Hello!

Walaupun cerita tahun lepas tetap nak update kat sini sebagai kenangan!


It was my very first winter trip.





Seperti biasa, kita gerak lepas setahun kumpul duit and buat research. Malangnya tak boleh share exact budget kat sini sebab lupa nak take note. Kalau nak mengharapkan memori sendiri memang tak guna la kan. Dah setahun kot. So kita share itinerary jelah ye. Dengan rough bajet la kalau ada yang tetiba teringat pun.

Date : 26 January - 5 February 2018
Location : Beijing + Harbin, China

ITINERARY

Day 1

• Flight patutnya 6.30pm 26/1/2018 tapi delayed sejam ke sejam setengah sebab masalah teknikal.
• Touch down Beijing Capital International Airport around 3.30am
• Lepas imigresen terus cari toilet nak tukar baju sebab baru reti rasa sejuk. Kat luar rupanya suhu -10°C
• Beli Yikatong Card kat kaunter subway airport and top up extra terus untuk avoid kena top up banyak kali kat mesin. Masing-masing tak reti bahasa cina langsung hahaha. 
• Drop off luggage kat hostel and off to Forbidden City. 
• Buat itinerary pack patutnya nak cover banyak tapi akhirnya pergi satu tempat je sebab badan masing-masing terkejut dengan suhu sejuk.  

Day 2

• Bangun pagi excited bergerak ke Great Wall of China
• Decided to visit through Badaling entrance sebab senang sikit nak sampai guna train. Niat asal nak masuk melalui Mutianyu tapi tak sempat nak study bus route and sejuk-sejuk malas nak take risk and sesat.
• Angin kuat gila and suhu drop until -11°C. Sebelum pergi tengok weather forecast beijing temperature was supposed to around 2°C to 7°C tu yang terkejut sikit bila sampai.
• Jalan-jalan cuci mata kat Wang Fu Jing. Makan kat satu muslim restaurant besar kat situ je sebab dah sejuk tak nak beria jalan jauh. 

Day 3

• Pagi-pagi check out hostel, tinggalkan luggage kat stor hostel and off to Russian Market untuk beli winter attire for Harbin
• Rupanya pukul 9 baru few kedai at Russian Market started to open so tak perlu la macam kitorang pukul 8 dah terpacak depan tempat tu.
• Back to hostel to pick up luggage and off to Beijing Railway Station as our train to Harbin is at 8.30pm

Day 4

• Volga Manor
• Masjid Harbin

Day 5

• Harbin Town
• Ice Festival. Entrance ticket we bought at agent yang our taxi driver hantar. 

Day 6

• Took package 2d1n provided by Kazy, our hostel in Harbin town to Snow Village. 
• Snow Village/Snow Town is 6 hours away from the town.

Day 7

• Snow Village
• Train to Beijing

Day 8

• Safely arrived in Beijing, check in hotel and rest for awhile.
• Strolling around Olympic Park

Day 9

• Souvenir shopping at Silk Market

Day 10

• Souvernir shopping at Pearl Market
• Flight to Kuala Lumpur at 1.30am
• Touch down KLIA at around 8/9am. Sampai rumah pukul 11am 

TIPS 

1. Intercity train ticket in China will only be sold a month before departure date so set your reminder and always be aware especially when you are traveling on peak seasons. Chances of your desired train type and seat classes is sold out is quite high when you bought tickets last minutes. Trip.com is a reliable website to be used to buy ticket train in China.
2. You will walk a lot if your main transportation in Beijing is subway especially if it involving transfer between lines so brace yourself. 
3. There are airport style security checking in every subway & train departure station so all your bags need to be scanned each time.
4. Download VPN before you reach the country to be able to access blocked sites/apps such as Google/Whatsapp/Instagram
5. Translation apps (Google translate) is very useful to communicate with local.  

Till then.