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Shanghai with my Mum 上海与我妈 :: Part 1
My mum came to visit me in Shanghai on 7 August 2005, after a typhoon hit Shanghai and her flight was delayed by 1 day. Thankfully she arrived save and sound. In Shanghai, we stayed at Motel 168, which was a cheap and good hotel to stay at. It was clean and had friendly staff.…
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Inner Mongolia (Day 7) :: Happy Mothers' Day!
Daybreaks and our first stop for the day was Ping Yao Old City (å¹³é¥å¤åŸŽ). The city center of ancient times. It still remains a bustling place because people live and work in the old city. We visited a Governor’s place, the earliest bank in the world and the city wall. Stopped along the pedestrian street…
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Inner Mongolia (Day 6) :: Wu Tai Shan 五å°å±±
That morning, we visit 5 temples in total. – Wan Fo Ge (万佛é˜) – Ta Yuan Ci (塔院寺) – Xian Tong Ci (显通寺) – Dai Lei Ding (黛螺顶) – and finally, è©è¨é¡¶ One of the temples was on top of 108 steps. Do I hear exclamations? Well, that was the easy one. The final temple…
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Inner Mongolia (Day 5) :: Rare Sights
The Yun Gang grottoes (云岗石窟) was definitely a very impressive attraction. One cannot help but marvel at the intricacy of the stone carvings. How many decades it must have took them to carve out all 45 of the caves, statues and carvings! As usual, a whole bunch of us cannot resist the urge to be…
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Inner Mongolia (Day 4) :: Travelling
After breakfast, we bid farewell to the beautiful grassland. It was definitely regrettable that we did not manage to do a lot of things at the grassland. We headed back to Hohhot to visit various temples and attractions. 1. Zhao Jun Cemetary (æ˜å›å¢“) She was one of the 4 most beautiful women in China’s history.…
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Inner Mongolia (Day 3) :: The Grasslands
Off to the grasslands … the scenery along the way was very nice. More often than not, when we try to capture the scenery on the bus, the pictures turn out blurred and not as grand. Therefore, the best thing to do was enjoy the moment and savour it with your own eyes. The grassland…
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Inner Mongolia (Day 2) :: The Desert
This was officially the start of the sight seeing tour. The first stop was the desert (库布é½æ²™æ¼ å“沙湾). Took a rather long bus ride to the desert, but I think it was worth it. My first time at a desert (I think its almost everyone’s first time, except of course for the tour guide.) Most…
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Inner Mongolia (Day 1) :: Hohhot 呼和浩特
Mention Inner Mongolia and visions of vast, endless grasslands appear in my mind. Riding on a sturdy stallion, racing among over the plains towards the distant horizon. With the sun shining down on the green earth and the cool breeze caressing my face, it was peace and excitement all at once. The trip to Inner…
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Nanjing å—京 (Day 2)
1st stop for the day – Nanjing Massacre Memorial This place commemorated the people who died at the hands of the Japanese during world war 2. quite a sad and solemn place … and you can tell the chinese feelings towards the japanese remain bitter still! Yu Hua Tai (Rain Flower Stage) é›¨èŠ±å° Can’t exactly…
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Nanjing å—京 (Day 1)
The trip to Nanjing was planned by Chenrong of FUSSA and it was most enjoyable. Perhaps it was also due the people that went on the tour. The people included NCS students and FUSSA students. 5 of us from Da Jia Yuan woke up really early that morning and left for the train station. It…