2011, 09:27 AM   #49
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Old 17 November 2011, 09:35 AM   #50
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Old 17 November 2011, 10:27 AM   #52
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Old 17 November 2011, 10:37 AM   #53
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Old 18 November 2011, 03:07 AM   #54
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Old 28 November 2011, 03:36 PM   #55
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Thank you for the photographs and your amazing adventure, "Mr Bond".Saludos
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Old 28 November 2011, 06:10 PM   #56
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Excellent pictures and story, looks like you had an awesome trip, thanks for sharing.
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Old 29 November 2011, 02:28 AM   #57
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Old 29 November 2011, 02:32 AM   #58
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great pics.. thank you. looks like it was a fabulous trip!
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