We met up with Mr Danny Lee and the 3 student volunteers from BTBU at 8am@International House. We then started our day by walking to Baiduizi Station, a 10-15mins walk from the campus.
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| Everyone walking to Baiduizi station |
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Main Entrance of Tsing Hua University |
The University was very big and i was surprised that many buildings had western influences, similar to some buildings in UK universities such as in Oxford.
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| Taking some pictures |
We finished walking around the university compound around noon, we then took the train and headed to the bird's nest stadium. When we arrived, there was a marathon going on and many areas were blocked off. We only managed to get a good shot of the stadium after taking a huge detour!
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| Marathon |
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| Taking the detour |
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| Aquatic center that was used during the 2008 Beijing Olympics |
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| Group jump shot in front of the bird's next stadium |
At about 3pm, we proceeded to Nan Luo Gu Xiang, a famous tourist street that sells food and many other souvenirs.
We spent about 1-2 hours there before going to JingShan park, known for it's view of the forbidden city at it's summit. We took a 10 minute bus ride from Nan Luo Gu Xiang to JingShan park.
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| View of the forbidden city(back view)at the summit of JingShan park |
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| A shot of Ian with the spectacular view |
We spent quite a long time at JingShan park as we were waiting for the lights in the forbidden city to light up, which would be quite a magnificent view. Unfortunately, it was getting late and we decided to head back down and have our dinner.
We took a bus to Wangfujing and had our dinner at a restaurant called Grandma's place.
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| Dishes we ordered |
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| Dinner at Wangfujing |
The meal was very satisfying and it only cost S$8/pax! After dinner, we headed back to the hostel and prepared for lessons the following day, which was a Sunday. It was a make-up class for the Mid-Autumn festival where we had a day off.
That's it for now! We'll continue updating the blog with more interesting adventures! Stay tune!
Cheers, BTBU 2016
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