Despite the 26 hours delay to Beijing, we managed to change our tickets from Ctrip with a nominal fee (25% of the ticket's price). We got a refund and bought new tickets. Everything was done online. Cancellation was done through phone from our Shanghai hotel. Previously, a few monhts prior to our journey, we bought the train tickets from Ctrip.com. Recommended! Very reliable (from my experience la, i dont know about others).
Checked out early in the morning that day from our hostel in Beijing. We stayed at Happy Dragon Hostel. Nice hostel. Cheap and very near to plenty of muslim food restaurants. Receptionists are also fluent in English and very helpful. Helped us in maneuvering our way around Beijing. They also helped to call the cabs for us on our last day, metered cabs tau...bukan sapu..hehe...
From Dongsi station, we took line 2 to Beijing Station.
BEIJING RAILWAY STATION, JNGN TERSILAP DENGAN BEIJING EAST OR BEIJING WEST TAU... |
WAKTU NI X SEDAR DIRI LAGI... DOK BERGAMBAR HUHA SANA-SINI.... |
JANGAN BERATUR KAT SINI..SALAH TINGKAP! COUNTER KIRI SEKALI TU LAH KAMI DOK BUAT KACAU, SAMPAI LA ABG BOTAK DATANG, |
tengah ketok2 x sedar diri tu... tiba2 someone patted my shoulder.. "hello... what's wrong..?" rupa2nya...
Abang botak yang kami dok berkenalan dalam flight 26 jam dan tu ada kat belakang. I did tell u in the last post that, we had known a few people since the flight was delayed for quite some times... Dalam keadaan genting tu, tiba2 Allah hantar abang botak tu nak tolong kami... kebetulan die memang org harbin katanya,..die gelak kenapa kami nak ke sana...sejuk sangat! .before this memang husband saya ada tolong isteri abang botak ni kat imigresen beijing... wife die org indonesia, abg botak local mainland china citizen.
INILAH KEADAAN TEMPAT YG SEPATUTNYA KITA AMBIL TIKET. DALAM BANGUNAN YA.. I REPEAT, DLM BANGUNAN... PHOTO CREDIT TO MAN IN SEAT 61 |
ENGLSIH SPEAKING COUNTER, NO 16. PHOTO CREDIT TO MAN IN SEAT 61 |
So, abang botak ni lah yg tolong kami.. he spoke to the makcik at the counter. the makcik again directed us to the automated self service machine..mmg la x boleh... abg botak tolong lagi tanya... rupa2nya kena pergi ke kaunter di dalam bangunan.. kami pon berlari2 la masuk kaunter including abg botak.... nak masuk kaunter dalam ni kena scan bag bagai.. so we scanned our bag... tiba2 abg botak ni hilang... dengan pasport2 kami dan confirmation slip..ha sudah...! lepas a few minutes, die dtng...
Rupanya die p tolong tnya.. so, we went to the correct counter and redeemed our tickets. Just for your info, counter 16 adalah English Speaking counter. Counter lain semua chinese speaking. tp kami p kaunter biasa coz we had abg botak to help us... Atas bantuan beliau, dapatlah kami tiket. So, we said thank u, said goodbye and ran off to the waiting room which was not in the same area. x sempat nak bergambar dengan die...huhuhu....Waktu dah pukul 10.40... terjadilah semula aksi lari berlari nak kejar train. X sempat nak tangkap gmbr sama abg botak.. but he did tell us..."if u miss the train, dont get panick. change to other train..enjoy your holiday..don't rush!" Btl jugak ckp abg botak tu ..hehehe...
Tp lps tu, kami tetap panik balik..berlari2 nk masuk dalam waiting room..ada lagi satu check point nak check tiket lagi...adooiii,,bnyk sangat nak check2... rasa dah nak menangis dah time tu... tunjuk2 jam kat penjaga pintu tu... die dok kata tiket kami salah la pulak... supervisor datang... tngk tiket kami dan bagi kami masuk... slamat! LAri lagi..time dah 10.50... Dalam building tu ada banyak waiting room.. kena pulak carik yang mana satu platfrom... akhirnya jumpa.. tingkat atas... lari2 lagi.... masuk dalam train 10.57... 2 minutes later, bullet train kami jalan...selamat! Kami berterima kasih sangat2 kat abang botak tu sebab bantu kami di saat2 genting... rasanya kalau x ada die, memang kami x dapat naik train tu... waktu berlari2 tu dah x pikir org lain dah... anak2 kat mana pon x ingat dah... hubby yang jaga..hahaha....
THIS IS OUR TRAIN. CANTIK KAN? THIS WAS TAKEN IN HARBIN. DEKAT BEIJING MEMANG X SEMPAT MO POSING2 MAK LIMAH.... |
Trainnya sngt comfotable. Toilet ada dalam setiap gerabak. Toilet sangat bersih. Makcik yang sangat baik tu akan cuci hourly, Makcik ni baik, bukan mcm makcik kaunter, huh!
Plug station pon ada dalam setiap gerabak. So senang nak charging phone or camera.
Ada train attendant dok jual souvenirs, kacang2 dan sebagainya.
DI DALAM TRAIN.. VERY COSY AND WARM. OUTSIDE WAS VERY BONE-CHILLING |
HOT WATER. FOR U TO MAKE HOT DRINKS OR CUP NOODLES |
BEKALAN KAMI. PAPER CUPS TO MEMANG SENTIASA ADA. REPLENISHED HOURLY. |
We arrived at Harbin Xi Railway station. Very modern compared to Harbin East, |
7 hours later...
Ni waktu nak balik! happy sangat.. mission accomplished! |