The restaurant we ate Peking Duck
Second Day
In front of the shrine hall of the tomb
I think my dad and the Ming emperor look pretty alike.
They have a tummy and a round face.
The funny part was we have to cross this small gate near the exit and say "Wo Men Hui Lai Le". It is a superstitious belief but i just followed as I would not want to leave my soul behind in the 'another' world. The belief was when we enterthe emperor's kingdom in another world we visited his world and before we leave we are supposely to notify him that we are back to our world. That was exactly what i was told by the tour guide.
A family of 5. How lovely!!
China ppl always stare at us and shock that our family has 3 children. Haha, we gained attention everywhere in China
The Great Wall standing firmly after many years of coarsen under the rain and shine.
Aftera filling lunch, the next agenda is Great Wall of China. I laid my foot and trod on one of the seven wonders of the world. Yah, millions of people must have did the same thing to. The sun was glaring as my siblings and I climbed the flights of stairs. I put on my sunglasses and hat as my cheeks were getting red after exposed under the sun. My brother was the superman who was leading. He was overwhelmed to reach one of the watch house. My sister accompanied me and we climbed slowly but not as slow as a tortoise of course. My mum stayed at the hill base while my dad decided that it was enough and stopped when he was at the first watch house. The three of us achieved better that our parents as we stopped at the second watch house. The watch houses are a distant from each other.
They look cute doing the peace sign. Haha
Two stunning lads(perasan)
Late in the evening, the tour van dropped us at Hutong, an ancient street in Beijing. The scenery there was picturesque with alake in the middle and on both sides were old ancient buildings. We visited the entire place by sitting on a trishaws which was good to me as i do not need to walk that much. Dinner was Mongolian foods where the servings are unique in their own way but one thing for sure i was not used eating them.
Third Day
In front of Tianamen Square
The public transport in Beijing is very eficient. Thunbs up for the government. We have no problem in mobility as the the subway reacheds every part of Beijing. Forgotten to mention that 12 millions of people are living in Beijing. So you can imagine us squeezing in the subway with the locals during peak hours. Yah so we took a subway train to Forbidden City. The train ticket only costs RMB 2. How cheap is that?? I was ecstatic to visit Forbiden City because the royals used to live in it many centuries ago and it is located at the centre of the Earth. As a Chinese, of course I am proud with China long history, cultures and traditions. Being able to enter and witness the structure of the palace put me in a state of euphoria. This is my first time to China and I always watch Forbidden City from afar through documentray shows.
Awesome dad to bring us on this trip
A picture taken in the garden
At late in the evening, we took the subway once again and headed all the to the North of Beijing to visit the Birdnest and Water Cube which were made well-known after the Olympic in 2008. It was very windy and beside the stadiums is a 7star hotel The shape of the building looks like a dragon flying in midair. How cool is that? A 7star hotel. I will be one the room guest in the future. Definately.
One world, one dream, one family
Nice harmony colour of the Water Cube
My dad and mum with the 7star hotel behind them.
I will continue the other remaining 4 days in the next blog. There are lots of things to write for a one week holiday. Lazy to write in details so i guess my description of the trip is pretty conscisely.
Good night then
3 comments:
i see you had fun in beijing!!
too bad when i visited beijing last time, they hadnt had the bird nest stadium yet :( haha i remember it freezing cold xD
nice post!
before i comment on the post... your new template is VERY nice! i really like this one a lot, more than all the previous ones!!! :)
so happy la, one whole family go for trip! :D glad you had fun during your break.
see you this friday~~ haha
nice pictures from Bei Jing!! you were enjoying yr vacation while I was dead busy with my assignments, did you know? no matter! i'm sure you enjoyed your trip! ooh, i like your new template too. btw, there's smth wrong with my blog, even i can't gain access to it.Hence, i can't add you as one of my readers.
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