Stupid phone wake up call woke me up again.This time at 6.3oam. Trudged myself to the bathroom to get ready. After breakfast we went to the Nanchang Ceramic Cultural centre. There, we got to see how the porceline articles were made, the old fashioned method. At 9.30 we went on a 3 hour bus ride to Lu Shan(Mount Lu). We reached the Lu Shan Geopark (something like the Langkawi Geopark) at about almost 1pm. The entry fee for the geopark is definitely not cheap. The cost per person is about 120 yuan. We had lunch, which was unsurprisingly, unspectacular again.
The temperature here ranges from -2 in the night to 8 in the afternoon. All i can say is that, even in the afternoon i was freaking cold. And i wore 3 layers of clothing excluding my jacket. After lunch we headed to some paronamic spot to take pictures and then visited some old colonial houses. it seems that foreigners once used this place as a retreat. soon after they were ousted, it became a holiday spot among the Communist leaders. It was here that i bought a fan that has a poetry written in it. and in the poetry it contained my name in chinese. Very creative indeed. It was also here we got a chance to pose for pictures wearing Communist clothing.
We then headed to the hotel to check in before proceeding for dinner. After dinner, all of us rushed back to our rooms to take a shower as they told us that there will only be hot water from 6 to 10pm only. after dinner we decided to out out into town despite it being very very cold and it was drizzling. But since we only had 1 night to stay there, we might as well go and walk around. God knows when we will return to this place again. The town was peaceful, quiet and the streets were very safe. The things that we bought here were pretty cheap, despite it being a tourist area.
The gardens here are very nicely lighted up and as usual, the streets were clean. By the time we got back to our rooms it was about 10.30pm. Damn cold nite it was, but I was glad i wnet out to see this beautiful town. TOugh day ahead as we will be doing some serious hiking towards the top of mount Lu tomoro.
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Thursday, December 4, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Boody's Travelogue. China day 2
*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.
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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