DAY 1: 03/12/07
upon arrival in our room, we decided to take a picture in our full length mirror. say cheese!DAY 2: 04/12/07
our trishaw ride to see how the typical citizen's house looks like. now and in the past, it has remained the same.
beautiful sunset outside the summer palace. we went to the pearl factory after that. the fantastic thing was the pearls from that shop were from the lake in the summer palace!
DAY 3: 05/12/07
jade factory. how to check if a jade piece is real? first, the colour (by looking through this glass thing) and second the sound. the clarity and pitch of the sound is a clear indicator.
ice-cream at the great wall anyone? i know it sounds insane. its like sub-zero yet we're eating ice-cream?!! well, cos when you climb up the great wall, its like super steep. so you end up panting and sweating. an ice-cream is a welcomed relief!
didn't get a chance to take a picture of the hotel till then. so this is how the hotel looks like. looks kinda like all those other ancient buildings huh? like the forbidden city, summer palace, heavenly temple...
our free government provided foot reflexology. there were these TCM doctors who read palms to determine the type of illness you have. and they are really accurate. they can actually tell what type of sickness you have just by looking at your face!
we finally had hotpot!! (: the meat is missing from this picture tho. they practically shaved the meat into reaaaaaaly thin slices so that they would cook almost instantly!
DAY 5: 07/12/07
the bridge we took to cross over to more shopping centres! the last day was actually mostly shopping. sadly most clothes were for winter wear, not suitable for sunny singapore.
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