Green Barricuda: Beijing

Day 1
Ok so Beijing was realli qte the experience i shld say. Super cultural place with structures that are replicated everywhere. On the 1st day upon arrival, we were forced to walk to our hostel which was like i dont know 4k with our full load on cause the taxi drivers refused to bring us to the st citing that the place was too 麻烦 to get to.
Nice trees along the way

Aft walkin like 2hrs plus we pit-stop to get pic take n some much needed rest

Past by this frozen lake

Happi me at the ulu hostel after a road marching to the hostel for 3++ hrs

Nite at WangFuJing for dinner

Beijing burger all the wayy

Exotic food rulez

Turnin into scorpion king

Nice cathedral we passed by on the way back...

Day 2
Woke up early for the flag raising at Tiannamen Sq

Me n my trusty biscuit(lasted Dom n me for the 5days there)

The Flag rising was as solemn as those change guard duty at the Istana

1st attraction of the day...Emperor's Palace

How heng we were to take pic with one of the 933 DJs!!!

Nothin too fantastic inside

At the exit

Jingshan temple, one place we nvr go

Walked passed this toy area where senior citizens were playin ping pong using the fitness corner

Place of many drums...

Top of the tower

One time big big Gong

Chanced upon Sporean teachers there who brought us ard for gd eats in the local Hutongs (pic taken at their sch compound)

The mux try place if u go there, got to bk 1 day in advanced, think only if u local than will get to know abt this place...sadly we nvr got to eat it...

Hutongs that we brought ard by the Sporean teacher, too busy trying to catch up that we could not take pics (one of the few rare pics taken by Carmen)

There is a Earth n Heaven temple...today we went to the Earth one cause we feeling earthly...

Dinner was fantastic...had dong bei cai, my god the portions were disgustin n the food totally awesome!!!!

Monster balls (no wonder they are called 狮子头)

Outside the restuarant where we had one of our best meals...n only for Sing $6!!!!

Day 3 The Great Wall
Muz be the place to go if u r in China...as Rongxin would put it; after coming China now im only interested in mountains, lakes n walls...well said
Wakign up realli early to go

On the way there can start to see the fallen snow

Takin the cable car up to the wall

At the base...jus love the snowiness!!!

Up on the cable car w Brother Eilene

Breathtaking view hur

Mutianyu stairs up n down were an easy day

This part of the wall was strictly no entry but we went in anyway (its China u know)

Carmen says qte close to the ang mo's Smoky Mountains

下雪的北京!!! OMG it was soo cool!!!

Dinner was at QuanJuDe...famous roasted duck, 2 times duck added to the death list cause of us...yummy yummy

Day 4
Summer Palace...NEVER go there in winter...the lake is frozen n nothing much to see...

Chiem'ness written on the floor

Look wat is tat

The frozen lake...we nvr make it ard the lake

Tianamen as view at nite...

Dinner at the 狗不理包子 shop...supp to be famous in TianJin...as u can see the kind of grade i gave it

Day 5
Visit the Temple of Heaven (one of the better places in Beijing i muz say)...the place was like a giant CC area where the elderly were playin chess, singing, painting, sewing n 2 other games below...

Saw lots of Senior citizens playin this game where u are supp to keep the stick moving along w/o touchin the ground...not as easy as it looks

This was an other game that was played there...dancing ard while keepin the ball on the racket...somewat like the crystal ball game tat magician do...frm my posture u can tell i sux big time!!!