Today, the tour of Beijing begins.
Our hotel is located in the middle of a hutong 胡同，so they have a rickshaw to ferry customers to the main road to get a cab. But it was a nice relaxing walk, so we walked, and the kids sat on the rickshaw.
We went to the Forbidden Palace for our [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Beijing'
China Trip – Day 7
December 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Trips
Tags: Beijing·Forbidden Palace·Red Wall·Steamboat·Temple of Heaven·Tiananmen Square·Xiushui
China Trip – Day 6
December 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Trips
Today, we were going to take it easy. Daddy suggested to go 秀水 for shopping first, so that we have time to try the clothes in the hotel room, and have time to go back for exchange if the size doesn’t fit.
So we woke up a bit later. The hotel provided buffet breakfast. I loved [...]
China Trip – Day 5
December 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Trips
I read about this Siberian Tiger Park, so I “insisted” on going, since we didn’t have a chance to see the ice festival.
Turns out, the trip to the tiger park was SPECTACULAR! The tigers are free roaming, barricaded by metal fences. We were in a bus, but the tigers can come up right next to [...]
Tags: Beijing·Courtyard Hotel·Double Happiness·Harbin·Harbin Tower·Tiger Park
China Trip – Day 1
December 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Trips
So, we kissed Lizzie goodbye, and left with the kids to the airport.
This was the itinerary that I had planned.
15/12/09 – fly to Beijing, connect 2100hrs flight to Yanji, take a 2hour cab ride to Hunchun, reach there about midnight.
16/12/09 & 17/12/09 – business trip in Hunchun.
17/12/09 – take a overnight train ride of 10hours, [...]
