Comments on: Trip Reports: Eli And Levi Use AA’s OneWorld Award To Travel To The Far East And Hawaii In Style!

By: shimon

shimon — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:25:26 +0000

so how many miles would i need to fly from new york to johannesburg to tel aviv to new york?

By: united 1k

united 1k — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:00:29 +0000

Great report.

By: Eli

Eli — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:33:38 +0000

Ha! Try buying ot on eBay….maybe. Otherwise stay 25 times.

By: Mordy

Mordy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:18:08 +0000

I read how your Starwood Platinum status helped out for your hotel stays. Is there any way to get it without actually staying at hotels?

By: Eli

Eli — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:34:59 +0000

ac, you are 100% correct. I did not read about the history of the place before I went which I should have. But, while saying that, I must also say that Tiananman is just a really huge square, knowing the history or not. There’s nothing to do there besides take pictures and buy water to keep yourself from getting dehydrated. I still recommend people do it, I just think if you are expecting to be there for hours, you should think again.

By: ggcheckpointline53

ggcheckpointline53 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:08:28 +0000

Great job on the trip post.

“Mimenu yiru vechein yasu”

By: dg

dg — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:15:35 +0000

I think he was kidding around…

By: ac

ac — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:01:02 +0000

Eli’s travel diary was really nice I just have a little problem with his ethnocentrism.
“Sunday morning we headed out to Tiananmen Square. Apparantly some people got killed here 20 years ago but if you don’t care very much about that, it’s basically just a HUGE square. We walked around and walked around until we got sick of walking around, and then we walked across the street to The Forbidden City. Again, just a huge area surrounded by a bunch of buildings. Two of us weren’t so interested and were pretty hungry so we took a 30 minute cab to Dini’s, the only Kosher Restaurant in Beijing.”

Perhaps someone should have done some reading in a history book before venturing out into the world? (I’m not registered in the forum which is why I am commenting here.) Calling Tiananmen and the Imperial Palace just a couple of squares is like saying Massada is just a settlement on the top of a steep hill. IF you are going to travel read first make the trip more enjoyable. What a waste of a trip to just go and not appreciate the history and heritage of the country.