Trips Abroad in 2011 - Beijing

I've had a blessed year in 2011 having been treated to 3 trips abroad (actually 4, but Bangkok was flooded during the scheduled period so it's been postponed to February 2012).

The 1st was to Bangkok in March, accompanying Allan on his business trip. I had such a great time shopping there that we immediately booked another trip upon our return, for the family to visit the city in November. Alas, Mother Nature had other plans and as everyone well knows, parts of Bangkok were inundated by flood waters....so we had to postpone our plans.

In October, Allan & I went on an all-expenses paid incentive trip to Beijing, courtesy of PM Malaysia, the company which distributes the premium Fitline brand of wellness products. I always enjoy my trips abroad and needless to say, this was no different :) It was made even more special because I got to dress up in a Manchurian princess costume. This was a privilege accorded to only those leaders who achieved the highest sales volume within the qualifying period.

First Day

Temple of Heaven

Handsome 'princes'

errr......handsome princes turned zombies??

(ala Chinese ghost movies)

We were treated to song, dance and traditional food

at the Mongolian Village

Second Day

Group photo in Tiananmen Square

The Square was filled with scores of people as it was the

Golden Week celebrating their National Day

Sugar candied fruit 'kebab' :)

('ping tong wu lo')

At the entrance to the Forbidden City

Inside Forbidden City

Summer Palace

Day 3

View of the Great Wall at Chu-Yung-Kuan Pass

Scaling....scaling....*huff* **puff**

Mission accomplished!

YES!! Powered by FitLine!

Day 4

Shopping at Wangfujing

Then it's on to lunch at the well-known hotpot

restaurant....can't remember the name though...

At the entrance to 'Street of Snacks'

Fermented smelly tofu

...care for some?...

Farewell dinner

A photo sampling of some of the food we had in Beijing

Next year's incentive trip is to Korea.....keeping my fingers crossed :)