Conveniently located down the road from our hotel, this UNESCO world heritage site (https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/881/) should have been easy to organise a visit to. However, the complexities of arranging anything independently made obtaining tickets a BIG deal…..how hard can it be I hear you ask… well I’ll tell you…
Normally a visit to the internet would point you in the right direction and could well lead to a link to allow you to book tickets. Not so here…good luck with the dodgy wifi and site blocking in the first place. If you manage to find an official site and get an English translation it’ll result in advice something like this – “book tickets through WeChat”.
Great! I have WeChat so should be simple….think again…you get all the way through the steps seeing the finish line in sight when….”contact number error”….arghhhhhhhh. No I do not have a Chinese mobile number!
Luckily for a visit to the Temple of Heaven, Nick saved the day (and my sanity) by managing to book through http://trip.com
So off we went having picked up snacks from the 7-Eleven nearby to keep us warm for the next few hours wandering around the various points of interest that form the complex of imperial religious Confucian buildings in temps around 10c with a biting wind🥶
All-in-all well worth the hassle to get there, very happy to have got there.
