Day 2
Started our day a bit later than the rest of the other days as our usual routine in Beijing would be 7am at the lobby. .Reason: we just arrived the other day, so our tour guide thought it would be best if we started a lil bit later. Planned to go to the Great Wall today but since the road was so jammed, so the guide decided to change the route. We went to the 1st compulsory stop of our visit, the Beijing Silk House. Very expensive stuff but guaranteed original. More photos this time...
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| In front of the 5-storey building silk house |
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| Front entrance |
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| The sales person explaining the process of making silk cloth |
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| The hard shell cocoons |
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| A few sets of cocoons |
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| Trying to break the cocoons |
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| 70 cocoons made this piece. |
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| 100% silk. RMB 1450 for a queen set. |
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| So soft, it makes u don't wanna wake up in the morning |
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| Bed bugs, i guess.... |
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| Admiring its softness but i think the designs are quite old-fashioned. |
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| Taking photos will do! |
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| 2nd floor: Textiles |
I didn't buy anything, though. My friend bought a set and they also bought some textiles. My verdict: too expensive and i didn't need any of those.
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| Chinese Turkish seller selling sweet cookies/delights |
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| Fruit seller outside the silk house. |
Next, we were brought to the Olympic Stadium, the bird nest and water cube stadium. I was pretty impressed with the designs. Very unique! Especially, the bird nest stadium. We took lotsa photos outside the stadium. We didn't go inside, though... They were a lot of Chinese sellers selling their stuff outside, mostly toys. We bought some and continued taking photos.
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Notice the background, a vendor was selling tiny kites and lil Farah was very fascinated looking at
the kites and she ended up persuading papa to buy. We paid RMB10 for 3 pieces. Later we realized
that we could bargain up to 10 for RMB10...ha..ha...! |
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| The entrance |
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| The 4 of us! |
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| All of us! |
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| Berlatarbelakangkan Bird Nest Stadium |
After Bird Nest, we went to the massage house. Very nice place. Free massage but hidden agenda. They wanted to sell to us their herbs that cost a fortune. We didn't buy anything but give some tips to the masseuse.
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| Pak Otten dari Indonesia |
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| Waiting for the masseuse |
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| Soaking our feet in the tea |
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| Cheekong master tengah bercheekong |
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| Memberi penerangan tentang penyakit2. Belah kanan tu, translator die. Yang 2 kepala lagik tu, tengah massage kaki kami |
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| Escaped... Outside the massage house... |
After massage, p makan at a muslim restaurant...Let's check out the food! It's quite easy to find muslim restaurants here. According to the guide, green signs indicate halal eating place and red signs indicate otherwise.
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| In front of the restaurant. |
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| Taste like salty fish |
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| Some of the dishes |
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| Soh hoon rasanya |
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| Mutton with veges |
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| Mutton Dish |
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| Sawi |
After lunch, prayer at nearby mosque.
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| Unique architecture |
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| Inside the mosque's compound. |
Later, we proceed to the panda house (banyak betol agenda hari nih...) to see some real pandas. I noticed these pandas were mostly shy and lazy.
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| Kungfu panda |
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| Souvenir store |
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| Giant Panda House |
Tea house was our next destination. They had demo and some displays..Of course, tea selling too!
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| This tea is 100 years old |
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| The entrance to the tea house |
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| Inside the tea house |
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| Tea making demo |
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| Tasting the tea, tasteless |
Then, we went for dinner and that's the end of day 2. Later that night, we walked on our own exploring the neighbourhood near our hotel. Stopped by at a muslim restaurant. Hubby had met the owner the other night. His name was Kassim. The food there was more delicious than the restaurants we went with the agent.
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| Baju sejok, murah2... |
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| At the roadside |
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| Delicious! RMB10 per bowl...Big portion.. |
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| Milk tea, RMB12 per kettle. The whole squad could drink... |
END OF DAY 2~
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