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October Holidays å一国庆节 :: Chengdu æˆéƒ½ :: Day 5
The trip back to Chengdu. That morning on the way to CD, our tour guide wanted to bring us to another medicine factory so that he and the driver could both earn RMB 25. Ok ok ok … whatever you want, just do not “niao” us. Also went to a cow comb factory, where I…
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October Holidays å一国庆节 :: Huang Long 黄龙:: Day 4
Woke up early again and checked out of that hotel. Today, the trip would bring us to Huang Long (黄龙). We first had to go to Chuan Zhu Si (å·ä¸»å¯º) and then take the other path towards Huang Long. On the way to Huang Long, we made 3 stops. 1st was at a Crystal Wholesale…
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October Holidays å一国庆节 :: Jiu Zhai Gou ä¹å¯¨æ²Ÿ:: Day 3
Woke up early at 7 am to have breakfast at 7.30 am to prepare to head off to Jiu Zhai Gou at 8 am. It was COLD! Our Hotel Entrance fee was RMB 220 but we got it for RMB 170 cos’ we were students. There was also a fee for the bus ride (RMB…
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October Holidays å一国庆节 :: Chengdu æˆéƒ½ to Jiu Zhai Gou ä¹å¯¨æ²Ÿ:: Day 2
We woke up early and packed our stuff and met our Tour Guide @ the Hostel. The tour guide was calle Jiao Qing (焦庆) or Xiao Jiao (å°ç„¦) or Ah Qing (阿庆) since we were all around the same age and calling Xiao Jiao seems weird. So, our journey begins. We were in a 9…
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October Holidays å一国庆节 :: Chengdu æˆéƒ½ :: Day 1
Going to Shanghai Pudong International Airport Shanghai Airways – Hmm … not the best flight to take, but no choice … it was one of the cheaper flights liao …!!! And we arrived in Chengdu … We hopped onto a van that was … they were actually a tour bus, but since they could not…
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October Holidays å一国庆节 :: Shanghai 上海 :: Day 0
Preparing for the Chengdu æˆéƒ½, Jiu Zhai Gou ä¹å¯¨æ²Ÿ, Huang Long 黄龙 Trip was done through a tour agency located in Chengdu. I had to make numerous calls to them to bargain the price for our little 7 persons tour. The night before the trip … lazying around, counting money and watching movies at Da…
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Huang Shan 黄山 (9 – 11 Sept 2006) Part 2
The morning began at 3 am. Yups!!! That was when we started to crawl out of bed and slowly began to prepare for our day ahead. First stop for the day was Guang Ming Ding (光明顶) – just like in the Martial Arts story (å€šå¤©å± é¾™è®°) … 我们æ€ä¸Šå…‰æ˜Žé¡¶äº† !!! Ha Ha! On top of the peak,…
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Huang Shan 黄山 (9 – 11 Sept 2006) Part 1
Amidst the mist, the sun shines down upon the lush greens and bold mountain. We stand upon the majestic mountain and look down on creation. We exhale … we … pause in awesome wonder. 9 Sept 2006: Heading Off 19 of us departed for Huang Shan at approximately 10:50 pm (some people come late, lah!).…
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Shanghai with my Mum 上海与我妈 :: Part 4
Finally, it was time for my mum to go back. I had too much mixed emotions about the trip. On 1 hand, I just want to make her happy, on the other I get very upset when I see her stuck in all her unhappiness she builds up herself. Well, nonetheless, it was a good…
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Shanghai with my Mum 上海与我妈 :: Part 3
My mum stayed a long time in Shanghai, and thankfully, she was ok going around herself while I was at work. Met up with her for dinner each night and that was about it. She also had a friend in Shanghai, Julie, who brought her around occasionally. On this day, Julie treated us to lunch…