It’s the first time I travel outside of my country
and definitely the first will always stay with you, as the saying goes.
Well the start would have to be detesting especially when you start off
applying VISA for the country where they make you
come back 4 times due to incomplete requirements, that’s definitely taking the
fun out of first time travelling. But fortunately CHINA embassy is
not like other countries (ahem U.S. embassy) that you need to pay them for every
time you come back, my entire return trip was free of charge. And most
thankful that CHINA embassy grant me a VISA and at ease letting me come to
their country without fearing a poor unemployed me would overstay in their
country, LOL.
Since its me and my sister’s first time visiting a foreign
country and riding an international plane were unknowingly complaisant that the
plane wait for its passengers just like in those infomercials where the
aircraft staff were smiling while guiding you to the plane, well their guiding
us to the plane for real but not smiling and very much rushing, thankfully 40
minutes before the flight was roughly enough time to push us inside the airport
as the last two passengers.
Six hours and then we arrive; CHINA or BEIJING
airport to be exact is beautiful, not stunning but clean and big, better than
my home country airport. Thankfully it’s that way cause being a budget
traveler we can’t afford an overnight in a hotel so we spend the rest of the
eight hours to be exact in the airport waiting for the tourist guide in the
morning. Well eight hours a breeze especially when you’re excited about
what’s ahead, and then the morning comes together with the tourist guide.
We had cute couple together with us from the same country and that makes the
tour so much better.
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First stop, GREAT WALL OF CHINA and yes
straight from the airport, there’s probably so much to see in this 2 days tour
so we have to hurry. And definitely it’s great to see THE GREAT WALL,
it’s beautiful and picturesque and seems unendingly long, seriously my heart
melts seeing a structure so beautiful you never thought it’s possible to
witness it in person. I only see the
structure in movies and picture and definitely it’s better in person. No wonder the GREAT WALL OF CHINA is always in
the list of places to go to. I would
advice everyone to witness this landmark in person if you can, witness, touch
and feel it, but probably don’t climb the stairs of it if you’re afraid of
heights like me. The step towards the
stairs was so steep like a size of one foot per leap you think it’s a feat to
climb up but looking on your way down would make you faint, and yes I pass on the
experience of doing the stairs.
