03 November 2008

Beijing Business Trip Oct 08- Accommodation

Am back from my Beijing business trip!

It was a really tiring trip but best part is that I got one day's time to explore the city.

This was how my schedule like after arrival:
1am - departure from Singapore Changi Airport
7am - arrived in Beijing Airport
7am-11am - waited in Beijing Aiport from another party to arrive from Oslo
11am - departure from Beijing Airport to Tanggu, Tianjin
1pm - arrived at Tanggu
1pm- 12am- worked non stop in a meeting without dinner
12am - back in hotel room, had dinner and worked til 4am
4am-8am - sleeping time finally
8am-5pm - meeting again
5pm- 8pm - depart Tanggu and journey to Zhuozhou, Beijing
9pm-12pm - worked 15 hours non stop!!!
12pm-2pm - signing ceremony and lunch with client
2.30pm - depart zhuozhou to Beijing city


It's such a crazy schedule!!!

Anyway, I was quite impressed by Beijing and I actually quite like it there. It's much cleaner and people are more friendly than those in Shanghai. The public transport is cheap! MRT is only 2RMB one way irregardless of which destionation you get off and taxi is 10RMB when you get on. The buildings are unique! I suppose these are the changes after the Olympic Games?

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beautiful skyline

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see this one! Sorry picture taken while I was travelling in a car

I stayed at Sheraton Beijing for one night. Boss has gone home earlier and I couldn't get a flight out of Beijing on Friday itself therefore I had to missed Ah P'ng's wedding in Batu Pahat. Sorry ah P'ng!

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hotel lobby

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cafe at the hotel

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the room. The bed is as comfy as Westin's but I prefer Westin Melbourne's room. Price: 1200 RMB per night including breakfast.

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nice mugs

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at the corner there is a small sofa

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guest directory

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small bathroom for China's standard. No separate shower and bath tub. There is only bath tub in the bathroom.

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where I had breakfast

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selection of bread

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Omelette station

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salad and ham

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my breakfast- East meet West

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nice wine display outside the restaurant.

Coming up, places I visited in Beijing and most importantly, PEKING DUCK!


1 comment:

Simon Seow said...

RMB 1200 per night? That's like RM 600. @_@