Beijing -> Shanghai -> Suzhou -> Hong Kong

It was my first trip to Mainland China. For most of this trip, I traveled by walking, bus, and subway. The public transportation in big cities is very convenient and cheap. If you have any destination that can't be reached by public transportation, you can transfer to a taxi after your arriving at the nearest site. In big cities, the security is the least thing you have to worry about, because there are a lot of polices and security guards in every corner.

Overall, visiting China is interesting and full of cultural shock, though I grew up in Taiwan and received similar Chinese culture. However, there are still a lot of things that I can't get used to. For example, people are impolite and lack manner, they seems not to understand what waiting in line means. Cars never let passengers pass first, so passengers have to be quite cautious to the environment. I think their education has to teach people how to respect others. Except for these unpleasant experiences, traveling in China is full of joy and convenience!

Departure - Sunset

Beijing - YiHeYuan (a beautiful royal garden)

Beijing - PeKing University (a beautiful campus mixed with western and Chinese style)

Beijing - JingShan (the last emperor of Ming dynasty committed suicide in this place)

Beijing - street view

Beijing - The Forbidden City

Beijing - Old district (The least changed area in Beijing)

Beijing - TianTan park (Historically, it's for the emperor to pray for the next year's harvest. Architecturally, the ancients didn't use any nail to build this building. On the contrary, they used tenon to link woods perfectly)

Beijing - The bird's nest (This area is still under construction. Maybe I came here too early)

Shanghai - daytime street view (It was foggy and rainy when the first few days after I arrived. People in Shanghai are more friendly than in Beijing and obviously more rich and well-mannered. Sometimes you can see a Ferrari or a Lamborghini in the street. Unlike those taxi drivers in Beijing are impatient to customers, drivers in Shanghai are more polite. When you get on the taxi, drivers would greet you with smiles and remind you "don't forget all your belongings" before you get out.)

Shanghai - night street view

Shanghai - I don't know the exact name of this cable car, but it's too expensive to cross the river by it.

Shanghai - YuYuan (a beautiful ancient garden)

Suzhou - ZhuoZhengYuan (It's the most famous garden of southern China)

Suzhou - LiuYuan (the other famous garden in Suzhou. This garden is considered the representative of all the gardens in the Ching Dynasty. BTW, it is the first time I tried to catch the feeling of rainy day.)

Suzhou - Tigerhill (This place was the capital of Wu Dynasty 3000 years ago. Therefore, there is full of historical objects. This tower is called the Chinese Pisa Tower famous for its leaning.)

Hong Kong - It is a busy, prosperous, and never sleeping city. This city itself can be considered a super big shopping mall containing with numerous large shopping malls, stores, and restaurants. It is quite easy for a stranger to get lost in the city, though there is full of signs and directions on the road or in the Ads.