updates part 4
Posted on: Monday, December 08, 2008
Posted at: 12/08/2008 02:11:00 PM
06/12/08: Day in Shen Zhen
went to shen zhen on the third day.. took MTR from hung hom wif the rest of the tour grp to Lo Wu.. quite convenient la, now that hk is part of china.. can easily take train up and the arrival procedure takes less than 10min.. lesser if ur a frequent traveller / diplomatic passport holder or a local.
MTR station at Hung Hom
Reached Lo Wu.. sign pointing to shen zhen (abit blur, tink my phone got astig sia =P )
anyway, took the bus ride and went on a freaking few hr of weird rides arnd town where they try to trick us to buy their overpriced merchandised.. went to a jade cultural museum thing and then a Traditional Chinese Medicine centre which was opened by the chinese govt. overpriced.. went on for a lunch at a local restaurant.. the setting is a little different from what i haf had in HK, but the food was great, still nth too special, all eat b4 in singapore alr..
the highlight of the day was the trip to "Window of the World", where they had miniatures of all the different iconic buildings in the word. here are some pics (took alot of them.. all on facebook, ask me on msn or something if u wanna see):
Window of the World
some roman building..
nice waterfountain :)
can almost see a rainbow :)
jesus :O
dutch windmills
leaning tower
mermaid :)
sydney!
some european styled buildings.
japan!
Taj Mahal
Thailand
Singapore Merlion!
Eiffel Tower
went back to Lo Wu Shopping Mall after that.. alot of counterfeit bags and stuff there.. but nt interested.. ate dinner at a restaurant there.. posh and cheap and gd service :)
went back to Kowloon and shopped arnd mongkok till tsim sha tsui on foot.. dumped my parents and walked alone.. kinda fun la.. mingling wif the crowd and all.
Xmas Lights at Parklane Shopping Centre HK
lots of sports cars parked around granville area in tsim sha tsui.. perhaps they went to pub / club.. but the clubs/ pubs there qutie ex.. 200+ sia.. and looked kinda sleazy to me..
07/12/08 - prepare to fly back to singapore and some last min shopping/walking.
continued my exploration alone in the morning aft breakfast.
Jade market in the morning. bought some jade accessories for my family. quite cheap too.. haggled till abt 18hkd.. which is arnd 3-4sgd.. :)
prayed here.. famous temple in HK.
local soya bean.. quite thick and less sugar.. overall, good!
walked around alittle more with the soyabean in hand into their morning market and continued mingling in the crowd (helps to be chinese in a chinese country) :) their markets are vibrant unlike ours, confined to shops, theirs operate via pushcarts and the prices are quite cheap too.. bought 2x 2009 mini calendar (HK pub hols).
and then went back to hotel to check out... back to singapore!
this is my first far awy trip.. awy frm South East Asian country! and apart from some little problems here and there, it was a great experience bah.. to learn new things and look at the difference in culture. :) next stop, taiwan 2009! anyone?
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