Beijing World Park (Around the World in 4 Hours)

I went with three friends to Beijing World Park (Chinese: 北京世界公园, Shijie Gongyuan) last Saturday. We took a cab from Changchunjie Subway Station (exit A2) after we got tired of waiting for the #7 bus which goes directly to the park. Cab ride took 30 minutes and 43 kuai.

at the park entrance

different angle

From Wikipedia: Beijing World park is located in southwestern Fengtai District, and is about 17 kilometers from the City center and 40 kilometers from the Capital International Airport. The park opened in 1993 and is estimated to receive 1.5 million visitors annually. The park displays about 100 tourist attractions in a scaled-down version from nearly 50 countries around the world, including the Tower Bridge in London, the Eiffel tower in Paris, pyramids in Egypt, as well as the Twin Towers in New York, which were destroyed on September 11th, 2001.

smelly elephant

Lyndale and Hazel had a lot of fun posing with the naked stone people at the Italian garden. We saw MichaelAngelo's David, Armless Venus (photo not included) and several other naked statues.

at the Italian Garden

copping a feel

si 300 daw???

Hazel's David

Then we went to Japan where checked out a wooden tower and the Katsura Palace. Liza and Hazel practiced their karate skills at a wooden bridge.

wooden pagoda

not sure what this one is...

practicing their karate skills

Next stop is the Taj Mahal in Agra, India...

Taj Mahal

At the gate of Babylon... I got tired of waiting for Hazel to take the shot.

blue gate (ngalay na...)

Somewhere in South East Asia... nameless temple, Angkor Wat and a palace in Thailand.

great poses!

Angkor Wat

Thai Palace

Day's boyfriend

Then we're of to Australia to see the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Sydney Opera House

Sydney Harbour Bridge

quick stop

A photo shoot in Africa. My new models for a jeans commercial. You'll never think that Liza doesn't know what to do with herself before the shots were taken...

show your left knee

hand in your pockets

show your right arm

petting the rhino so they can ride it

After Africa, we went to Egypt to see the Great Sphinx, the pyramid in Giza, the Abu Simbl place and the temple in Karnak.

Great Sphinx

Giza Pyramid

boobs

Abu Simbl

Karnak Temple

jumpin'

Other Sights...

London Tower Bridge

Aztec (fhm poses)

hamsters in a bubble

Manhattan

Victoria Falls

Stonehenge, England

Eiffel Tower up close

ran out of ideas for poses

Vatican City

Wonder Girls in Rome

Leaning Tower of Liza

Acropolis, Greece

Hazel of Troy

France

church

moonlighting at the Red Square

I also got to satisfy my Godzilla tendencies...

George Washington Monument

some church

We went to lunch at a Chinese restaurant near the gate (in the International Street) afterwards. The food is passable though we had to guess what to order because they don't have an English menu. The menus are only in Chinese and Russian...

Beijing Museum of Natural History

Address:
Beijing Museum of Natural History
126, Tianqiao St. Beijing,100050,PRC
http://www.bmnh.org.cn/web/en/

北京自然博物馆 (Beijing Zìrán Bówùguǎn)
北京市天桥南大街126号10050
http://www.bmnh.org.cn/web/cn/

Working Time:
9:00-17:00, 6 days a week(Except Monday)

To Get There:
Subway line 2 to Qianmen (前门) then take bus nos. 20, 69, 120, 729, 803, 826 to Tianqiao (天桥). The museum is across the street.

Qinhuangdao Trip: Shanhaiguan

Liza and I went to Laolongtou (literally Old Dragon's Head) Great Wall at Shanhaiguan when we got tired of walking along the beach in Beidaihe. Entrance to the place is 55 kuai according to the cab driver but he got it for us for 50 kuai.

massive gate

From Wikipedia: Shanhaiguan or Shanhai Pass (simplified Chinese: 山海关; traditional Chinese: 山海關; pinyin: Shānhǎi Guān; Wade-Giles: Shan Hai Kuan; literally, "Mountain and Sea Pass") is a part of the city of Qinhuangdao, in Hebei province, People's Republic of China. In 1961, Shanhaiguan became a site of China First Class National Cultural Site. Along with Jiayuguan and Juyongguan, it is one of the major passes of the Great Wall of China.

It is a popular tourist destination, featuring the eastern end of the Great Wall. The "First Pass Under Heaven" is also a noticeable tourist attraction. The place where the wall itself meets the Pacific Ocean (at the Bohai Sea) has been nicknamed the "Old Dragon's Head." It is nearly 300 km east of Beijing and linked via the Jingshen Expressway.

exact replica of a Ming Dynasty Warship

military ladder

soldier's room

escorts

on the way to the "dragon's head"

where the Great Wall meets the Pacific Ocean

I don't have a lot of pictures of the place because my camera ran out of battery (forgot to charge it the night before) and it started to rain.