28 Sep, 2009
What’s Beijing like in Late March.
Posted by: susie In: China travel| chinese culture| chinese custom ()
From past experiences, late March should be very good timing, if not the best, for both regions.
I’m a photographer too and hit Beijing, Kunming, Guilin, & Hong Kong in late February. Still VERY cold, around 4 celsius, for Beijing, but the jacket was off once I hit Guilin and Kunming and HK. Air quality was slightly poor in Beijing (it always will be, I guess?) but southern areas were ok. My photos from Beijing and Guilin were foggy for the most part, but once I developed my film I just tweaked the coloring of the photos to make it seem like there was a lovely colored haze around (yes, that’s cheating). Enjoy! I’m going back in September since my Great Wall shots from February were absolute crap (too foggy, couldn’t see more than 3 feet in front of me!).
And I think ‘relatively’ is the key word here. I have been to Beijing 3 times in the last 10 months and the visibility is always bad. Some times it is better than others. It didn’t seem very good even just after it rained. If you’ve never been to Beijing before, you might be surprised at just how bad the air is.
Having said that, I still find it an interesting city to visit. Great food. The parks are particularly nice when the weather is good. You will find a lot of good photo ops at the city parks.
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