The Idealist

Saturday, December 1, 2007

finally back here.

many pple have asked how's my overseas trip, so let me discuss my 8 days itinerary.

Splendid.

Day 1

reached shanghai pudong international airport at around 7.30am.

didnt sleep well on plane.

and the breakfast served on board was nonsense.

shanghai pudong airport arrival hall

temperature was 11 degrees.

the tiredness of the flight was blown away by the cool breeze.

totally refreshing.

took Maglev Train from pudong airport to luoyang station

Currently the world's fastest train, max speed 430km/h

whole journey was only 8 minutes

i did record a video of the journey ride, but the stupid blogger dont allow me to upload it. lol nvm

proceed to chenghuangmiao (城隍庙).

it's a shopping commercial district, not a temple lol.

to me its something like shanghai's version of bugis

i saw on tv alot of actors ate this in dramas. so i bought one and tried. yucks

okay they have barbequed cuttlefish, duck and chicken wings, and some other creatures.

damn salty

coached to Suzhou(苏州).

visited Hanshan temple(寒山寺) and Ouyuan(藕园).

Ouyuan was also a fliming scene for "還珠格格", where the 2 princess enjoyed playing in the garden. okay my tour guide says one. lol

Hanshan Temple

Although there's no time difference between shanghai/jiangnan and singapore, the sun sets around 5pm. by 6pm it's already completely dark.

these pics were taken at 6pm. Suzhou's famous shopping street, Guanqian Street (观前步行街).

1st day was totally burned out.

and because my eyes are not immune to long hours of dry cold air, the dryness reddened my eyes with unconstrained tearing. - -;

on the coach back to hotel, tour guide:"goodnight everyone. tomorrow's morning call, 6am =]"

omg -.-

10:45 AM