It seriously is great to be back. First of all, thank God for the successful and pleasant trip to China. Very interesting place to go to for a holiday... and not to forget, for endless shopping too. What sucked was that we need to take a bus down to the Penang International Airport at 4am in the morning reached the airport about 6am. We took a 7am flight to Bangkok, and then another transit to ShangHai. It was about 3 hours and 45 minutes flight from Bangkok to ShangHai. We were then greeted by a bubbly and professional tour guide, and again, we have to sit in the bus from the airport to the city of ShangHai. Another 1 hour and a half ride to the city.
Dinner on the first night was terrible. I was feeling abit nausea, so i did not get the chance to have a feast. Well, it was just the first night, and there is a saying that the first impression is the most important of all. After the food that we ate on the first night, my the enthusiasm of looking forward to eating the food in China was practically low. Well, this actually explains why most of us went to KFC or McDonalds for supper every day. The food in China was either too oily or too salty. Oh yeah, we were given a chance to taste the Peking Duck. Oh wow, you can actually see the oil oozing out as well as the layers and layers of fats contained. Trust me, i never taste a single one.
On the 2nd day, we proceeded to Hang Zhou. It was another hour ride on the bus. Just listening to the tour guide speak actually increases my nausea level. So instead of listening to some interesting thing he has to say, i had my discman on and was fast asleep (not advicable for a person on tour to do that actually).
The places that i have been to were TongLi, WuXi, Nanjin, SuZhou and back to ShangHai. The interesting places which interest me were The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, Lake Tai (known as the third largest freshwater lake in China. It encompasses 2,425 square kilometres. Lake Tai's banks touch 38 cities), and Tang City. If you were to ask me which was my favorite, i would have to say the Tang City.
A little desciption on the listed places that interest me
The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge provides a vital link between North China and the fertile fields of South China. The construction of the bridge began in Jan 18, 1960 and was completed in Dec. 29, 1968. At the sides of the bridge stands 4 towers. One of the towers housed the visitor's briefing room and where a fine model of the bridge is placed. The .6 Kilometres long bridge is 2 tiered with the top level for vehicles (about 4,589 metres long and 19.5 metres wide) and the lower one for trains (6,772 metres ong double deck and 14 metres wide). A total of 100,000 tons of steel and one million tons of cement were used for the construction of the bridge. Standing at the top of the briefing room tower was great. It gives you a clear view of the Southern and Northern China.
Lake Tai was another amazing site. Well, do not think it is just a lake but it is the third largest in China. It is as large as 4 Singapore put together or a total of 2 city of ShangHai put together. Another interesting site was the Movie Land of Three Kingdom City and Water Margin City (also known to be the Tang City). This landmark provides 'Tang Dynasty Style' architecture and is one of the scenic spots of Wu Xi Lake Tai Movies and Television Base of CCTV, for the purpose of shooting film and television series in ancient custome. In order to provide producers with kinds of scenery, from the year 1987, nearly 100 scenic spots were built and constructed. For instance, the Tang Palace, Agalloch Eaglewood Pavilion, Lishan Drawing Pavilion, Tang Street, Imperial Garden, Immortal Appears, Dufu Poetry Hall and more. The Movie Land demonstrates the style of the imperial city of the Tang Dynasty. Because of its amazing sceneries, it is the place that provides good function to shoot movies and television series. However, that's not all, it includes a studie of 720 quare metres, prop rooms and I were costume rooms in various sizes. It also provides producers with accomodation and entertainment. While we were there, we were given a chance to see actresses and actors live as they were filming a set. Of cause, we have to be quiet.
So, these are the sites which interest me. Another two interesting sites were Dr. Sun Yet-Sen's Mausoleum and Song Ching Ling's (a famous politician, an exponent of the world peace movement, and one of the founders of the People's Republic of China). I had a fun time visiting Dr. Sun Yet-Sen's mausoleum. But it was tiring to spend a total of 10 to 15 minutes climbing up a flight of stairs to were Dr. Sun Yet-Sen's was buried (in order word's, the memorial hall).
Alright, so these are the places which i have been too and have enjoyed. Places where we shopped at were Nanjing Road and the Confusious Temple. I managed to get Secret Garden's Once in A Red Moon Album, Yundi Li's Chopin Album and George Winston's Montana - A Love Story Album. Alrighty, that's all for now.
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