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Beginning of Rendezvous !
No 4 Seasons Here
Only 2 Seasons
You Come Is High Season
You Don't Come Is Low Season |
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Gubei Water Town
Red Leaf Town
Under The Great Wall |
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| Simatai Great Wall |
Day 13 Tuesday Oct 22 2024 (Gubei Water Town > Beijing) - admiring the Gubei Water Town charm during the morning session (09.30 > 11.00) - early morning breakfast (07.00, room service) & hotel check-out (09.30) & store our luggage temporary in the Gubei Water Town Tourist Service Centre (free service) as our earliest public bus departs Gubei > Dongzhimen at 12.00. This gave our group ample time to do a short visit covering the outer rim of the Gubei Water Town (final glimpse) prior to boarding the public bus. Thus ending my visit to Gubei Water Town having the opportunity to seeing this charming water down in the morning, afternoon & evening / night after an overnight stay in this red leaf town under The Great Wall during the Autumn season !
1) Simatai Great Wall, Miyun District, Beijing (135km northeast of Beijing) as viewed from the hotel apartment's balcony in the early morning ! You can walk up the Great Wall by foot or cable car, hiking from Tower 2 > Tower 10 takes 2 to 2.5hrs; by cable car in 7 mins you will reach Tower 5 or 8 then continue the hiking to Tower 10 & then takes the cable car down or by foot. My travel buddy & spouse were keen to go up to the Simatai Great Wall (admission fee for seniors above 60+ is Rmb20) but due to the morning rain & wet floor (as the steps might be slippery), both decided to give this a miss on this occasion ! So a 2 nights stay may be more ideal if you intend to visit the Gubei Water Town & Sematai at your own leisure - free & easy !
2) Hotel breakfast (room service) - hard boiled egg, buns, sliced cucumber & porridge; included in room tariff.
3) Morning walk nearby our hotel apartment, Gubei Water Town - a wet morning & started drizzling so have to cut short my morning stroll !
4) Gubei Water Town Tourist Service Centre, Miyun District, Beijing - after the hotel checkout (09.30), we brought our luggage to the Tourist Service Centre Luggage Service Counter for a temporary storage (free service) & took a short rest here due to drizzling rain outside. For this overnight stay in Gubei Water Town, each of us carry a hand carry light luggage leaving behind our main luggage in Beijing hotel & pick them up after the Gubei visit. This makes life easier for each of us as we are taking public bus services from Dongzhimen to Gubei.
5) Walkabout around Gubei Water Town (external) prior to our boarding of a public bus for our return journey to Dongzhimen, Beijing.
6) Simatai Great Wall, Miyun District, Beijing - ticketing counter, shuttle bus pick up point & bus schedule.
7) Return bus journey (Rmb48 = Rm29 = US$6.70) from Gubei Water Town > Dongzhimen (bus departing 12.00 or a later bus departing 17.00)
8) Cityscape of Beijing as viewed from the moving bus's windows.
9) Small Eat - lunch in a food court opposite the Dongzhimen Metro Station - both myself & my wife each savoured a bowl of Yunnan rice noodles soup Rmb18 (Rm10.80 = US$2.50)
10) Dongzhimen Metro Station, Beijing & the surrounding - our hotel (2 nights stay) is located approx 300m from the Dongzhimen Metro station.
11) Hotel Accommodation - my final 2 nights stay in 7 Days Inn Premium, Dongzhimen Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing - room tariff Rm224.15 (US$51.50, twin sharing) per night prior to flying home !
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