This is part 17 of a series on my trip to Austria, Germany and China.
- Austria, Germany, China 2014: Part 1 – How I am going to Timewarp in Germany AND Beijing in Business Class for $184
- Austria, Germany, China 2014: Part 2- 12 Amazing Places I want to see on my trip to China. The last one is terrifying!
- Austria, Germany, China 2014: Part 3 – How I got paid to take a free trip.
- Austria, Germany, China 2014: Part 4 – 9 Hours in Vienna
- Austria, Germany, China 2014: Part 5 – Frankfurt, Robert-Johnson, and Timewarp
- Austria, Germany, China 2014: Part 6 – The Flagship Austrian Airlines Business Class Lounge
- Austria, Germany, China 2014: Part 7 – Vienna to Beijing Business Class on an Austrian Airlines Boeing 767-300
- Austria, Germany, China 2014: Part 8 – Beijing, Tian’anmen Square, The Forbidden City
- Austria, Germany, China 2014: Part 9 – The Great Wall of China at Jinshanling
- Austria, Germany, China 2014: Part 10 – How my Discover Card saved my life in China
- Austria, Germany, and China 2014: Part 11 – Bullet Trains and Zhengzhou
- Austria, Germany, and China 2014: Part 12 – Xi’an and the Terracotta Warriors
- Austria, Germany and China 2014: Part 13 – Zhangjiajie, Monkeys and Avatar
- Austria, Germany and China 2014: Part 14 – Changsha, Wuhan, and Hefei
- Austria, Germany and China 2014: Part 15 – Intercontinental Hangzhou: Is this the coolest hotel I have stayed at?
- Austria, Germany, and China 2014: Part 16 – Shanghai: The Pearl of the Orient
- Austria, Germany, and China 2014: Park 17 – Beijing Trip Report: Temple of Heaven and Olympic Park
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I only had one night and day left in Beijing but I still had several important sites to see. I stayed again at the Crowne Plaza Zhongguancun using 5000 points a night via the Pointsbreak special I talked about in this article. I was upgraded again to a nice corner room due to my status with IHG.
My first stop was the Lama Temple which had a great idea of having your ticket also be a mini CD you could play in your computer!
I then moved on to the famous Temple of Heaven which is known as the symbol of Beijing.
After I left the Temple. I stopped by the famous Pearl Market to get some last minute counterfeit goods and souvenirs.
I almost skipped the Olympic park because of time but I am so glad I didn’t! The whole scene felt so alien. I felt like I was on Mars and it made me wish I had been there during the events.
And my day wouldn’t be complete without someone asking to take a photo with me 🙂
I’ll end the post with this picture that sums on my time in this crazy country.
After all of this running around on my last day, I was certainly glad I was flying on Air China business class for the 15 hour flight from Beijing to Houston. But that is in our next article!
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