on safari

Arrived in Beijing yesterday. I feel constantly cold, but the weather applet says it’s 22 degrees (Celsius), so I guess that’s quite warm for spring. Yes, it’s spring time. Kind of strange coming to a four season place after Bangkok. Spring is supposed to be the nicest time in Beijing. Though to me, Beijing mainly seems really dusty. I think it’s a combination of pollution and dust from some nearby desert as well as the omnipresent construction sites. I live a bit further off the center, but conveniently close to where I will be working from next week. It’s a quite a large Chinese (meaning non-expat) apartment complex where I share a flat with a Chinese girl. It’s a typical Chinese furnished two bedroom apartment with a living room, kitchen, and bathroom. Nothing fancy, but really good value compared to what you get in Bangkok for the same price. My flatmate is real fun and she speaks perfect English. The apartment faces a large busy road (Chaoyang Bei Lu) and is quite noisy, but I don’t really mind. I am quite sure I’ll get used to that in a few days.

See the full flickr photoset here.

This entry was posted on Monday, April 28th, 2008 at 12:03 pm and is filed under beijing, china, life.