Great Wall of China

The great wall has always been my childhood fantasy since young. I've always wanted to visit it especially reading so much from textbooks. I did fulfil that dream in 2007 and I'm glad I'm able to do that once more in 2009.

But what a shock.. The great wall looks like its gonna collapse under the weight of the tourists!

Throngs of them!

Its not unusual to find monkey gods wannabe on this magnificiant structure

Some people can pay the visitor fee to come and sit and block the passageways.

I tell u uncle and aunties can do better at such a steep climb

Tired, she stopped, sat and smiled

The walls

barefooted

Thats where we aimed to conquer!

Rewarded at the top with the chilly winds and wonderful view!

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I'm telling you I took this shot standing upright, so you can picture how steep it is

wont be nice if you fall off

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Food in Beijing

During the trip, we didnt really try exotic stuffs like fried scorpions, cocoons, cicada, lizards.. too scary.. don't believe?

Stewed mushrooms

Hot plate Yak (cow) with potatoes

Tibetian Naan, wah its quite a mouthful actually..

Chicken in wine, its cooked with the pot edges sealed with flour

Entertainment during dinner is great too!

See how happy they are, clapping along.

Cold plate golden mushrooms

Asparagus, shrimps and corn.

Shui Zhu Yu - Its spicy and full of bones. but its nice!

Smelly beancurd!

'Dog don't care' buns.

Beijing's most famous roast duck restaurant.

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Buildings in Beijing

Generally, the buildings of Beijing are rather colourful. They seem to like neon lights along the perimeters of their buildings.

On the other side of the city, one of the few remaining Hutongs left.

Yeah, this is the world famous Bird Nest. The national stadium of Beijing.

Just beside the bird nest, its the Water Cube.

Personally, I like this water cube better than the bird nest.

This is the CCTV building in Beijing, it has an interesting structure.

Just beside it, a building razed to nothing by fire during the olympics. I heard they have to pay 27b dollars as compensation.

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Sights

Ok finally, here are some candid shots that I took along the way on my trip..

The cute little girl who smiled at us

Their traffic lights have bicycle icons!

Their street art - statues in the middle of main shopping street

Took this in Beijing skytrain (airport)

Somehow I like the black and white one, so I posted both

The old in a new environment

This young man keeps staring at him, I wonder why.

Little boy looking at the portrait of uncle Mao.

Light trails..

Main shopping street - Wang Fu Jing

These people dance everywhere!

Vandalism on a relic.

Dolls

Somehow I like their buildings, very cheena.

Guess what? This is a pub.

At one of the exhibits at Forbidden City

Souvenirs smiling at me wor.

They call this Mian Pu?

Looks italiany at Hou Hai stretch of pubs.

Airport..

My ride home.

Thats all folks =)

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