Beijing 5D4N tour (May 9-13, 2010)

I wanted to go Beijing for a long long time... u know I love chinese history & i admire it~ Didn't like Shanghai so much becuz it's just like HK, very metropolitan feel, I would definitely love more traditional cities. So finally get a chance to go this time when my parents come back to visit; Us three plus my googoo & family, total of 6 ppl joined a cheap cheap 5 days tour to beijing. China tours are cheap, compare to 4D3N - $3000 tokyo package, it's only $1399 + tax + travel guide fee, and we enjoyed a 5 days hotel + flight + all meals inclusive Beijing tour! However, since our tour only has 14 ppl, we didn't get to have a 領隊, we only have a 導遊 in BJ~ but it's okay, we didn't mind at all, cuz it saved us some guide fee~

so b4 i go to BJ i was worried about the weather, i worried it would be too windy too cold too hot or will be raining or dusty.... But it ended up with perfect weather for all 5 days!!! Nice sunny days with dry & cool temperature, just like the summer in Van, that definitely be the most important requirement of having a nice trip. My goo goo told me it was 39C when they also went to Beijing in May last yr. It was killing them becuz almost all attractions are outdoor. Another glad thing was there weren't many ppl in each of the attraction, i mean I hate seeing "ppl moutain ppl sea" everywhere and you definitely cannot win them to fight for a better position. I guess most of the ppl went to Shanghai for Expo instead~ But one bad thing is this tour requires a lot of walking, and can't really stay for long in each attraction. Beijing is too big with too many attractions, and every piece of it has a meaning/history behind. 5 days really weren't enough. I only got to spend 2.5 hrs to hike in the great wall in such a perfect weather! That not even enough to finish 1/5000 of it. :( and I love the gu gong (palace) as well... i know it wouldn't be a good living place but i did try to imagine how it would be if I live there~ :)

"推出午門斬首"既午門；又真係有五度門，文武官從不同門口出入


另一張飛躍作品~哈哈


毛澤東所講的“不到長城非好漢”