Album Of Life: Winter trip to Beijing and Shanghai Day 4

Day 4 : Beijing

This is our 4th day in Beijing . Today we feel very fresh . Last night we really have very nice sleep after very hectic and tiring schedule yesterday . The feeling of excited and awesome plus looking forward for exploring a new places are always there which make us more active ! The most exciting agenda today is visiting the GREAT WALL of CHINA .

Today our activities :
1. Visit the Silk Show Room . Something to share , if you like silk things , I think it is worth it to buy especially the silk comforter and the silk clothes for " baju kurung ". The price is reasonable and you can bargin .

2. Visit Great Wall of China . This is one of the seven wonders in the world . And most of us feel very excited and can't believe that we are at the Great Wall and climbing on it . You can see the great view from the top . We really have a great wonderful time at this place ! For your info , the temperature is the most cooler -10 Degree C and it is really feezing especially when the winds is blowing .

3. Visit to Summer Palace ( afternoon ). This is a special palace for the emperor to stay during summer season since during this seasons the temperature in Beijing is extremely hot ie 40 Degree C , so special man made lake was made inorder that the temperature around this area is always cooler and can be maintained around 20 Degree C . During winter , this area become more cooler compared to another palaces in Beijing and during our visit , the lake water become frozen and even we can walk on it . The palace is located at the Longevity Hill and the lake known as Kunming Lake. Amin ,our tourist guide , told us to be more careful with the hawker at this area because they are more " naughty" and there are a lot of fake money in the air , and if we not interested to buy , they will ask to change some small money ...And it is true , on one occasion , one of the hawker asked us to changed " yuan " but we didn't bother as we remember the advice by Amin . Thanks Amin !

4. We went for our lunch at the big muslim restaurant and performed our solat at the prayer room ( surau )

available . We can find a lot of Malaysian tourist over here where we have a chance to say hai @ hello and greets each other . This shows that nowadays , Malaysian like to travel abroad !

5. Visit Jade Centre . I think those who already read from the posting of other blogger on their experienced can predict what will happen over here . Yes ! , exactly ! they are really a great actor @ strategy how to make a good sale ! The script is the same ...he claimed as a son of the owner and start telling stories on his father jade business ...at the end , he gave a free gift of pearl ring to each one of us as a token for the friendship and showing the hospitality ... Ultimately he try to sell the pearl necklace which he give special discount from 4800 yuan to 300 yuan ONLY !.. and the salesgirl look surprise and unbelievable that her boss give a BIG discount... !! .. but none of us believed it and then we just quickly move OUT ! From my observation after that , our Amin look a little bit upset , maybe he will get less commission from that store.....

6. Shopping at the Yashow Market . Actually this is a 5th floor of shopping complex . This is the place where you can shops until you drops and most of things , made in China ! There are a lot of things you can purchased over here and the price really cheap but of course after your " fierceful" and 'powerful" bargin . For example like me , 3 pairs of POLO collar grade A T shirt , the price I bought 300 yuan from original price mentioned 1,500 yuan The trick , if they didn't agreed with your bargain , then try to go out and left their shop , believe me , they will call you back for a close deal ! Nearby there are a big shopping complex which sells branded things like Adidas and UNIQLO outlet . We bought some shirts from this UNIQLO outlet . The price tags , after conversion , almost the same with the brands in Malaysian outlets..

Tips :

1. At Yashow market . Please bargain min 80 % discount from mentioned price and firm with your figure , they will call you back ! but remember , start bargain if you really want to buy it , IF NOT they will become very aggressive , angry and start shouting at you .

2. The ideas of holding national flag and China flag are very good especially while having a group photo . The ideas come from Hj Damanhuri . He did mentioned that people are watching us . Yes ! we did see some people start staring at us and asking where we come from ? Infact some of them took our picture for their own safe keeping .... or maybe appeared in their tourism magazine ........