18.11.2008 von Ines.

Anna, Katy, Ollie, Nick and Jack are traveling overland all the way from Australia to the UN climate change talks in Poznan (Poland) in December. They are members of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition and  had set up a dinner to meet with people who are participating in activities to minimize the global warming. There were people from the China Youth Climate Action Network, China Dialogue, another organization as well as the China Foreign Affairs University.

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17.11.2008 von Ines.

Wow the weather continues to be great! It was good to have Ollie (a fixed gear guy from Australia) here for visit who I cycled with through the city on fixed gear in this beautiful weather. We rode a full sightseeing tour from the CBD with the World Trade Tower 3 (highest building of Beijing) and the CCTV Headquarter (double-Z building) then down Changan Boulevard to the Tiananmen Square then around the Forbidden City to Beihai Park (with the white Buddha Temple) then up to the Drum and Bell Tower then around the Houhai and Xihai Lakes then through small Hutongs to Beilouguyiang and Nanlouguxiang. It was nice weather to sit outside for lunch, but it did get chilly for the hands during the later afternoon.

Ollie and his 4 friends are actually traveling all the way from Australia by land and sea to get to the UN climate change talks in Poznan (Poland) in December. They are members of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition. You can read about their unique journey on facebook. We had a great vegetarian dinner and then all went for some juggling and acro balance.

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10.10.2008 von Ines.

Today early morning was the opening of the 8th Book Fair in Ditan Park. They had many booths - for example from the Beijing Association of Science and Technology (BAST) as well as an exhibition of almost real size pictures of the Chinese Olympic athletes. The Beijing Youth Daily newspaper had a small bike race course with obstacles like rocks and wood. That was fun.

The Beijing Youth Daily and the Chinese Cycling Association are promoting cycling as an alternative transportation method. So I was asked to perform tricks on my trick bike as a “green” environmentally friendly sign.

And here are two cycling friends Tian He (from the Beijing Youth Daily newspaper) and Lao Zhao

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