Shenzhen
Before anything else, I would like to greet our good friend, Lynne, and our niece, Neala, a very happy birthday today in the US! Hope you both have an incredible and amazing year full of great opportunities to achieve whatever it is you want. God bless you both!
The weather cleared up this morning after last night's thunderstorm. We took advantage of the free breakfast here in the hotel before heading out to do some sightseeing.
Today we saw the Splendid China and China Cultural Folk Villages - Epcot-type attractions. For 120 yuan per person we got to see both, well, they're both connectede so either way you still have to see both to make the entrance fee worth it.
We started with the Villages. Took our time to meander around the huge park. Rain would pour every now and then so we'd duck under a building to get some shelter. There are so many villages represented at the park, including this one minority culture which uses the roman alphabet rather than the chinese script. We finished this side of the park in 4 hours.
Went to find a place to eat where it's cool but turns out the only place that had A/C was a tea house. So we ended up downstairs at the coffee shop which sells expensive sandwiches and drinks. The Chinese tourists were smart to bring their own picnic lunch bought from Wal-Mart (as evidenced by their bags).
Next we went around the Splendid China, miniature versions of the natural attractions all over the Mainland. There were so many to see but because of the heat we tried to just pick and choose, somehow though we kind of seen most of it: summer palace, the ming tombs, the great wall, marco polo bridge, etc.
It was so hot and muggy throughout the day that both Peter and I developed headaches due to heat stroke. At least the aches held off until we had our early dinner at 4 p.m. at Taco Bell Grande restaurant (not fast food) which offers really good meals like the Almondigas with fried rice and the Chicken Quesadilla with sauteed mushrooms and bean/corn salad. Really good. We wondered how come they have the better kind of Taco Bell and Pizza Hut restaurants here - more classy and a full-fledged restaurant. Even the servers at Taco Bell Grande wears a sombrero and a Mexican outfit. How cute is that!
Bought some much needed bottled water and some groceries before going back to the hotel. Then went straight for a cold shower (after being so sweaty the entire day) followed by a long nap (until 9:30 p.m.).
Headache is almost gone (still waiting for the rain to pour so this will go away - it's really like a weather forecaster this sinus of mine, he, he....).
Well, I am going to let Peter post his thoughts after this. Goodnight, then!
Before anything else, I would like to greet our good friend, Lynne, and our niece, Neala, a very happy birthday today in the US! Hope you both have an incredible and amazing year full of great opportunities to achieve whatever it is you want. God bless you both!
The weather cleared up this morning after last night's thunderstorm. We took advantage of the free breakfast here in the hotel before heading out to do some sightseeing.
Today we saw the Splendid China and China Cultural Folk Villages - Epcot-type attractions. For 120 yuan per person we got to see both, well, they're both connectede so either way you still have to see both to make the entrance fee worth it.
We started with the Villages. Took our time to meander around the huge park. Rain would pour every now and then so we'd duck under a building to get some shelter. There are so many villages represented at the park, including this one minority culture which uses the roman alphabet rather than the chinese script. We finished this side of the park in 4 hours.
Went to find a place to eat where it's cool but turns out the only place that had A/C was a tea house. So we ended up downstairs at the coffee shop which sells expensive sandwiches and drinks. The Chinese tourists were smart to bring their own picnic lunch bought from Wal-Mart (as evidenced by their bags).
Next we went around the Splendid China, miniature versions of the natural attractions all over the Mainland. There were so many to see but because of the heat we tried to just pick and choose, somehow though we kind of seen most of it: summer palace, the ming tombs, the great wall, marco polo bridge, etc.
It was so hot and muggy throughout the day that both Peter and I developed headaches due to heat stroke. At least the aches held off until we had our early dinner at 4 p.m. at Taco Bell Grande restaurant (not fast food) which offers really good meals like the Almondigas with fried rice and the Chicken Quesadilla with sauteed mushrooms and bean/corn salad. Really good. We wondered how come they have the better kind of Taco Bell and Pizza Hut restaurants here - more classy and a full-fledged restaurant. Even the servers at Taco Bell Grande wears a sombrero and a Mexican outfit. How cute is that!
Bought some much needed bottled water and some groceries before going back to the hotel. Then went straight for a cold shower (after being so sweaty the entire day) followed by a long nap (until 9:30 p.m.).
Headache is almost gone (still waiting for the rain to pour so this will go away - it's really like a weather forecaster this sinus of mine, he, he....).
Well, I am going to let Peter post his thoughts after this. Goodnight, then!
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