Wednesday's Anchovies

After a memorable and physically-drained visit to The Great Wall of China, we planned for something more relaxing on the next day. Today we are going to Lama Temple, or being known as YongHe Temple ( 雍和宫). YongHe Temple, symbolized a palace of peace and harmony. This is a Tibetan Buddhism temple which is well-known with its Han Chinese and Tibetan styles artwork. Upon reaching the main entrance, few signboards can be seen mentioning some rules to be followed in the temple, to show your respect :) By the way, incense sticks would be provided for free in the temple, visitors are not allowed to bring in their own incense sticks. There are a lot of stalls or shops selling stuff for praying around the main entrance, just ignore them LOL. This is quite funny, a signboard built to advise visitor not to being cheated by fortune teller LOL. At the main entrance. Incense sticks provided by the temple. YongHe Temple gained a Guinness Book of Records in ye...

There is a Chinese phrase saying that you are not a hero unless you climbed The Great Wall of China ( 不登长城非好汉 ). Haha, so besides being listed as the top in Beijing’s to-do-list, a visit to The Great Wall of China is a must in order for you to be a hero LOL :P There are few ways or entrances to get to the Great Wall of China, one of the most famous and most visited is BaDaLing Great Wall of China ( 八达嶺长城 ). BaDaLing Great Wall is close to Beijing city and connected with urban area by expressway. From Beijing city, it takes around one hour to get to BaDaLing Great Wall by bus. There is train service as well but we chose to take bus since it is easier to get the ticket and cheaper. For train service, only limited tickets are available daily and based on feedback we read from forum, the tickets normally sold out early in the morning! While for bus service, chances for you to get onto a bus is very much higher since the bus is available from 6am until 1230pm daily! We t...