17/6 - went to 龙王洞 to see a natural cave, which was abt 1+ hr walk. looks like those wu xia shows cave scenes..lol. the temp inside the cave is v weird..during summer it ll be cold like ard 18 deg, but during winter, it ll be warm. so plus the rain, it was quite cold inside. went to other tourist attractions with more mountains, and yuan jia jie also. but as it rained almost the whole day, we could only mainly see clouds on top of the mountain..lol. we waited for some time there, hoping tt there would be v strong wind to blow the clouds and mist away..n it really did! so we got to view the scenery for 2-3 secs..LOL! there was a place called 十里画廊(ten mile gallery)..at first i really thot we were gg an arts gallery, turns out tt we ll be taking a tram and see the scenery along the way..hahaa.
18/6 - last day at zhang jia jie! had breakfast and set off at 8+am. first went to a 土家妹 shop selling their local specialties. Next went to Dr. Tea to try their different types of local tea. Also went to an art gallery (real one now), which displays drawings by a local famous artist. he used stones found on the hills of zhang jia jie and grind them into sand and den used the different colours of the sand to draw. the drawings all looks v real! amazing!!
went for lunch which was mushrooms pot..yummy~ especially with their noodles..muahha. den was the long long journey to 宜昌 for us to take ship to cruise the yangtze river. the rain delayed the bus journey, and by the time we reached the harbour to take ship it was already ard 9pm. on the bus, the tour guide taught us to sing 山歌, their folk songs, and she chose ppl to go to the front of the bus to sing la! me n bro both got 'chosen'. our tour grp was actually quite small..15 ppl only, with 4 children (including meeee..lol). the other 2 children were 11 and 15 yrs old..n the rest were parents and 2 grandparents. so actually all of us got along quite well la.
19/6 - woke up at 6+ again, for breakfast at 730am. for the 3 days on ship, the breakfast serve almost the same food..zzz. but the soup noodles was v tasty..n i got sick of eating eggs..lol. there was only 70+ ppl on board, and we had fixed seats inside the restaurant. we split into 2 tables, and had one waiter assigned to serve juz our 2 tables. the rest of the passengers were from shen zhen, and HK. the service was vv good..asked for our comments after each meals. for lunch, we had 豆沙包 as one of the dish, which was vv delicious! so we told the waiter, and he said he could change one of the dish, which doesnt taste as nice, to dou sha bao tml lunch..wahh! lol. again, we had lots of dishes for lunch and dinner on the ship also. even more than prev days, because they have many more appetizers b4 the main course..haa. oh, after breakfast, we disembark and went on shore to view the dam. bro din join us cos he was sick!
after lunch, went to the deck to see how the ship sail past the 闸门. the ships have to go thru 5 of these because the difference in water levels on the upstream and downstream were too great. so the ships have to go inside and den close the gates for the water level to be raised, and go thru to the other zha men n so on. the whole process to go thru 5 gates took abt 3hrs.
20/6 - after breakfast disembark and changed to a smaller boat to view the 小山峡..shd be valley ba. as the morn was quite cold, there was a layer of fog on top of the lake..wooo..beautiful! hahaha. went back for lunch, and funny..the waiter was abit paiseh, cos the chef said tt they dun have enough red bean paste to make the buns and he apologised to us..haa. at nite there was a game 'party', and for all games there was always at least one rep from each place..haa. me n bro played 2 of the games also. one was we had to place a balloon between our backs and den turn ard to make the balloon between our stomachs n den burst it. the other was solo where we had to throw rings ard a bottle.
21/6 - last day on cruise! disembark to view valley again in the morn, den slack in the aftnn. they always arrange programs, but some of the programs are quite bored la..so i rather go up to the deck..hahah. if not stay inside rm n slack n watch movies..they have movies marathons on board..haa. den at nite was free karaoke time. we juz sit and chat la.
22/6 - last day at china! haa. spent the day at chong qing..but the tour guide was not gd at all la. we had few hrs to shop in the aftnn, den dinner was their famous chong qing ma la huo guo. erm..i dun really like it la..haa. too numb for my liking..haa. the spicy part was still ok, but i dun like it when my tongue was numb..haa. at nite went to see their nite scenery which wasnt as great as wad the guide said. n we din even view it on a higher level or sth..it was juz by a road side, which we can see the yangtze river and buildings w nice lightings. reached the airport at 11pm to fly home!
30 June 2007
28 June 2007
lalala, back from china~!! before i start to write long stories on the trip, shall first blog abt today! now the 4 of us are free, so can take turns to go down n tend the stall..work only 4 days a wk..yay! hahah. so i off todae n tml and sat cos sat will be celebrating ah ma birthday.
today went tam hse to slack..her hse lots of entertainment la. got pool table (9 feet some more!!), PS 2, mahjong, n ETC..LOL. gd place to slack..hahaha. den kok joined us for dinner after her interview. ate zhu chao, den talk talk talk..lol. reached home at abt 9+. dennnnnnnnn at 10+ almost 11, jackson asked me n kok out for supper. ahhh, shdnt have bathed so early la! lol. so had supper at the 24hr coffee shop at cck interchange. during the whole meal, kok was super high. she kept talking and laughing la! LOL. duno wad caused it..2 hrs ago, she was still quite normal..but somehow i tink playing audition makes her high..hahahha. ohh, den goonz me, i put my whole wallet w keys inside kok's bag n 4gt to take back..reach my lift le den realise..HAHAH. have to call her to come down again..HAHA. not like we stay v far from each other..lalala~. supper was jackson's treat though..hahaha. thks! really broke now..no time to teach tuition so no income..haaa
tml gg k box ladies nite!! woohoo!! lol
congrats to kok for finding a job too!! but really not prepared to start work so soon eh. y do i have to be prepared when its u starting work?! cos i still thot we all can go play more often when i work fewer days..now cannotttttttt! n to my horror.........ONLY 5 WKS OF HOLS LEFT!!!! AHHHHHhhhhhhh
china trip:
15/6 - flight to shen zhen was at 7 or 7+ am..reached the airport quite early. n was quite hungry, so bought BK breakfast..lol. quite pig, but i was really quite hungry, usually too early in the morn i wun have much appetite, but for tt day i was quite abnormal. reached shen zhen airport at abt 11am, den we had to wait for the 'tour guide'!! faints lo..where got tour guide late de..den we had to call the singapore tour agency, the china one oso..cmi. bad impression of her already..heng her job was only to take us to lunch and send us to take the domestic flight in the aftnn to chang sha (长沙) at hu nan (湖南). reach chang sha n saw the tour guide. first impression was: she seems v young..looks like shes not even 20. she was actually 21 la..still v young. went for dinner at some restaurant and den to hotel to rest for the nite le. all the lunch and dinner at china were 10 dishes and one soup..v kong bu..lol. n i rem for the 1st 2 days, we ate stir-fried cucumber w meat and brinjal for the lunches and dinners !! n beer were served for all lunch and dinners there too. but the alcohol content was not v high la..ard 2-4%. taste abit sweet oso.
16/6 - wake up call at 6am!! so early manz!! had breakfast at the hotel..n gosh, it was quite terrible. apart from the quality and quantity of the food which i shall not comment first..there werent even enough plates, cups, cutlery!! n most of the food were gone and not replenished. the tour guide later explained tt it was cause they had duno wad 14 korean tour grps or sth..but still..
left the place at 745am n travel on coach for abt 4 hrs to reach zhang jia jie (张家界). so now, zhang jia jie is still not v accessible as compared to most other places..but the scenery there is beautiful. well, when it becomes more accessible, the place will also be more commercialised..hah. the ppl there mainly depends on tourism to make a living and red light district. reached there and had lunch and den went to bao feng lake (宝峰湖). its a lake on a mountain..quite amazing. lots of hills and other mountains oso. had to walk up the mountain which was quite tiring..too long nv exercise..lol. the scene on the top was definitely worth the walk. there was also a half natural waterfall..it was a natural waterfall, but they man-made part was that they increased the volume of the water falling down..haha.
next stop went to a shop for foot massage and to 泡脚 in some herbal water. the water was so hot la..more den 40 deg! siaoz. waited quite long until the water cooled abit den put feet inside..lol. i din do the massage too, cos they said have to be 22 and above if not there will be side effects..i m not yet 22!! but the foot massage like nth one..see them do and hear my parents comments..lol. they seem to anyhow massage only. went back hotel to take a rest and den had dinner at the hotel's restaurant. this hotel is v good man..the rm is spacious and bed and pillows and shower were good..lol. after dinner, we went to watch a show performance which was about the different cultural customs of the 3 different grps of ppl at zhang jiajie as well as those impressive performance like walking on fire blah.
to be continued.....
today went tam hse to slack..her hse lots of entertainment la. got pool table (9 feet some more!!), PS 2, mahjong, n ETC..LOL. gd place to slack..hahaha. den kok joined us for dinner after her interview. ate zhu chao, den talk talk talk..lol. reached home at abt 9+. dennnnnnnnn at 10+ almost 11, jackson asked me n kok out for supper. ahhh, shdnt have bathed so early la! lol. so had supper at the 24hr coffee shop at cck interchange. during the whole meal, kok was super high. she kept talking and laughing la! LOL. duno wad caused it..2 hrs ago, she was still quite normal..but somehow i tink playing audition makes her high..hahahha. ohh, den goonz me, i put my whole wallet w keys inside kok's bag n 4gt to take back..reach my lift le den realise..HAHAH. have to call her to come down again..HAHA. not like we stay v far from each other..lalala~. supper was jackson's treat though..hahaha. thks! really broke now..no time to teach tuition so no income..haaa
tml gg k box ladies nite!! woohoo!! lol
congrats to kok for finding a job too!! but really not prepared to start work so soon eh. y do i have to be prepared when its u starting work?! cos i still thot we all can go play more often when i work fewer days..now cannotttttttt! n to my horror.........ONLY 5 WKS OF HOLS LEFT!!!! AHHHHHhhhhhhh
china trip:
15/6 - flight to shen zhen was at 7 or 7+ am..reached the airport quite early. n was quite hungry, so bought BK breakfast..lol. quite pig, but i was really quite hungry, usually too early in the morn i wun have much appetite, but for tt day i was quite abnormal. reached shen zhen airport at abt 11am, den we had to wait for the 'tour guide'!! faints lo..where got tour guide late de..den we had to call the singapore tour agency, the china one oso..cmi. bad impression of her already..heng her job was only to take us to lunch and send us to take the domestic flight in the aftnn to chang sha (长沙) at hu nan (湖南). reach chang sha n saw the tour guide. first impression was: she seems v young..looks like shes not even 20. she was actually 21 la..still v young. went for dinner at some restaurant and den to hotel to rest for the nite le. all the lunch and dinner at china were 10 dishes and one soup..v kong bu..lol. n i rem for the 1st 2 days, we ate stir-fried cucumber w meat and brinjal for the lunches and dinners !! n beer were served for all lunch and dinners there too. but the alcohol content was not v high la..ard 2-4%. taste abit sweet oso.
16/6 - wake up call at 6am!! so early manz!! had breakfast at the hotel..n gosh, it was quite terrible. apart from the quality and quantity of the food which i shall not comment first..there werent even enough plates, cups, cutlery!! n most of the food were gone and not replenished. the tour guide later explained tt it was cause they had duno wad 14 korean tour grps or sth..but still..
left the place at 745am n travel on coach for abt 4 hrs to reach zhang jia jie (张家界). so now, zhang jia jie is still not v accessible as compared to most other places..but the scenery there is beautiful. well, when it becomes more accessible, the place will also be more commercialised..hah. the ppl there mainly depends on tourism to make a living and red light district. reached there and had lunch and den went to bao feng lake (宝峰湖). its a lake on a mountain..quite amazing. lots of hills and other mountains oso. had to walk up the mountain which was quite tiring..too long nv exercise..lol. the scene on the top was definitely worth the walk. there was also a half natural waterfall..it was a natural waterfall, but they man-made part was that they increased the volume of the water falling down..haha.
next stop went to a shop for foot massage and to 泡脚 in some herbal water. the water was so hot la..more den 40 deg! siaoz. waited quite long until the water cooled abit den put feet inside..lol. i din do the massage too, cos they said have to be 22 and above if not there will be side effects..i m not yet 22!! but the foot massage like nth one..see them do and hear my parents comments..lol. they seem to anyhow massage only. went back hotel to take a rest and den had dinner at the hotel's restaurant. this hotel is v good man..the rm is spacious and bed and pillows and shower were good..lol. after dinner, we went to watch a show performance which was about the different cultural customs of the 3 different grps of ppl at zhang jiajie as well as those impressive performance like walking on fire blah.
to be continued.....
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