Blog Tag - Burbex

Exploring the Dried-Up Husk of Floating Dragon Amusement Park
Oriented around Floating Dragon Lake, Beijing Amusement Park used to be the premier theme amusement park in Beijing. Opened in 1984, the park...
Exploring Chaoyang Park Ferris Wheel, the Colossal Beijing Attraction That Never Came to Be
Have you visited the largest Ferris wheel in the world? At a record-breaking 208 meters (682ft), it dwarves the High Roller in Las Vegas by 50 meters...
Exploring Dragon’s Peak Lodge, “The Most Haunted House in Hong Kong”
Burbex has lived in China since 2004, but even he is not immune to the wiles of the Public Security Bureau, who have this week sent him to Hong Kong...
Homko Olympic Village: A Tangled History of Corruption and Deceit
Urban Exploration is all about peeling back the layers of a city like a massive onion. While it is true that Beijing can often bring tears to the...
Beyond the End of the Line: Dead Dogs and '70s Communist Vibe
“What? He got deported?!” I shout, spitting out half of my glass of Legend Beer's Black Silk in the process. “Well, you know they take security...
Animals Now Roam the Secret Garden of Great Wall Hotel
Urban exploration – better known as urbex – is highly seasonal. In the spring, Burbex receives dozens of emails from all over world from French...
Longyan International Park
The Fourth Ring Road is backed up. I’m half dozing in the passenger seat of the cab. The taxi driver is driveling on. “So you’re an Englishman, huh?...
Get Trapped in an Eddy of Time at Beijing's Dried-Up Kayak Course
Ride out of the city smog into the suburban haze, push through the thick shroud of Shunyi mist, and that is where you will find the Olympic Rowing-...
A Tragedy in Two Parts: How Corruption and Greed Killed This Decaying Hotel
Located at the end of the Shijia Hutong, directly opposite Dengshikou Subway Station Exit A, the Royal House (国赫宫) is a gorgeous example of French...
Beijing's 99-Year-Young Catholic School Will Give You the Chills
At the base of Baiwang Mountain in western Beijing, right at the back of the Military Field Hospital where soldiers occasionally patrol and ruined...
Serving to Ghosts at Beijing's Abandoned Olympic Beach Volleyball Court
Lazing on the silver Hainan sand, you stare up at the blue sky, your shadow hiding from the midday sun. A couple of local mutts run pawprint circles...
Urbex in Beijing: Exploring the City’s Decaying Sights
Upon reaching the top of the deserted stadium that once housed the 2008 Beijing Olympic volleyball competitions (and the location of this issue’s...