Wednesday, April 2, 2008

6D 5N in Beijing..





9th March 08
- Departure time @ 8.50am from KLIA to Beijing with MAS flight... the journey taking 6 hours 30 min to beijing... i'm so excited for being there...
We arrived at 3.30pm at Beijing Airport. Pick up by the local guide at the airport. Firstly, we take a tour around Beijing City.. Wow! it's a very beautiful & historical city. the weather is cold. Temp- 10-16 deg celcius. Our 2nd place is the Muslim Restaurant for dinner at 6pm..after that we went to the Muslim Mosque for solat Maghrib...after that we went to watching the Acrobatic Show at 8pm.. At 9.30 we check-in at the hotel... Sleep....

10th March 08
- 2nd day, visit the Tian'anmen Square. Which is the largest city square in the world, bordered by the great hall of the people then tour the Forbidden City, the complex of imperial palace, which was home to the emperors for over 500 years. It's giving an insight into pampered isolation of the emperors.
After that we went to underground city which is military defense works built in 1950's. Shopping at most famous Silk Store, which has many kinds of silk materials with the best quality. I already bought 1 silk from there!!! :) the price is 280 yuan (rm140). Then we went to shopping at Jade Center & Crystal. I bought 1 jade bracelet (150 yuan) & 1 crsytal necklace (169 yuan). Lunch & dinner at local Muslim Restaurants.

11th March 08
- That day is the highlight of our China tour. The climbing of the Great Wall of China. Which was first built in the Warring States Period as a series of earthworks erected by individual kingdoms as a defense against each other as well as from invasions from the north. The present day wall was left from the Ming Dynasty. Lunch at Local Muslim Restaurant near to the great wall. Visit the Medical Cream Centre.

12th March 08
- Next day, visit the Summer palace in the morning. Being the largest imperial garden in China. Then we visit at Chinese Medicine Center for free traditional foot massage. Lunch time... after lunch we visit the Ma Dian Mosque which one of the famous mosques with 100 years history.. Visit olympic souvenir shop.

13th March 08
- Coach to Tianjin(Muslim Hometown). It takes 1hr 30 min to go there. Tianjin was one of the 1st Chinese cities to set up a modern industry. Then we visit & pray at the most famous mosque in Tianjin (Great Mosque). Visit the food street & the culture street. Come back to Beijing. hoho...shopping time!! shopping at Yueshow Market & Golden Sunny Street in the afternoon.. Enjoy the Tea Ceremony at Tea House. After dinner shopping at Wangfujing Street.

14th March 08
- After breakfast, check out from hotel & last shopping at Yueshow Market & Golden Sunny Street until transfer to airport... i bought a lots of souvenirs for friends n myself before go back to Malaysia.

- Departure time: 3.50pm from Beijing International Airport... Arrival time: 10pm at KLIA.
I had a lots of very sweet memories in Beijing... thanks so much to our tourist guide Mr. Budi. Hope i can visit Beijing again next year... :)