Obscenely cheap LH airfare from China to Europe

Only on Wednesday and Thursday, June 17 and 18, you can book special online fares with Lufthansa from China to selected 8 destinations in Europe for as low as CNY2,880*.
*Excluding taxes and surcharges.

Isn't this unfair to the people in Europe who want to travel to China and have to pay double of that price with the same airline?

I am not willing to travel with any other airline, I suffer from fear of flying.
Have you read about my experience with Air China?

On the Street ... in Dashanzi, Beijing

Visiting Dashanzi art district with a broken leg ... photo by Beijing Notebook 2007

Urban Carpets by Instant Hutong

urban carpets - 8 pieces 180x180 cm - embroidery on canvas

This serie of 8 carpets by Instant Hutong are representing different maps of hutong areas in Beijing with a size of approximately one square kilometre and a population of 30000. Each of them has been isolated and presented as autonomous town within the big city. They are embroidered by hand with the same technique of the propaganda slogans on large fabrics used by the communist party during the seventies. The carpets have been filled with white wire wool insertions.



All along year 2009 the urban carpets will be shown to the Hutong dwellers inside the courtyards and on the public lanes in order to share the project with people and bring it back to the city districts it was inspired from.





The people behind Instant Hutong are the Italian artists Marcella Campa and Stefano Avesani. They are focusing on the urban growth of Chinese cities and their transformation since 2003. In June 2005 they won the international Archiprix prize in Glasgow with a project for the Hutongs in Beijing. In October 2005 they moved to China and started working on the Instant Hutong art project and on a parallel research on contemporary Chinese urban habitat. After studying and working in China and Europe, they established their own architectural practice in Beijing.

(photos and text by Instant Hutong and their portfolio on Behance Network)

On the Street....at 798, Beijing

A big scary bag in Dashanzi (photo 2007).

Rock Climbing in Ritan Park

Ritan Park is not only one of the most beautiful parks in the heart of Beijing, it offers also adventure in the middle of the city:

Outdoor Touchstone Rock Climbing!

This is the best place for beginners and advanced climbers to go outdoor rock climbing in Beijing. There is a Touchstone Climbing Club called Dianshi that you might want to join for a little fee.

Open: from about end of January to the mid of November, 10am-9:30pm
Ritan Park, near Northeast gate
phone: 138-0105-2361

More info via related links:
China, Asia, Climbing and Fixed Gear Bikes by Ines Brunn
Rock Climbing.com about Ritan Park
cityweekend on rock climbing in Beijing

Make sure to have good equipment !

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Photo by Ines Brunn