Fall in Beijing (PartTwo)

Our first night at Traders Hotel was so cosy that my sister Joanne and I were the last to wake up for breakfast the next morning. *grins*

Breakfast time :)

Blur pic, thanks to my uncle.

The itinerary for the 2nd day was to visit the Forbidden City. for ground arrangement, we chartered our own tour bus and two tour guides for the 22 of us - really BIIIG family right? ;D

To visit Forbidden City on this day was untimely-crowded with people, tourists and their own countrymen. why? cause it coincides with their 60th Anniversary preparations, the end of summer break and also Chinese Valentine's Day.

To get a good spot to camwhore wasn't easy but still, somehow we managed to snap many, many picture. (as promise people!) which left my uncle fuming with anger cause we weren't listening to the tour guide explaining the rich history of the Ming&Qing Dynasties.

Pics taken before entering to Forbidden City;

Camwhore kaki

Forbidden City is AWESOME! the walls and doors are mostly painted red. but the word Forbidden sounds AWWful, don't you think so? it's good to have a glimpse of the Emperor&Empress and concubines staying in these majestic palaces having such a lavish life-style. but staying there, for life is a NONO for me :) no freedom or whatsoever! who can even stand this?

Dearest cousins

The place for the scholar examination

Me and the lovely BIG turtle. LOL

Lion King ;D

China BOLEH!

You can really see how big Forbidden city is.

The red door.

Lunch time @ M Bay Cafe;

All my sweethearts!

Sisters, look alike?

Eventhou we had our lunch but still we were very tired after visiting Forbidden city and to rest our aching feet, we took a "trishaw" to bring us around the alleys, very interesting.

There's a couple behind, AWW!

Then, coca-cola time!

Well for dinner, we'd the privilege of dining in another exclusive chinese restaurant serving HAKKA cuisine, of course duck included in the menu too :/