FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - 5 Hour layover in Beijing anything outside the airport doable???
Old May 25, 2010 | 12:47 pm
  #29  
drewguy
1M
40 Countries Visited
15 Years on Site
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Programs: UA Plat & 1MM, AA, DL
Posts: 8,660
Originally Posted by Mabuk dan gila
So what's it like in the evening? Everything is closed but I can still wander about the plaza which will be lively and bustling????
Sunset in July is pretty late (~8p). There's a flag-lowering ceremony on TS (across from the FC gate). Probably too late to stay around for (it takes about 15 minutes). Soldiers walk out from FC, across Chang'An Blvd, march around the flag, lower it, fold it, and walk back. Traffic is completely stopped during this time. Kind of neat, although you can probably see it on YouTube.

Anyway, long story short, there's a fair amount of activity until that ends, and even after that.
drewguy is offline