China Travel Guide 3

[sweetviolet]

[quote author=mama squeak! welcome back mama squeak! sorry wasn't able to reply sa question mo, now kolang ulit open FN. good that na enjoy mo din yung Beijing kaya lang bitin talaga. and dami pang place na dapat ma explore hahaha! sama kanalng ulit kay hubby mo pag may flight sya. kami baka after 2 to 3 years pa ... 

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Just arrived from Beijing. What a beautiful city! Can't wait to get back. Here's our short but funfilled IT.

We only had 2 full days in Beijing. We arrived past midnight of Tuesday and left early morning of Friday. I took Cebu Pacific kasi sumama lang ako kay hubby.

Departure MNL 09Nov/Tue 1935H, arrival Beijing 0005H/Wednesday

Wednesday morning - Mutianyu section of the Great Wall. We hired a taxi from the hotel for RMB500. Less hassle than commuting by train or bus. Left the hotel at 1100H arrived Mutianyu around noon. Took the skylift going up and toboggan going down the wall for RMB220/2 pax na. Stayed until 1400H. Back at the hotel by 1500H. Rested a bit at the hotel then rode the subway to Wanfujing (shopping area). Had dinner at the Donghuamen Night Market (still at Wanfujing area). After dinner rode the subway to the Olympic Park. Stayed there until 10PM. Then uwi na sa hotel.

Thursday - Left the hotel at 10AM and rode the subway to Tiannammen Square and Forbidden City. Had a late duck lunch at one of the restaurants at the area. Went back to the hotel around 4PM. Would have wanted to go around some more kaya lang hubby had to rest up a bit kasi he was flying the plane going home to Manila. At 1030PM left for the airport for our 1AM flight. Our hotel's just 15 minutes away from the terminal.

Friday - 1AM flight back home. Arrived Manila at 5:30AM.

Bitin-bitin talaga but looking forward to going back again. Sana may flight ulit si hubby next month so we can go back to the Great Wall when it's all covered in snow. Brrrr!
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[theflygirl]

@mama squeak!-welcome back! bitin nga ah, but nice to know you accomplished a lot in a short span of time. Super cold na ba?

[mama squeak!]

It was cold na around 5 to 10C. We were expecting it to be colder at the Great Wall since nasa mountains but it was tolerable. It was clear kasi and no wind. Unlike the next day when we were at the city center na. Grabe lakas ng hangin kaya feel namin mas malamig. But it should be okay with scarves, gloves, hat and a thick coat. When alis mo?

[mama squeak!]

@sweetviolet - sis, no problem. You can always go back abang ka lang promo fares.   

[gorgeous_mommie]

sisses, open na yata ulit ngaun ang group tour visa to szn..we were advised by our hk counterpart eh..

[eischied_21]

hello! dito kami ng family ko naka base sa shenzhen! meet naman tayo!

hi sis..san ka shenzhen? matagal ka na rito? Nanshan district ako..wala nga ako nakikitang pinoy [textspeak!]

[sweety_paige]

^Nag work ba kayo diyan?  Gusto ko din mag work diyan =D

[gorgeous_mommie]

Sissey, saan nakakabili ng peaches and lychees na fresh in szn? meron bang farm where we can go and pick it ourselves just like sa straberry farm in baguio?and ano months usually harvest nito? tia

[Tiana]

hi sis..san ka shenzhen? matagal ka na rito? Nanshan district ako..wala nga ako nakikitang pinoy [textspeak!]

Nanshan? Ang alam ko maraming pinoy dyan ah? Sis dito kami sa Bantian, teka di ko masyado kabisado yung nanshan pero yan ba yung malapit na papuntang macao?

[Tiana]

hi sis..san ka shenzhen? matagal ka na rito? Nanshan district ako..wala nga ako nakikitang pinoy [textspeak!]

Ay tama nga ako sis, malapit ka sa Chiwan ano? Sis pm mo sakin number mo, medyo magkalapit lang tayo sis! 

[zhanne8]

hi mga sis! my parents and I are planning fro a china trip. Yung pakay namin talaga is xiamen...but we want to go to other places like shanghai... ano magandang gawin po? from Manila-Shanghai-Xiamen or Mla-xiamen-shanghai? And pauwi naman gusto ng father ko exit kami from xiamen-hongkong..pwede ba yun?

[jiffy]

yey heading to china this march! ano magandang pasalubong na inexpensive? TIA!

[*dream*]

i went to guangzhou china already, tip ko in shopping. example the price is 300 RMB. ask them 70 percient of discount, at first they will not give it to u, alis ka lang, tapos ibibigay nola na 100 RMB [textspeak!] item na gusto mo

[heaven_scent102]

joining mga sis!:)

we are going to beijing for the 1st time (4 adults kami)

here's the IT we got from a travel agency:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=194889347189067&set=a.154651127879556.29051.154648534546482&ref=nf
dun kami sa full board

here's my plan please see if feasible

May 4 - cebu pac 1230am arrival at beijing - check in and sleep
May 5 - 1st day of tour
May 6 - 2nd day of tour
May 7 - 3rd day of tour
May 8 - free and easy the whole day (no plans yet- hope you can suggest sa mga hindi pa included sa tour namin) departure is 140am pa via cebu pac.

thanks mga sis

[iamnot]

Hi everyone,
I just came across this thread while I was browsing for topics regarding Beijing trips,  my hubby and I are scheduled for a trip to Beijing in September,  ask ko lang if alam nyo po ba kung ano dapat kong iapply na nbi clearance for travel abroad, kung nbi clearance should show my maiden name or married name already? My passport and plane tickets show my maiden name while other documents are already in my married name such as company docs, driver's license,  your advice on this matter would be greatly appreciated.  ty

[mama squeak!]

^Better get using your married name na. As to your passport and tickets, you just need to show a census issued marriage license as proof to show the airline check-in counter and immigration officer na you got married na.

 

[zhanne8]

anything interesting pa na dapat puntahan sa shenzen? any tips? and super cheap items to buy and where?

[beachpatrol]

window of the world lang napuntahan ko dito. dun palang buong araw na ang kakainin.

[heaven_scent102]

yey im done with our beijing tour preps

5d4n kami

total gastos namin 28k per pax (all in na airfare, hotel, tours, entrance tickets, meals, airport transfers)

i think ok na yung 28k per person noh? kasi pocket money nalang dadalhin namin on top of that

[mama squeak!]

^sis, parang ang mahal sa 28K per person. You can make do with just breakfast at the hotel. Then lunch and dinner ka outside kasi cheap lang naman yung food sa Beijing. Then the tours you can make do with a one day tour lang siguro sa malalayong lugar like the Great Wall and the Summer Palace. Then yung mga must-see places within the city proper you can DIY it na. Madali lang naman.

But if you don't want the hassle of DIYing, I guess that's the price you have to pay.