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Fitness Listings- May 2003

2004/05/01

BJ Hikers

Cost: Hikes: 150 yuan per adult, 100 yuan per child under 12; 200 yuan per person for bike rides
Tel: 13701003694
Email: bjhikers@yahoo.co.uk

Hike 1: White Dragon Pool (May 2)
Degrees of difficulty: 3+
Pick up: 8:30am at the Lido,outside  Starbucks
Come back: 5-5:30pm
Where: Miyun County
Travel time: 1 hour and 35 minutes from Lido
Walking time: 4 hours

Hike 2: Huanghuacheng Great Wall (May 9)
Degree of Difficulty: 3
Pick up: 8:30am at the Lido, outside Starbucks
Come back: 4:30-5pm
Where: Changping District
Travel time: 1 hours 30 minutes
Walking time: 4 hours
Cost: 150 yuan

Hike 3: Fifteen towers over night (May 15-16)
Degree of Difficulty: 3+, 4+
Pick up: 9am at the Lido, outside Starbucks, May 15
Come back: 4:30-5pm, May 16
Where: Huairou District
Travel time: 1 hours 40 minutes
Walking time: May 15: 4 hours
May 16: 4.5 or 6-7hours
Cost: 500 yuan per person

Hike 4: High Rise (May 23)
Degree of Difficulty: 3+
Pick up: 8:30am at the Lido, outside  Starbucks
Come back: 4:30pm
Cost: 150 yuan
Where: Changping District
Driving time: 1 hours and 30 minutes
Walking time: 3 and half hours

Hike 5: Wood packer trail and the pagoda on rock (May 30)
Degree of difficulty: 3+
Pick up: 8:30am at the Lido, outside Starbucks
Come back: 5:00-5:30pm
Cost: 150 yuan
Where:  Mentougou District
Driving time: 1.5 hours
Walking time: 4 hours



High Club

Tel: 6553-2228, 1301 117 1326
Email: lucy@highclub.cn, lucy.yan.zhang@163.com
www.highclub.cn

Horseback riding (Every Sunday & May 5 & May 6)
Driving time: 1.5 hours
Horseback riding time: 2 hours
Pick up: Meet at 8:30am Big Easy (south gate of Chaoyang Park)
Come back: return by 4:30pm.
Cost: RMB 270/per, include 2 hours' riding, transportation, toll fee, English tour guide, lunch, insurance (if request). Not include: instructor (40 yuan/per hour).

Driving 1: Yan Capital City Relics in Zhou Dynasty (May 15 -16)
Gathering: 7:30am Big Easy (south gate of Chaoyang Park)
Sign up: Before May 10
There has been human habitation in the Beijing area for 500,000 years from the Paleolithic Period when Peking man started living in the area. As a result there are a lot of valuable relics in and around Beijing. We will spend 2 days visiting some of these relics - Yan Capital City Relics, Peking Man site, tomb of King Liujian, Haotian Tower of Liao Dynasty, Yunju Temple, etc.

Driving 2: Shangzhai Cultural Trip (May 29 - 30)
Gathering: 7:30am Big Easy (south gate of Chaoyang Park)
Sign up: Before May 24.
The emergence of Shangzhai Culture marks the time when people living in the Beijing area moved on from living in caves and a simple hunter / gatherer lifestyle to enter Agriculture Society. We will spend two days visiting the historical relics of Shangzhai Culture and Huangyaguan Great Wall.

Hike 1: Northern "Yellow Mountain" (May 1)
Driving time: 2 hours
Hiking time: 3-4 hours
Local family's visiting: 0.5 hours
Pick up: 8:30am Big Easy (south gate of Chaoyang Park)
Come back: 5:30pm.
Cost: 150 yuan per adult, 100 yuan for children under 12.

Hike2: Peach Fairyland (May 3-4)
Driving time: 2 hours
Hiking time: D1: 3 - 4 hours; D2: 3 - 4 hours
Pick up: 8:30am Big Easy (south gate of Chaoyang Park)
Come back: by 5:30pm.
Cost: 360 yuan

Hike3: Pretty Falls (May 15)
Driving time: 2 hours
Hiking time: 3-4 hours
Local family's visiting: 0.5 hours
Pick up: 8:30am Big Easy (south gate of Chaoyang Park)
Come back: 5:30pm.
Cost: 150 yuan per adult, 100 yuan for children under 12.

Hike4: Five Tower (May 22)
Driving time: 1.5 hours
Hiking time: 3-4 hours
Local family's visiting: 0.5 hours
Pick up: Meet at 8:30am Big Easy (south gate of Chaoyang Park)
Come back: return by 5:30pm.
Cost: 150 yuan per adult, 100 yuan for children under 12.

Hike5: West Mountain (May 29)
Driving time: 2 hours
Hiking time: 3-4 hours
Local family's visiting: 0.5 hours
Pick up: 8:30am Big Easy (south gate of Chaoyang Park)
Come back: 5:30pm.
Cost: 150 yuan per adult, 100 yuan for children under 12.



Beijing Ladies Golf Club

Tel: 1390 137 4014
Email: annakjanssen@hotmail.com

If you are interested in teeing off with other lady golf enthusiasts, join the Beijing Ladies Golf Club. Players of all levels are welcome. 2004 season begins in March.



CnAdventure

Tel: 6567-4939, 6805-9518
Email: assistant@cnadventure.com
Website: www.cnadventure.com.

Great Wall Trekking from Jinshanling to Simatai (Everyday)
Meet at: 8:20am at west gate of Beijing International Hotel
Return: 7pm
Transportation fee: 80 yuan to Simatai, 90 yuan from Jinshanling to Simatai
Ticket: 35 yuan for Simatai, 65 yuan for Jinshanling and Simatai
Sign up at least two days before. CnAdventure reserves the right to decline the activity, if there are less than 6 persons signing up.



ClubFootball

Room 25, The Red House Hotel
10B Chunxiu Lu, Dongzhimenwai
Tel: 6417-0495 ext. 16, 6416-7786 ext. 16
Web site: www.clubfootball.com.cn

70/80s Disco (8:30pm, May 14)
Venue: ClubFootball Centre

FA Cup Final Live (10pm, May 22)
Venue: ClubFootball Centre

UEFA Champions' League Final Live (2:45pm, May 27)
Venue: ClubFootball Centre 



 
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