Here are some of the photos taken during my trip to Beijing.

The place shown below is the OCT theater where we saw a theater performance called "Golden Mask Dynasty". This is a relatively new building, with very very advanced stage. There is one scene where water was pouring from the stage to simulate a massive flood.



This is the 1st hotel we stayed in Beijing. The hotel is rated 4-star but the inside like 3-star. The next day the tour leader decided to change to a more "better" hotel. Gald we did as the other hotel was waayy better.


So off to the forbidden city the next day. This is the entrance to the forbidden city that we have just passed called the Meridian Gate.


Next up is the Hall of Supreme Harmony. This place is where the Emperor's speeches are made for everyone to hear. AS you can see it is under renovation for the games.


Before entering the Inner palace where the Emperor's throne is, will passed by these 2 gold lions
The male


and the female


Once inside can see the emperor's throne. As you can see the stuff is very dusty.


We then exit the forbidden city by the Gate of Divine Might. We walked from Tianemen Square>Outer City> Inner City> exit by gate of divine might. There are 9999 and a half rooms so to speak, but of course we din go into every roomlah.


Then afterwards we went to this "tea house" to get to know more of the tea available in China (but can be bought in m'sia, m'sia sell everything). I mention this place coz our tour group consisted of several Malays since it is my father's company trip. So we went with the English speaking group, while the chinese tour mates went with the Mandarin speaking group. The english speaking group majority malays and to be frank, they dun drink much chinese tea. My mom drinks tea, but can buy from Gojo tea shop in Gardens MV, top floor near Borders. So the presenter was quite upset that she could not make any sales from our group. She even said something like ".. do you have a problem with this so and so tea...". Needless to say, we quickly cabut from the room after that.

The mandarin speaking group took longer that our group so we did buy something after that, but not the stuff the presenter was trying to push us. Managed to bargain to get a "pee-pee boy". Basically it is a small sculptor where the boy will "pee" if the water is hot enough for the tea is poured onto him.



So that ends my post for the first day in Beijing.

Here is a photo showing the floor layout of the hotel we were staying. Read the sentences:P