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3D2N at 1000 Island Lake åƒå²›æ¹–, Hangzhou
Took the Qingming holidays (清明节) to go out for a short trip to getaway to a quiet, peaceful and tranquil place for fresh air and relaxation. Stayed at the InterContinental Hotel, which was located in a secluded area of the lake (RMB 35 by taxi from the bus station). It was a hassle to get…
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Hong Kong :: Day 5
It was our last day in Hong Kong. I had to meet a client at Langham Place, Mongkok. I woke up really late., this gives Mr Ting a chance to join me there. He was looking for his morning coffee and for all you know,it was quite a nice hotel building with some good shopping…
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Hong Kong :: Day 4
The Long Trip to Lan Tau Islands – Big Buddha We woke up a little bit earlier this morning in hope of reaching our final destination before noon, when the sun would become very Hot. We kind of made it! Not before our morning breakfast of Chee Cheong Fun and Porridge and this little store,…
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Hong Kong :: Day 3
3rd day in HKG: The Pingshan With No Shan We decided we’ll do one thing different in every trip, not the touristy stuff as mentioned by my travel partner. The night before bed, after the IC figured how we should get there by MTR, we decided: Pingshan Trail. What attracted me to visit Pingshan was…
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Hong Kong :: Day 2
After a good night sleep, we woke up to a beautiful morning in Hong Kong. Today, we decided to explore Central – the city central of Hong Kong, the happening place. We took the train nearest to our Hotel(尘沙水) to Central(ä¸åŽŸï¼‰and went hunting for both food and good shopping. The first thing tha caught our…
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Hong Kong :: Day 1
It was my first trip to Hong Kong and it was the May Holidays in China. No doubt it was considered peak period as I could not get a seat to fly out of Singapore on Cathay Pacific and, eventually, had to take United Airlines. (Jet Star was not cheap either for the same flying…
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Year End Trip 2005 (Day 16):: Guangzhou 广州
Guangzhou 广州 – Last Day Breakfast, auntie Beng Choo brought us to a place to eat Chee Cheong Fan çŒªè‚ ç²‰. It was very good! The porridge was good too! Then we had dessert of Ginger Milk opposite the road. It was milk curdled at a specific high temperature with ginger taste. We went to West…
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Year End Trip 2005 (Day 15):: Guangzhou 广州
Guangzhou 广州 – Shopping Early morning, we started of the year with a full body massage. Then we dropped off at San Yuan Li 三元里, Gui Hua Lou 桂花楼 to shop around. This was the stretch of road that had all the leather wholesaler. The things here were CHEAP! I brought us to a wallet…
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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…
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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 é‡é¾™æ²³ 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…