28/07/2007(Sat) - Day 1
Woke up at 3.45am to catch the flight at 6.20am. Tossing here & there on the bed as I couldnt hid my excitement for the trip.. At one point, there was worries for the days ahead as I'm gg away with friends (xiumei, wanjun, ejun, jasen & simin) I have nv gone on a trip with.. wondering if I've made the right decision.. Met up with xiumei, wanjun & ejun to go to the airport together.. Its my first time taking the budget airline.. The experience wasnt so bad except that the plane was really small.. We landed on Baiyun Airport aound 10.15am. The airport is really big.. One thing that I found out is that PRCs are not at all friendly & helpful.. Whatever we asked, their ans are always a mumbling of words which has no help to us.. It took us some time to finally decide on our transportation to our hotel.. We didnt really plan on how are we gg to find our way there prior to our trip..
We decided on a coach which took us about 50 mins.. We dropped off at Haizhu Square Market.. Little did we expect, we are about to embark on a journey that left us so exhausted.. Thinking that the journey by foot to the hotel is pretty short, we decided to walk.. OMG!! The journey is like forever.. We had to carry our baggage all the way, carrying it up when we see a platform or when there is a puddle of dirty water.. It took a whole 45 mins.. We were all sweating like hell.. My hands nearly break & so is my leg having to pull my baggage all the way.. Its super hot & dry there.. Our hotel for the 3 days is Baigong Hotel..
Rested for a while before gg for our lunch.. I ate a fish meal accompained by rice, a soup & a plate of vegetables.. It cost only 3 bucks.. The soup is those that are brewed, not those like we have in hawker center.. After lunch, we went Zhuangyuan Fang to shop..
There are little streets of small little shops but it is overcrowded with people.. You cant stay in one position for even a sec coz you will be pushed out by the people there.. Not all the stall owners are friendly.. some have an attitute which you dont even want to buy a single thing from her.. The crowd is so big that we decided to come on a wkday instead.. We left to sit down for something cold.. Our so call desert is so small we wonder if its really 'ice kacang' as we call in Singapore.. Its a fruit cocktail but there's only 4 kinds of fruits inside.. The ice is only the height of my middle finger. so can guess how 'tall' it is?? Haa... After that, we went shao nian jie.. Its a small shopping center.. Not a lot of things to buy from there as the things are not really cheap..
Later in the night, we went to the Pearl River Night Course..
The night view is pretty nice & the whole touring took about 1.5hrs.. I guess it will only take about 30 mins to tour the Singapore River at slow speed but here the boat is much faster..
Went back to the hotel to rest after that.. Its been a tiring day.. The night life isnt really fantastic.. You usually see people sitting down together to chit chat and most of the shops are closed pretty early..
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