Forbidden City:
Went to Forbidden city last Tuesday. This is the Entrance, 天安门。 I was there and I took this picture, not from some magazine or newspaper k. It feels kinda wow-ish to be there. =)
We went into the forbidden city at student price - 20 yuan!! Its really humongous.
Its hard to take pictures without bobbing heads. I made it!
Geok. Were the emperors that tall and huge in the past?
Geok took this for me.
me.
This is the garden at Forbidden city. think its call Yu hua Yuan. CROWD.
This is one of the interior. Cant go in.. what a waste, something i am quite disappointed with.There's quite a bit of renovation going on in forbidden city. And alot of the rooms are still forbidden. dots. And those that are opened for public viewing, either they are really just for viewing (fenced off) OR converted into exhibition rooms. -_-'' But.. overall, worth the visit.
Hutong tour
errr. crap experience. From all the blogs that i read, everyone was saying that hutong tours are worth a try and its really a great experience and stuff. I beg to differ. Its really nothing compared to the alleys around my school! PErhaps tourists do not have the chance to go to such places hence they find it extremely interesting. Hee. So if you are backpacking to Beijing, dont spend money on hutong tours!! go explore around yourself~
Nonetheless these are the pictures:
This is the uncle who kinda KA-ed us
We went to his house for tea. his house is really teeny. something like hall5's TV lounge, or smaller. =X
Hutong tour
errr. crap experience. From all the blogs that i read, everyone was saying that hutong tours are worth a try and its really a great experience and stuff. I beg to differ. Its really nothing compared to the alleys around my school! PErhaps tourists do not have the chance to go to such places hence they find it extremely interesting. Hee. So if you are backpacking to Beijing, dont spend money on hutong tours!! go explore around yourself~
Nonetheless these are the pictures:
This is the uncle who kinda KA-ed us
We went to his house for tea. his house is really teeny. something like hall5's TV lounge, or smaller. =XYu Yuan Tan:
The next day at Yu Yuan Tan to see Sakura =)
the sakuras are really beautiful
happily snapping for memories
The last line says something like when one look up at the sky, he can see no sky but sakura....
So i looked up at the sky and saw this =X kinda weird...
Kite flying session.
Hee....... i plucked two of them. they are taped to my dear diary now.
The next day at Yu Yuan Tan to see Sakura =)
the sakuras are really beautiful
happily snapping for memories
The last line says something like when one look up at the sky, he can see no sky but sakura....
So i looked up at the sky and saw this =X kinda weird...
Kite flying session.
Hee....... i plucked two of them. they are taped to my dear diary now.Yong He Gong ( Lama temple)
Yong he Gong is a temple cum tourist attraction. The only interesting thing i found is the statue of Maitreya (the future Buddha), 18m (60 ft.) tall, carved from a single piece of white sandalwood. But i couldnt take a picture of it. The guards were eyeing me. ChRong meng caught it though. Can check it out on his blog.
People praying
One interesting phenomenon in China: the kids have some opening in their pants to facilitate pee-ing.
Bravo Ming Xiang caught this when the kid was squatting down. lols
Yong he Gong is a temple cum tourist attraction. The only interesting thing i found is the statue of Maitreya (the future Buddha), 18m (60 ft.) tall, carved from a single piece of white sandalwood. But i couldnt take a picture of it. The guards were eyeing me. ChRong meng caught it though. Can check it out on his blog.
People praying
One interesting phenomenon in China: the kids have some opening in their pants to facilitate pee-ing.
Bravo Ming Xiang caught this when the kid was squatting down. lolsAfter Yong He Gong, we proceeded to WangFujing:
We saw exotic food at the Food street. Sea horses~
Not sure what they are. Lizards?
hmm some wormy thingy
Last but not lest! Scopions! They were still moving ehs. I tried one but couldnt really taste much of it except the sauce which is the same sauce they used for the MAO DAN. =x
We saw exotic food at the Food street. Sea horses~
Not sure what they are. Lizards?
hmm some wormy thingy
Last but not lest! Scopions! They were still moving ehs. I tried one but couldnt really taste much of it except the sauce which is the same sauce they used for the MAO DAN. =x-------------------------------------------
Thats about all for last week. I snapped some photos of my school and its surroundings. Will upload them soon as promised.
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