Hi all, I've been to Beijing before but not now due to the Olymypic Games...I agree that one should try its local food, especially the Peking roast duck, it was being slice into thin crisp pieces, yum..yum... you could see more images of all those local food at a4blog.com Beijing’s Local Food. Besides, one could backpack in Beijing too. The public transportation make it convenient for me to travel around. But you also must not forget to bring along guidebook in case. i bought a Beijing guidebook from a4trip dot com. It was really a helpful guidebook. It's brief but clear enough to make me plan for my journey...hope that it helps!!