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.

Kafe Peranakan

Liza and I ate at the Cafe Peranakan in Chaoyangmen Wai last Sunday (before we went to Qinhuangdao). The food's great, parang nasa Pilipinas lang kami.

Indonesian Rice

Dry Curry Chicken

From Beijing Visitor Blog: This excellent Malay restaurant located behind the Kuntai Hotel is popular with many of its regular clientele and also with visitors from the nearby Kuntai Hotel and busy Ritan, Landau and Fulllink shopping areas. Those expats ‘in the know’ also cherish a regular meal at this specialist restaurant with its exquisite flavours of Malay cooking.

# 17 Kuntai International Center
Chaowai Dajie
Chao Yang District
朝外大街昆泰国中心南17号
Telephone: 5879 0370