I found other cheap flights home via Shanghai or Guangzhou, but I wanted another look at Beijing before going home, so I picked my layover there.
Traveloka was about 200,000 đồng cheaper. The fare started at 2.6 million but rose to 3.3 million while I was filling in the form to pay. It hadn’t gone back down by that night, so I bought it. A few days later it was up to around 10 million :D
I checked the baggage details on Trip. My bag would be checked through to Hanoi.
Because the flight is 7:35, we have to leave Harbin by 5:00 at the latest, so we booked a room near the bus stop, so we got up at 4:30 in the morning and walked out.
Search maps will pick you up at the airport bus stop, 20 yuan, if you don't buy a ticket, you'll be charged later. There are 4-5 buses to the airport, this one I saw run early, the first one at 3:30 in the morning.
While on the bus, I went to the China Eastern website, checked the flight information, checked in at counters B01-B10, exited gate 29 and was taken off the plane by the bus, picked up my luggage at column 33 (if I had luggage).
Harbin to Beijing was a domestic flight, so I could have checked in online. I went to the desk to check my bag so I could walk around Beijing without it. It was 6.6 kg on the way out and 5.5 kg going back. I had a 23 kg allowance, more than enough :D
Check in quite crowded but all the counters are open so I waited about 5 'and done, the staff said sign my luggage ok because people also know I want to light people that: D but the first time sign so still a little country, to the security check, they do not pass, reasons related to checked luggage, after the check-in desk staff they led to check back the bag, check 3 times did not find anything to pass.
The staff were so kind, they thought it was time to get on the plane, so they told the others to give them priority.
Ten hours late to Daxing airport, Beijing, I have to take four trams to Tiananmen Square.
It's quite difficult to get to Tiananmen Square, people are surrounded by fences, everywhere you go there are police checking, asking where to go, walking on maps to get there.
The public bicycle experience in China.
When you get there, there is no ticket not to enter, but the ticket must be bought at least one day in advance so stop from entering, so that next time you have a reason to go around: D
Standing from afar, take a picture in front of Tiananmen Square, and the Forbidden City is behind, walking about 1-2 km to get there.
Take the tram to the church, and if there's no service, take the bus to another church.
I was lucky to get to the place where the ceremony was, they sang well, solemn, it took an hour and a half to finish, I was tired so I slept all night:D
Take two trams back to the airport, the tram system covers the capital Beijing and still not as much as the city of Shanghai (five stations, 800km of rail).
I found security and passport control at the airport and went through. Then I remembered I hadn’t bought any gifts. I thought I’d only have duty-free, but found a convenience store and went a little overboard, spending nearly 200 yuan :D
On the plane there was a grandmother fighting for her seat, not wearing her seat belt and sleeping on two nice seats because the seat in the middle was empty, the stewardess did not tell her but sticked a paper "call if you need help": DDD
Last day in Beijing, walking about 12km.
We arrived in Hanoi at 3:00 a.m., and there were still a lot of people out on the streets.
From the trip Harbin. Read the Vietnamese original on Blogger
