As I was cycling out off Wangfujing Street this man asked me "how much is Jifo" I replied in broken Mandarin and I guessed you understood me. |
I have planned my ride into 2 stages. Stage 1 - go to the Drum Tower and Stage 2 find my way to Xing Fu Street where I bought my folding bike for packing. |
The weather was excellent except the cold temperature and it was a Sunday. I guess this place must be filled with people for a Sunday service. |
The many versions of bicycles seen at the streets of Beijing. |
I wanted to check this place out for directions but it's not opened ... maybe it was still too early. |
I was depending on this map and some notes that I have taken prior to the ride. |
Bicycle lane with cars parking on it .... maybe it was a Sunday ... I don't really know. |
All gone except the front wheel .... |
This is Shichahai 什刹海 located north west of the Forbidden City and north west of Beihai Lake and consisting of 3 lakes. |
This beautiful place is so big and if you want to see most of the places by walking I think it's quite strenuous. |
It seems there are more dogs than cats as pets in Beijing. |
Houhai Bar Street is famous for the many bar outlets and is one of the most bustling places in Beijing. I did not smell any beer when I was here......next time I will come in the evening. |
The frozen lake edge. |
Interesting net game using feathered "ball", something like sepak takraw |
Wild duck wharf - they are not scare of cold. |
A brief on Yangfang Hutong which is the address of Shichahai in the district of Xicheng, Beijing. |
The directional sign found at Shichahai. |
Xicheng is the district. |
Fishing during winter at Shichahai ... I was wondering what was this group of Chinese doing at the edge of the lake and stopped by and have a look. |
Catching fishes with a long pole one end with a net and the other end a sharp point to break the ice surface. |
This is another Hutong @ Yandai Xiejie used to sell long tobacco smoking pipes in the olden time. |
A plague on Yandai Hutong. |
Finishing off the ride at Yandai Alley. |
The ancient Drum Tower a landmark known by many. |
This is a typical Police Station just in case of emergency you might want to know how it looks like. |
The shop was preparing to close and I was lucky to have some food to eat. |
So it about time to leave this beautiful place and headed back to the hotel for my Stage 2. |
I saw this rider with a Dahon Dove similar like my Jifo but of different folding mechanism. |
I was lost a couple of time, my orientation went kaput and had to readjust my position by finding pertinent landmarks. |
I managed to find Beijing Railway Station which I know Xing Fu Street is somewhere near it. But due to the massive traffic system getting to the destination was rather difficult. |
At time I had to carry my bicycle across pedestrian crossing. |
Beijing Railway Station |
The man did mention about the Great City Wall and this is next to Marriott Hotel of Beijing and next to the second ring road. |
The ancient Tower at Southeast corner of the outer wall where ,Ming City Wall Relics Park is found. |
Yes that was the shop I wanted to go. |
After finding Dahon Store I proceeded for a lunch hunt and roaming around the surrounding for a place to eat. And I had this for RM13.00 lunch. |
A cold dish of my choice of ingredients. Something I had never eaten before and it was delicious. |
A plate of plain rice topped with fried egg with shredded bitter gourd. I enjoyed this lovely food with a bottle of local beer. |
The shop that I patronised. |
Now it was time for the purpose of this ride, Master Chow was around to help me and I brought some accessories from him. |
Jifo being packed and to be flown to Kuala Lumpur for good. I then took a taxi back to the hotel. |
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