Sunday, May 03, 2009

a blog about Beijing...3-6apr





Firstly...let me introduce you this nice hotel...the room is big...with a king size double bed...working table...big bathroom with big bath tub...TV which can be use to serve net....full facilities....

























and then...of course is time to go out...to where??..the Great wall....and this is the restaurant we had lunch before we 'climb up'-->>



a sign board in front of the great wall ticket office....and stall that selling cute stuff....














look at the old and scary cable car....tell you what??..we were shouting in the cable car on the way up to the entrance of the great wall...but we are still professional so manage to capture the view from the cable car....






















finally we are here...the entrance of the great wall











OMG!!you see the crowd...you don't even need to walk..they will push you by the way....




















i think this is scary...i'm not sure how many stairs we have to climb....











thanks god...i'm half way there...and i'm already so tired...and thirsty....thats why people brought foods and drinks along and picnic on the way.....and blocking my way...:p













go great wall must touch the wall lah!!.....if not what else you wanna do??....im just kidding anyway....
























some captures on top of the great wall...and this few local guys thinking that they hardly saw alien in china so ask for permission to take a picture with us....is true...we are alien there...where people keep looking at us like one kind....and in an obvious way.....


























and there's the end of great wall tour.....










yeah!!dinner time...let's see this five star restaurant in Beijing.....










they have a very big menu cards and none of us can understand whatever written.....so we anyhow pick anything which sounds familiar wo us....scroll down and see what we had order...








after made an order...the golden equipment served....we all like the copstick holder which is in a duck shape..... don't you think it is cute??









and then....these are the side dishes specially for the roast duck.....








the appetizer.....cold chicken wing??...duck wing??...sorry...i can't even remember what we had order....





Cabbage??....





okay...must introduce this dish....is egg plant...maybe it doesn't looks nice but it taste good....they cut it into slices....fried it bake it or whatever with the special cooked sauce.....yummy!!





sorry again...we have no idea what soup it is...but is a very yummy soup....with 3 crispy sticks....









yippy!!the main dish is here...the roast duck....."crispy skin soft meat"







this lady is teaching us the proper way of eating roast duck...first..take a popiah wrap put roast duck meat some side dish and sauce......









fried rice for 1 person.....don't be frighten when you get to see how "big" portion it is......









Next trip to the Forbidden City.....











The entrance...and the sign board...let's see where we heading to.....












Imperial Garden "Yu Hua Yuan"



















we gonna have a look at some sourvenior.....the chopstick---->>>





<<--keychain??


cabbage??-->>






or some buddhist statues.........










Thousand-year Pavillion "Qian Qiu Ting"


































a very tall gate to enter another residence.....





Palace of Gathered Elegance 'Chu Xiu Gong'
-build in 1420 and rebuilt in 1655 which is during the ming and qing dynasties, it was the residenceof empress and imperial concubines...








have a beep inside.....



































captured at the corridor in front of the Chu Xiu Gong....












The Royal Telephone




























let's move on to another residence.....




Hall of Union and Peace 'Jiao Tai Dian'
-build with gold-plated roof top...yearly grand ceremony was held here during the Qing dynasty...

































big stone carving.....
















































on the way to "Wu Men"

















the Museum of painting....















Meridian Gate 'Wu Men'
-the formal entrance to the Forbidden City, popular know as Five Phoenix Turrets 'Wu Feng Lou'. Combined fortress, palace, and gateway, also know as the largest gates of Forbidden City





time to say GoodBye!!















Wu Men from the outside....
























again...is end of the tour....and went back to hotel had our buffet lunch...sorry...no picture to share for the buffet...but it contains of the oriental style, western style, japanese style, indian style, thai style.....with a lot of choices...desert with ice cream, cakes, chocolate, fruits.....you can eat whatever you want to....and as much as you want.....it worth the price you pay...besides....they are giving a good service.....so why not give it a try??....
Lastly, want to say thanks to Karina and Sook Chen for asking me out for the tour....really having a lot of funs with both of you....and nice to meet you guys....hope to fly again soon.....:p

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