Beijing Week 1 - 景山公园 and 胡同

This is a shot taken from the cab ride to the hotel for the first day.. more green compares to a month ago.





Forbidden city from 景山公园






View from 景山公园







A park next to the Forbidden city









After 景山, share a rickshaw with Patrick and Diana for a 45 minute narrated tour around Hutong.















A man walking along the Hutong main road







An elderly woman in Hutong









Hutong

Busan - Again

Again, visiting the Hermes Hotel on the Gwangangli beach... this time its not for training.. but I chose this hotel for its subscription to a channel with live F1.

This is the Gwanganli beach by night.






Hauendae Beach.

After F1, visited the Busan aquarium

Some weird looking shark at the Busan aquarium.

This is the Geoje-Busan ride that costs me USD140

Inside the Chrysler 3000 Luxury Sedan

Geoje - the second last day

This is the map of Geoje, second largest island in Korea








Walking along the stretch of flag poles.








Some Korean-Western food.








Cherry blossom I found around the Samsung hotel.








The tree









Samsung hotel, Geoje

Geoje Week 2 - Last Takabi for the visit

Before leaving Geoje, decided to have Takabi for the last time. So a local colleague brought us to this Takabi restaurant where he claimed serve his favourite takabi. Forgot the name, but it took as a good 20 minutes of walking from the car to this place.



The ingredients thrown in.









Almost ready to be served








The last kimchi, I hoped.








The takabi fried rice or pok.

Geoje Week 2 - King Crab

This ship reminds me of Titanic..









This is the 30m scaffolding that I need to walk thru to get on the platform. Notice the small little plank?











After a tough day of work, its time for the King crab. The serve Snow crab too. Approx. USD29/kg for Snow crab and USD39 for King crab.










This is one of our option.









This is the one that did not escape our eyes.








Some octupus before the crab is served.










Sauce for the crab.

The King crab. Only serve plain, no other style e.g. chilli, black pepper, etc.







Close-up view