After settling down at our new hotel (QingFeng Hotel) and freshen up, we hurriedly left the place and proceed to Tiananmen Square and Forbidden Palace. It's a 15 minute drive form our place, which is so cool, but i do recommend to take the subway instead since it is more convenient and much cheaper (they have a fix fare of 2Rmb for all stations in Beijing, cool right?!)
Huwwaaatttt???!!!
While Olive and Rose where asking a local for directions, i've noticed that there is a park on the opposite side of the road. It was Ba-hai park according to the map. Beijing has numerous large park but still the pollution is still terrible =(.
Hello there, I'm the EXIT portion of the Imperial Palace =P
While Olive and Rose where asking a local for directions, i've noticed that there is a park on the opposite side of the road. It was Ba-hai park according to the map. Beijing has numerous large park but still the pollution is still terrible =(.
Entrance to the Ba-hai park
Then we decided to just walk all the way from the south gate to the east gate just to enter the complex.
Whew! No wonder I lost 5 pounds in my China trip, All we did was walk, walk and more walk!!
Walking around outside the Imperial Palace was a breeze, the Palace Moat gives us a serenity and inner peace something to that effect (MGF?! meh ganung factor??)
Water water everywhere!!
What i like about beijing is that not only they have huge parks but also they have lined trees in the streets, which give shades to the pedestrians and makes walking more comfortable. Parang Ayala-Alabang lang =D
Finally after 20 minutes or so of walking, we finally arrived in the East Magnificent Gate of the complex. Yehey!!!
Most doors of the palaces here in China have golden plated balls thingy embedded on it and people touch this balls whenever they pass the door. Shempre ako din nakihawak (sabay pahid ng hand sanitizer na nakasabit sa bag ni olive afterwards jejeje).
Touch me and you'll be lucky =P
Naks! Ang Gwapo!
The way to Tiananmen Square is kinda controlled. They won't allow tourist to get in converge near the portraint to avoi vandalism (which is a punishable offense which can lead you to jail). Dumaan lang talaga kami sa ilalim ng picture ni Mao!
Just go to the light!
In front of this gate is the infamous Tiananmen Square, where you-know-what-happened occur. It's a wide avenue fronting the People's Square, where most government office is located and also Mao's remain int he museum. Now the area is a busy street with no traces or whatsoever of what happened on June 4, 1989.
Anyhow, due to the large number of tourist visiting the place, it's impossible to get a solo shot with Mao, take for example the picture below where Rose tried to have a solo picture taken but the kid beside her just won't let her, jejeje.
Ayaw paawat ng bagets!
Metal fences are erected to protect these ancient statues, which is cool, so as to avoid vandalism and destruction as well. Gash, wish we could do the same here in the Phils. noh?
After we visit the Square, it's time for us to go back inside the complex and proceed to the majestic Imperial Palace....
Adventure on next blog post =D. Abangan!
7 comments:
"where you-know-what-happened occur" --> clueless.
is this recent? wala akong idea! or kung kasama sa history uhmm siguro nag-CR ako nung tinuro yan ng teacher. =)
Yeah it's really hard to have a photo with Mao ng walang nakasingit. May photo ako pero super close up, as in kami lang nasa frame. Lol.
chyng, yung tiananmen square massacre ang tinutukoy ko. it's still a taboo to discuss that in china daw. afraidy aguilar parin ang mga intsik =(
gay,super duper daming intsik sa tsina!!!!ewan ko ba kung baket?jejeje
isa sa mga lugar na gusto kong marating di dahil sa nagagandahan ako pero out of curiosity lang.hahaha.
tara lez gowww na pusang kalye sa tsina!!!tiyak masasagot lahat ng curiosity mo sa pagbisita sa tsina =D. gandang araw sa iyo!
huwaw! Theo! Inggit much talaga ako! Next post pls! hahaha :D
haha!may new post ulet within the week tina, abangan! =D
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