You know when in China, you just need to go elsewhere, to another city, and take the high speed rail..
Because it's China..
Engineering marvel.. They can build anything and anything under the sun..
The trip to Tianjin takes about 30 minutes from Beijing South Railway Station (ok, there's plenty of railway stations in Beijing so you need to know which station to go to get your train to wherever you want to go).. We decided to buy the first class seats, even so, we got separated because it's so full..
Just a day trip to Tianjin and look at the port city, tried some expensive food, and then look around walk around and head back to Beijing at night.. It's tougher to get tickets back to Beijing at night due to the reduced number of trains, but we managed to get on the next train which leaves in just 10 minutes - and we still had to undergo security checks and what nots..
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Beijing South Railway Station
Fucking huge. |
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| Train is here, all aboard, first class in the first car! |
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| China Highspeed Rail train |
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| Waiting for departure |
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Arriving in Tianjin Railway Station..
I'm lost.. |
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| Riverbank |
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| Take a rest first, and admire the riverbank |
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| Suntanning |
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| The Tianjin Century Clock as it is called is all clock and no tower. The large face of the clock is surrounded by bronze sculptures of the twelve signs of the zodiac, quite strange to see in China. The clock has two large arms, other than the one on the clock face with the sun and the moon on each hand. |
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| Square St Regis |
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| The weather is so nice to just sit on the grass in the park away from the bustling and hustling of the city and take in all the sights and sound.. |
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Another clock tower
Why do they need so many clocks? |
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| Main thoroughfare across the river with numerous Roman sculptures |
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| Finally found a golden cushion to sit on |
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This used to be a stadium but then they converted it into a supposedly nightlife-entertainment centre
but all you can see is just... nothing..
Some people were jogging around, some bars were open, but that's about it.. |
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Inside Tianjin Railway Station and looking for my boarding gate!
Help, it's so huge!
And we're out of time...
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