Beijing DIY City Tour and Olympic Site
Date : Aug 19 ,2013,
Pax: Solo Travel
Day 1 : DIY City Tour and Olympic Site
-Some of my boardmates went out
early, took their breakfast,went to their respective tours.
-Called my contact travel agency ( for my confirmation re my tour the following day).
-Had my free breakfast , Can't connect to FB ,etc.
-Left my laptop a my lodge's free locker
storage .
-Started my DIY tour
-From Nangloxuian street, walk to
nearest subway station.
- At subway station-bought a
smartcard (20 deposit)30 load. Best thing about Beijing Subway even numerous
transfers, the charge is still 2 RMB,Budget Friendly, but prepare for long walks, (like in Korean subway).
1st stop: Wangfujin Street
-the Wangfujing station-connected to a mall, just followed the flow of peeps.
- look for Wangfujing-Beijing tourist info
At Wangfujing street-roam
around, pictures, area with exotic foods. tourit info gave me a map.
-From Wangfujing-, I walked to
Tiananmen square
-someone approached me- i believe he will offer a walking tour but i ignored.
Here are the pictures
2nd stop :Tiananmen Square
-too hot, ( well it's was summer time in CN - august ), rest for a while, bought
a " Pocari sweat refreshment " (8 yuan)
Tiananmen square ( National Museum,Chairman Mao Mausoleum, Tower Hall, Tiananmen gate ( leads to Forbidden city)
-there was bag scanner at the undepass leading to Tiananmen square . a lot of standby guards at forbidden city gate. ( " they value the security of the tourists here. good job").
Here are the pictures :
3rd stop: Drum and Bell tower
-Subway Tiananmen west to Guliao
-Lunch time (around 1-2 pm) ordered spicy
wing,fries, softdrink at mcdonalds nearby the guliao station, ( Mcdonalds was my life saver in Beijing - their menu has English Characters - especially the prices)
-Searching for the drum and bell
tower ( via tourism map and mapsme offline), found out that this area are full of Hutongs(small streets at old Beijing area ,mostly residentiala areas). somehow i lost and asked 2 teenagers and
even them can't give me an exact answer. Just followed the map and Found it , they're facing each other,
-Was about to enter, but flock of
tourists, took pics of both, enjoyed walking along the hutongs, saw residents ,chit- chatting, playing board games. simple life of locals.
Here are the pictures :
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| rickshaw along one of the Hutongs |
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| Mcdonalds near Guliao |
4th stop and last stop -till sunset: Olympic Village
-Bought ticket to Arena (Nest- 50
yuan)
-took pictures, tried the
cows milk (very famous to locals, 3-5 yuan)
-I was already 8pm and Im still waiting for the sun to set .
-Olympic Village to Nangloxuian station- i took a different street(hutong) then lost and walked along to a not well lit hutong and finally found my Nangloxuian street, Back to my lodge, no dinner (had my munchies back home ( skyflakes, biscuits and water - " Diet Ako ! Pero ang Totoo baka mahirapan ako mag order !").
-Received a call from my tour coordinator , acccdg to my lodge reception, i made a return call and the tour coordinator instructed me to When,Where my pick up for my tour tomorrow.
Here are the pictures;
sleep ( past 12mn)
Continue for Day 2 : Availed Tour-Great Wall of China
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