The Tour We Join: Mutianyu Great Wall & Forbidden City Private Day Tour

1 day trip to visit Great Wall and Forbidden City was a perfect combination! Two must visit sites in China that everyone should not miss when come to the capital, Beijing. So here there are some pictures of mine that I took during the tour. So lets the pictures do tell the story.

We walked from our guesthouse to Tiananmen Square and walked through the Gate of Supreme Harmony, which sports a nice portrait of Chairman Mao.

Walked deep more inside here right in front of us, the most magnificent structures of Forbidden City called Hall of Supreme Harmony. As one of the magnificent halls of Three Great Halls in Outer Court, this hall was used as the place where hold several important ceremonies during Ming and Qing Dynasty of China.

As Forbidden City houses lots of artworks and heritage, strolling through the palace was like explore the art museum. Lots of majestic and unique design likes this lion statue above.

Like even loves every detail of Forbidden City! That was my conclusion for a short trip to this ancient imperial palace. Countless little details, colors, and designs are precisely what make the Forbidden City worth a wander.

Next is an excursion outside Beijing to Mutianyu Great Wall. Mutianyu offers gorgeous views and countryside around the Great Wall, less crowded even offer stunning views around. As one of the best-preserved parts of the Great Wall, the section at Mutianyu stretches 2.5 kilometers including 22 watchtowers.

Standing on the Great Wall facing east, you will have Mongolia to your left and China to your right. Moreover, because Mutianyu surrounded by 90 percent vegetation areas, then in all season views on this section of Great Wall will offers different beauties all year long. It was a nice hike on Mutianyu overall. Very worth it and organized!

The Tour We Join: Guilin Bus Day Tour: Elephant Trunk Hill & Fubo Hill

Guilin is a beautiful city filled with nature, less pollution and crowded. Different from other big cities in China such as Shanghai or Beijing, Guilin has more show its nature scenery. That day, I had a great chance traveled to Reed Flute Cave, Fubo Hill and Elephant Trunk Hill.

Reed Flute Cave is 250m long, full of stalactites and stalagmites which are illuminated in different colors. It is the coolest cave I have ever visited and definitely worth the visit.

Illuminated with different colors, its fantastic spectacle could be found in many variations of stalactites, stalagmites and rock formations in weird and wonderful shapes with different sizes.

Along the way, our guide told us plenty interesting myths behind each shapes of Reed Flute Cave. It makes our trip to Reed Flute Cave become more memorable and fun.

The Elephant Trunk Hill is the symbol of Guilin which resembles a large elephant drinking water from the Li River. For visitor who visit Guilin, this site is a never miss because it is the main landmark of the city.

Next after that, visit Fubo Hill which located on the west bank of Li River, our last destination for this Guilin group day tour. After enjoyed the garden scenery in the front gate, we entered the cave where we found numerous Buddhist statues which were sculpted in Tang Dynasty.

Besides, there is also stalactite stone column an inch off the ground, which is thick at the top and thin at the bottom called Sword Testing Stone. Behind its unique name, of course there is a long story as background.

The Tour We Join: Shanghai Night View with Huangpu River Cruise Bus Tour

Although a little bit cold, but fortunately, on that night was clear (without fog). We were lucky to have a cruise night trip on the first day in Shanghai. For about 45 minutes, we did see the best night scene along Huang River, called among locals as the mother river of Shanghai.

We were waiting for the departure of our boat. We got up to the up deck to our boat quickly to personally enjoy the stunning night views of Shanghai.

Lots of visitors taking photos on the upper deck of the boat. Very windy and bit cool but on the whole, you need to dress up properly for fully enjoy this tour.

After the sunset around the Huangpu River will light up with hundreds of colored neon lights, skyscrapers, reflected in the water. It gave visitors an old and new view of Shanghai (Puxi and Pudong).

Best capture of that day! We totally enjoyed every minutes we did spend on boat. Capture its architecture the TV tower "Oriental Pearl" with other colored lights shining skyscrapers in surroundings.

After that, we did strolling around the Bund till the famous Peace Hotel near Huangpu River and Nanjing Road, busiest commercial district in Shanghai. After have a short look to Peace Hotel, we headed Nanjing Road for again enjoy Shanghai night life there. I am happy overall with the tour, could really enjoyed vibrant nightlife in this metropolis city by visit plenty of highlights.