|| My cHina Trip ||

Our long awaited trip to China!! Thats our flight!! SQ 816~

Celestine reading her Big Book..haha

Our VW Beetle!

On the first day of my trip, we all arrrived in the Pu Tong International Airport in the wee hours of the day.

That is the whole group of us, together with the Shanghainese tour guide.


The flight to Shanghai was a horrible one. It was not because of the services of SIA but because I wasnt prepared to be awake all night! Taking night flights are just not my thing. Therefore, I had super dark eye rings when I reached Shanghai. Though we landed in Shanghai, but our first destination was to hangzhou - Wu Zhen. We were introduced to some historical stuff and there after, it was a long coach ride to Suzhou. Since these two provinces are considered countryside, the hospitality were not the least up to my expectations. The weather there was horrible!! Because its the winter season, we were like frozen chickens walking around! Even with 6 layers of clothes on me, I still pretty much feel frozen.
Here are some photos in Hangzhou:

Streets of Wu Zhen

Still at Wu Zhen, this is where they make 'smelly tou fu'! But trust me, its not one bit smelly!

Their wine factory

The West Lake

Terence and I in the boat, cruising the West Lake

Photos in Suzhou:

The 3 of us roaming the streets of Suzhou

The night view of Han Shan Si temple

Aint the dog and her puppies cute??

The trishaw man and his wife!

The whole group of us in Suzhou


Soon after, we were headed to ShangHai!! YippPee..! Everybody was pretty excited about Shanghai. Indeed, Shanghai is very unlike the other parts of China. It is modernised and every resident there is pretty much fashionable. Unfortunately, I didnt really enjoy my 2 days there. Maybe its because of the culture, maybe it was the weather. Or, it was a combination of both. Well, I shall not elaborate much.. However, I must say that of the 4 states that I had been to, Shanghai had the best places to shop! And of course the hotel was the best of all! It was too bad for us that our tour guide didnt bring us to places that we could admire the night view of Shanghai. I guess that should be the highlight of our Shanghai trip..shlouldnt it? It was such a pity! Anyway, after 2 days, we were off to Beijing. Since all of us did not feel too good about the trip since day 1, we were quite pessimestic about the rest of the trip. The domestic flight to Beijing certainly did not make us change our minds. In fact, it made me feel worse. The landing of the flight made me so giddy! It was terrible! Moreover, we had to wait damn long for the luggages to come.

Here are some photos taken in Shanghai:

They have a Raffles City in Shanghai too! Its managed my CapitaLand. In this shopping centre, it certainly feels like home~ There is our local bread shop, Breadtalk. Beard Papa, Esprit, and so on.

The night view outside Raffles City..

After taking some photos outside, we hurried in to Raffles City to get some warmth. I look like Rudoff the red nose reindeer..

Though I seem to be having fun taking these photos, but actually, its not that enjoyable~ Because it was freaking cold out there..Brrrr~

In the lobby of Xin Xie Tong Hotel

That is Miss Celestine with her precious pearls.

After the 2 days in Shanghai, we were headed off to Beijing. We were quite skeptical about going on to Beijing because of the bad experience we had during the first 4 days of our trip. Fortunately, the tour guide that was arranged for us in Beijing was a damn good one. He was not only responsible, but VERY committed. In the coach, he would definitely interest us with China's rich history, and would tell any (historical)story that we requested him to. The next 4 days were very fun and fulfilling!! We went to one of the 7 wonders of the world - The Great Wall of China. That had me panting all the way!! But it was definitely worth it~

The outskirts of The Forbidden City!

Inside The Forbidden City:

The Famous Tiananmen Square:

After the magnificent tour in The Forbbiden City, we were headed towards the Dowager Ci Xi's Summer Palace..

This is supposedly her beautiful lake, however, it has frozen to become a huge ice-skating rink.

Her view over the lake:

The pavilions we see on tv

Gladys and I!


The inside of The Summer Palace

Next, we were headed to The Great Wall of China!!

At the foot of the wall

The Scenery

Finally reached the top!

On our way down..

Who said that China wasnt worth visiting? It was definitely a fun trip! I would wana go there again~ I miss China!

In Love @1:30 AM

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