*RRRIIIIINNNGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* THe phone rang, waking me up from my sleep. Picked up the call, wondering who the hell would call at such an ungodly hour. Found out that it was the wake up call. Looked out of the window and the sun was up already. Glanced at my watch, only to realise it was only 6.30am.
Went down for breakfast then we checked out of the hotel. THe 1st stop in Nanchang is TengWang Pavillion. It s a veryold building which used to be one of the many emperor's holiday homes whenever he left the capital. It's located right beside the river and the place was well maintained. We then saw some sort of traditional performances in the pavillion itself but the choreography was very poor. We left before the performances ended to take pictures instead.
Nanchang also has one of the biggest ferris wheel in the world. I'm not sur ehow big it is, but this 1 looks bigger than the 1 we have over here. It was unfortunate that it wasn't open so early. We also had a chance to see one of Nanchang's famous exports, which is the kitchen knife. The prices were also sky high, but the real price you pay depends on your bargaining skills.
We then went to the golden thread court, which housed a pagoda and a memorial for a few famous scholars. Lunch was just within walking distance of the court, and again, the food wasn;t really good. But since its winter and all of us needed energy, we still ate lots of rice.
THen it was time for a long bus ride. Our next destination is the city of Jingdezhen, with a population of 6 million. Jingdezhen is most famous for its porceline products. We knew we arrived when we saw lamp posts made of Porceline!! We had sometime to shop for porceline products when we arrived. Although some of the things there were cheap, we didnt dare to buy the big and heavy stuff as we still had mny more days to go on this tour. All the travelling would increase the risk of the fragile goods to be broken. But we did but a set of 10 bowls which looked very pretty.
We then checked in to the hotel and had dinner. As usual dinner was poor, sigh... Later at about 7, we roamed the streets of Jingdezhen. Temperature at night was about 8 degrees Celcius. Shit cold!!! But we trudged on and when we saw neon lights, we were in a small shopping haven. The designs on the winterwear here looked like they came straight outof MIlan (but even those italain brands have their clothing made in China anyway). There were a lot of fashionable ppl on the streets. CLothing was cheap, by malaysian standrads. We bought some long johns and some winter wear as we were going to Lu Shan (Mount Lu) the next day. We were told that Lu SHan will be very very cold. I also managed to grab a KFC burger here. First of all, it wasn't fried. It was grilled chicken burgerwith some "new orleans" sauce. it actually tasted quite good.
After our quck pit stop at KFC to fill up my tummy, we headed back to the hotel, which was i think about 2km away (that was how far we walked in the cold weather). Dead tired from all the walking, we all knocked out quie early.
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