Well, one of the nights that I actually enjoy while in China is when they took us to some local street marker. Something like our Pasar Malam, but it consists of only food. There are also bizarre food being sold there of course, such as scorpions, larvae, porcupines, starfish and the ever so good smelling tofu, you can even smell it from across the street.
And the time has finally come, the best part of the trip I consider, the trip to the Great Wall of China. There are several different starting points, and our group start at the same one. 3 checkpoints, but we can choose to go further if we can. From the 1st to the 2nd checkpoint, its pretty easy, but once I reach the 2nd checkpoint, it gets very tough. I had to stop and catch my breath while climbing the stairs halfway a few times. Believe me its not as easy at it looks.
The next morning, we went to the front gate of the forbidden city. While on the way there, somebody tried to make a scene. It appears this man wanted to commit suicide, as he's standing on the window sill on the 3rd floor of a hotel. I dont know whats making him hesitate though, as hes only seen throwing some papers which I have no idea what it says, and I'd rather not get involved. When we reached, we were told about the "Feng Shui" of the whole Beijing City. Then we were brought into a room with a whole lot of jade statue of a lucky animal. Of course, after some explanation of its usage, the promoters started rushing in hoping to somehow get some business from us. My family couldn't afford them of course, but there are some business.
The day after, we prepare to go back home. 1 more shopping trip before that though, its really rough for me because im not used to it. Then we finally depart for the airport. Everyone is pretty reluctant to leave because it was so much fun together these past 7 days. When we reached the airport, we bid farewell to our tour guide, Sophie, and the friendly "sifu" bus driver. Thanks for everything.
Thats about all I can remember about my adventures in China for 1 week. Weeks of procrastination made me forgot quite a number of places I went. I'm pretty sure there are places which I forgot to mention, but I've completely forgotten about it. Here are some pictures to make up for it.
Fried Starfish?
I didn't know porcupines can be eaten
Scorpions and larvae
The view from the Great Wall
Thats my shadow on the far right =)
The gate in front of the Forbidden City.P.S. I will make another post later at midnight, latest by tomorrow, about another new addition in my family of electronic products ; )
2 comments:
Nice share.... I've just visited Beijing few months ago.. Forbidden city was amazing!! I used this guidebook and found it to be very useful www.a4trip.com/china/beijing :D
Exotic food, poor species
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