a popular night spot in beijing - hou hai (后海）
hollywood
resting his smelly armpit on me after the 2hrs trek
the end of the wall...
after i looked back from where i was, i felt dizzy and fearful of the height... this was me, seated down in the middle of the steep steps of the great wall, waiting for prince charming's rescue...
too steep for me... i just realised that i am afraid of heights...
just started...
an idea of where we began our great walk
a nice building in the central business district
立正！
the place where chairman mao's body is kept. it is closed for renovation from mar to sep 2007. for those who wants to have a look at his embalmed body, please come after october.
smoke gets in my eyes - tiananmen square (天安门广场）the reason why we came to beijing is to apply for a russian visa so that we can take the trans-siberia train to moscow. however, it turned out that it wasnt easy to get it done because we were unable to provide the hotel information and an itinerary. we must obtain letter of invitation from a hotel in russia that we will be staying in and when we will enter and exit russia. this was a headache for us.
so, we took Steve's (our Aussie room-mate) suggestion to apply for a Pakistan visa and go via Pakistan and Iran to Europe. it took us about 3 to 4 days to get the Pakistan visa (abt RMB190 for one)and cost much lesser than the russian one. and the best of all, we dont have to pre-arrange our itinerary.
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