Beijing, China Part 3

Beijing ..Being Beijing is being mysterious and as mysterious as Beijing can be, I would love to visit Beijing again. Now that I know a trick or two about Beijing, I more eager than ever to come back. :-) Personal experience which I would treasure forever : When we first decide to visit Beijing..I must say it was a sudden decision but not a last minutes deal. It was only mid-August. We have a friend who we can safely say a frequent visitor to Beijing. He had been to Beijing for atleast 3 times in past 5years. So, u can see why we rely so much on him. Being a 1st timer, I basically knew nothing and at the same time it felt like it was the best decision to let him handle everything. I wanted to go with the same agencies he had previously. But he said the quota was full. So we cant join. FYI, for each tour there should a quota which limit number of participants and agency should not violate this quota in order to ensure satisfactory and safe trip. To cut the story short, we moved from one agency to another. At last, we landed a deal with this company. FYI, this company used similar name with one of Malaysia most renowned travel agency, the only different was this company used Sdn Bhd instead of Travel&Tours. Towards the end of this story, u will see the importance of google and being meticulous. We paid our deposit and the rest including hidden charges on monthly basis. Total was a handsome RM3200++ which did not include our flight return flight Sibu -KL. For us, it was a reasonable price though. And my sharing here might seem a little bit excessive but please hold that thought unless until have u read the rest of this story. We were scheduled to meet at KLIA2 by late 6.30p.m. We nearly gathered with the wrong group. Why? Because there was no flags or whatsoever for us to refer to. Once we got to know our group members, we stayed at that one place, too worried to stray and enjoyed ourselves. So we spent our waiting hours getting to know each other.(Positive side) and I didn't even get to eat my dinner. Perhaps I was too excited. I don't remember.Hehehe.