Breakfast.
Time to travel to...
Took the subway to Qianmen station. Above Qianmen is...
Nope, I didn't come here for that. I came here for this...
Yes, Tiananmen Square!
Guess where's my next destination?
Forbidden City of course.
The inner gardens was all kinds of weird with weird plants and trees.
Then the east side, which "people" warn you that you might just miss it. But it was fucking boring.
That ends my visit of the Forbidden City.
Then lunch. Maybe Beijing is embarrassed about its cuisine, but I couldn't find anything that was uniquely Beijing. Instead, you can find ALL of the world's cuisines here, including Korean which I had.
Bibimbap... Only just SGD 3!
Only in Korean restaurants can you find this.
I aimed to complete my tour of historic Beijing today, so I had no time to lose.
Doesn't it remind you of Hong Kong's MTR? Well, MTR co-manages Beijing subway Line 4 so the stations, announcers and announcements are all the same as Hong Kong's.
I reached Tiantangongyuan station. I loved this place, the park reminds me of Europe, which I love.
But my real reason to come to Tiantangongyuan is for this...
Superstitious.
After so much walking, I was like damn tired already. Thinking that I've already walked so far, the station south of Tiantangongyuan would be near.
I was so damn wrong. The station was sooo far away, I kept walking and walking and walking... until I got here. Notice the horizon of the road at the foreground of the picture? That's where I started walking from... The distance might be misleading because in Beijing, roads are pure north-south or east-west directions.
