Enchanting China (Beijing, Xian and Chengdu) : Day 1 – Wangfujing Street

vi) Wangfujing Street .

So after Olympic Park, we decided to stop at Wanfujing Street and walked to our Hostel from there as it was not ver far. Olympic Park/Green (Line 8) ==> NanLuogu Xiang (Exchange Line 6) ==> Dongsi (Exchange Line 5) ==> Dongdan (Exchange Line 1) ==> Wangfujing (Line 1)

Photo in front of the Olympic Station before went back.

Few subway lines to go.

Line 5. Another one station to Wanfujing.

Inside the subway.

It was almost 9pm when we reached the Wangfujing station. So what was special about Wanfujing Street that made us included it in our itinerary?? Ok, what if I tell you that it is one of the most prosperous business zones in Beijing and currently the busiest street in this city. Well. definitely deserved a visit right??

Jom layan view waktu malam.....

As the first famous business zone in this city, Wangfujing Shopping Street houses a wide variety of shops and boutiques, some of which are of world-famous brands. Apart from that, there are also many time honored stores with traditional commodities standing in the street for hundreds of years.

So since this place was listed in our itinerary and we still have some energy left, we strolled along this street just to tick the “we’ve been here” list.

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Not much activities here as most of the shops & malls were already closed, however Nor managed to buy winter glove from one of the stall there. Satisfied, we called it a day and continued back to our Hostel.

Wow, what a day (kaki rabak weii)…. Lots of walk but because of the weather, we didn’t felt so exhausted. Because we had been outdoor for one whole day, I felt not comfortable if not taking bath before went to bed, or maybe because it’s my norm in Malaysia. I did informed in my previous post that our water heater was faulty so imagined taking bath in that ice cold water… even imagined it right now gave me a goose bumps. After bath, I quickly jumped to bed and wrapped myself with blanket.

So that was it, my first day in Beijing. We have skipped few places due to time but not so significant as we have covered the most major attractions. The places that we missed were Jingshan Park, Qianmen Street and Beijing City Wall / Ming City Wall. Read my 2nd day trip in next post ok. Till then....