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Month: December 2005

  • Year End Trip 2005 (Day 14):: Guangzhou 广州

    Guangzhou 广州 – Happy New Year! After 13 hours of train ride, we arrived in Guangzhou. First thing we did was purchase our return train ticket for the 2nd of January 2006. Xiao Du (my uncle’s driver) came to pick us up and we went to have breakfast a China Plaza. 5 Treasure Wonton Noodles…

  • Year End Trip 2005 (Day 13):: Yang Shuo 阳朔

    Breakfast at Yang Shuo Authentic Guilin mifen! yum! Cycling around Yang Shuo We took a raft ride down the Yu Long River 遇龙河 which was so tranquil because there was so little people around. Then we cycled round the villages, visited some old housing and talked to some local people. We had lunch at quite…

  • Year End Trip 2005 (Day 12):: Yang Shuo 阳朔

    Yang Shuo 阳朔 We had bought boat tickets that cruised down the Li Jiang 漓江, the famous river with all the famous hills. The boat ride and the bus ride cost RMB 225 in all. It was expensive. Subsequently, we were also ‘convinced’ to take an afternoon tour with that same tour agent and we…

  • Year End Trip 2005 (Day 11):: Guilin æ¡‚æž—

    Guilin æ¡‚æž— After 20 hours of train ride, we reached Guilin. We had hard bed and the top bed was really cramped. Imagine me crouched on the bed sandwiched between the bed and the ceiling of the train. We arrived at the North station of Guilin and took a bus (route 2 and then switched…

  • Year End Trip 2005 (Day 10):: Yunnan 云南

    Yet another boring day in Kunming! It was raining! MC had decided that he was going to find a cafe to sit down and do his business case. HJ and I were still contemplating where we wanted to go. After buying our train tickets to Guilin and depositing our heavy luggages at the train station,…

  • Year End Trip 2005 (Day 9):: Yunnan 云南

    A day of rest in Lijiang After the many days of exhaustion, excretion and travelling, all 3 of us finally decided that we should rest for 1 day in Lijiang. We hung around in Lijiang, did some shopping, did our business cases in a internet bar nearby and just waited for our night bus ride…

  • Year End Trip 2005 (Day 8):: Yunnan 云南

    Leaping Tiger Gorge 虎跳峡 – Merry Chirstmas! The final day of our Shangrila trip. My tummy was still in a bad state. MC and HJ still had tummy ache too. We were going to the Middle Leaping Tiger Gorge (all in all, there were 3 sections, top, middle and bottom). After lunch, which we did…

  • Year End Trip 2005 (Day 7):: Yunnan 云南

    Travelling and White Horse Snow Mountain 白马雪山 Most of this day was spent travelling. We were going back towards Shangrila and on the way, we reached the place that had the highest altitude of our entire journey – 4292 metres above sea level. The backdrop was the White Horse Snow Mountain. It was beautiful with…

  • Year End Trip 2005 (Day 6):: Yunnan 云南

    Mei Li Snow Mountain 梅里雪山 After a night of toilet visiting, we were visibly exhausted, but we were also determined to continue the trip and enjoy it as much as we could possibly can. We travelled in our little jeep and listened to very interesting music along the way. There were songs by Xu Wei…

  • Year End Trip 2005 (Day 5):: Yunnan 云南

    Lijiang 丽江, Leaping Tiger Gorge 虎跳峡, Shangrila 香格里拉, De Qin å¾·é’¦, Mei Li Snow Mountain 梅里雪山 Our trip begins! We joined a 散团 consisting of people from all over, but we were so fortunate, that besides the 3 of us, only 2 other Dong Bei 东北 Girls were on the same trip. Therefore, it was…