Beijing - Blogabond

We spent a beautiful overnight in Beijing which has changed so much in the past few years with beautiful new buileings everywhere. Some of them are architecturally very unsual.

dragon head building

On the two hour drive from Tianjin to Beijing we saw an incredible amount of construction going on with Tower cranes everywhere. The highways are new and large with many more under construction in preparation for future traffic. China is adding automobiles at the rate of 16 million a year. To obtain a new car you have to be on a waiting list since there is so much demand. Of course there are no used cars.

Our hotel was located in the new part of Beijing surrounded by new buildings. It was a magnificent hotel.