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Beijing: Beijing's Tourism Woes Get the Deals Rolling

JetSetCD — 2009-02-26T13:41:12-05:00

Have our Hong Kong tales been driving you to hunger for dim sum and pork floss pastries while your (lack of) hefty paycheck has been keeping you down? Well, we may have found a happy medium in a "China Spree" deal if you're ok with visiting Beijing and devouring peking duck.

If you can fly out of San Francisco next winter on selected dates and book the trip by March 31, then a week in Beijing inclusive of hotel, breakfast, airfare and transfers is only $588. We're sure we don't have to stress how awesome this price is, but really, why so cheap? With a combination of advance booking, winter travel (Beijing gets cold like Chicago), and general stress over tourism levels in the city post-Olympics, deals with low prices like this should be popping up here and there throughout the year.

Adding to the discount is that this is a package without the structure and added expense of a tour group. Daytrips to the Great Wall or visits to temples and palaces can be arranged as you like and as your budget allows. We'd be tempted to take it if we hadn't just stepped off of a 15-hour flight from China.

All the details on the package can be found here. Be sure to let us know if you do jump on the deal or find any other budget Asia excursions we've been missing.

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· Beijing Free-Style Travel Deal [China Spree]
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Beijing: Panda, Man, Bite Each Other, Remain Friends

amandak — 2006-09-26T10:45:02-05:00

Take one Chinese guy, four jugs of beer, a zoo animal (say, for the sake of local custom, a big panda), and a desire for affection. What do you get? A panda who bites a man and a man who bites the panda back.

Sounds like a weird story. We previewed it last week and can't help ourselves: We have to delve deeper. In the Beijing Zoo an otherwise normal man named Zhang Xinyan decided giving 7-year-old panda Gu Gu a cuddle was a high priority. Entrance to the panda section incurs an extra fee compared to the rest of the zoo, so clearly not just any animal would do for this moment of affection. Zoo officials eventually used a hose to release the two cuddling biters from each other's jaws and reports say that both human and panda have made a good recovery.

Man Bites Panda [Reuters]

Ulaanbaatar: Amazing Race 10: "Today is our Stupid Day"

pbb — 2006-09-25T08:47:23-05:00

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Chasing Racers is back, with a brand new Amazing Race 10 mashup. This map will update the morning after every new episode. Send along tips, rumors, gossip, locations and spoilers to our map editors, become a member and comment on the stories below, and add to the Jaunted-Flickr photo pool to get in on the fray. Enjoy.

So where did we leave off? Oh, yes: the teams are tearing through China, screaming at natives almost as much as they're screaming at each other. Sarah--well, her artificial leg--was leaking hydraulic fluid. Apparently, "it's like riding with a flat tire." Duke connected a bit with his lesbian daughter even though he "can accept gays and lesbians, but when it's your own daughter..." Rob and Kimberly are still trying to figure out if they're meant to be, and earning our preliminary CuJo award for the team most likely to have a scandalous meltdown.

Seattle: Amazing Race 10: "Do Muslims Believe in Buddha?"

pbb — 2006-09-18T09:15:15-05:00

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The Amazing Race 10 got off to a rip-roaring start last night. A woman with an artificial leg, a climb up the Great Wall, a bunch of hot blondes and two Korean body builders skipped over the Pacific, on the usual quest to win $1 million. So what's new? In-race eliminations and what looks to be a small, yet failed attempt to join the ranks of the "Survivor Ethnic Diversity Edition". The run-down, after the jump.