But most importantly I have to thank my boyfriend for specially travel miles away just to visit me, fetching me to work everyday while waiting at Starbucks doing his work :') During work, I do secretly planned some of the places I would like to visit and it requires train to reach there! We got our train tickets at $1 each, which probably means no sitting/hard sitting area with absolutely NO air-conditioned. It gets stuffy sometimes but thank god we travelled in the night.

If you're looking for an adventure, I could recommend you this route.
北京>十度>涞源 (take around 2 days)

Both the places I mentioned are in the vicinity of Beijing however, the country is tooooo huge. We are not blessed with driving license or luxury of having a car so we took a public transport to all the places.

Shidu Park
China Shidu Scenic Area is a national AAAA scenic spots and China National Geological Park. Shidu, literally the "Tenth Crossing", is located in the valley of the meandering Juma River and so named because accessing the town is said to require crossing the river ten times. Shidu is known for the surrounding karst landscape, the largest in northern China, that is created by the Juma River cutting through the Taihang Mountain. And this place is amazing because they are like 10 sceneric spots and attractions you can visit??




You could take bus 836 from 天桥，

The Bus 836 for Shidu runs hourly from 6:00 to 17:00. The Bus 836 from Shidu back to Beijing: runs hourly from 7:00am to 17:00. The whole bus drive takes over 2 hours.

The Bus 836 Stop is located on Beiwei Road ( Beiwei Lu ) 北纬路. Beiwei Road is an east – west street with its east end starting from Tianqiao South Avenue (天桥南大街), opposite Beijing Museum of Natural History. Walking about 400m to the west direction from the east end of Beiwei Road, you will find the Bus Stop with iron railings for the Bus 836 - text and photo credits from tour Beijing

The admission ticket cost us 150rmb ($30 SGD) and does not include all the activities inside. Bought the ticket to the great wall at Simaitai and both way cable car ticket for another ($32) abit heartpain but it is all worth it- having to experience light rain with thunderous sky on top of the great wall and soaking our dirty cold feets in the hot spring lol. Funny how we started the trend and everyone followed us! 40 degree hot water with our ponchos.
Was really contemplating hard whether to get down or wait for the rain to stop and then we'll continue walking towards all the different towers of great wall. End up we stood there for less than an hour and got down to the water town. Went to various places, from hilltop churches to Yue Lao Miao (Deity of Marriage). He was known for arranging marriages and finding a good match as your spouse.

I respected chinese custom so I didn't take picture of the inner temple and the statue of Yue Lao. You have to pay 10RMB to shake the sticks with numbers and exchange for a note that shows either 上签or下签, got a 上上签 apparently she said I am blessed with people that would help me in the future and my marriage would be a blissful one. Thank god, but I kinda guessed that everything inside the box might be all 上签 or else who knows you might ruined a person's day right????
 My super good qian with the breathtaking view of Gubei Water town.
 This dress doesn't belong to me LOL. Swapped a pair of shorts with zan for this dress cause she couldn't fit it perfectly but she claimed I could. My friend is a good photographer!
 Love the koi fishes and the wind catcher. Though Gubei is a newly reconstructed place that resembles the authentic one in zheng jiang, they really make alot effort in the similarity and of course decorations of kites, fishes, lanterns and cloths.
 Walked pass this couple-ish place and we decides to take a photo!
Things here not cheap either. Per boat ride (100rmb) and the food quite expensive. But the view, worth it!!


 Trying act classy~