Saturday, February 6, 2010

HK - 6/2/2010

Managed to take a photo of The ShenZhen Guesthouse.
We ate at a restaurant in Lao Jie. I ordered 生滚田鸡粥 - RMB12. Not bad but alot of bones.
We alight at 华侨城站.
Snowman at display
Here we are at Splendid China-Folk Culture Village 锦绣中华·中华中国民俗文化村.
Opening hrs: 0900 - 2130
Ticket counters
RMB 120
This theme park consist of Splendid China, which display all those miniatures of China and Folk Culture Village, which shows the different cultures in China.
If you are rushing for time, do give Folk Culture Village a miss.
Muslim Architecture
Tibetan House

Mongolian Yurt
Here u can ride a house at a very cheap price. i regretted not riding one.
@Korean house
We saw alot of dried mazes along the way
Nanfeng Pagoda in Xianju
Wooden lamps along the way
Li Village
Some of the village played music that sounds a bit errie and turned us off.
Thousand-handed and Thousand-eyed Guanyin
Maizes

Shrine

Dong Village
Drum Tower
Shiii... I am studying..
Wind and rain bridge
Bouyei village. Some of the villagers would pester you to buy souvenirs.
Stone forest
Fly fox. I would like to try but xl do not want to accompany me. I guess xl would have to catch my heart at the end of the rope if I did try.
White Pagoda


It was really heavy!
Out of curiousity, XL and me went to take photos with the traditional costume. It was not the proper costume as they tailor make to wear it from the front, and just tied knot at the back.
The lady would teach you to make poses and she would took the photos. You could also just rent the costumes and photograph yrself which was a bit cheaper.
6 photos cost RMB145! It seems that we got ripped off.
We ate at a nearby Tian Yi Ge restaurant. I ordered 冷面-RMB20. Tasteless.
XL ordered fried noodle which was also so oily.

Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes

莫高窟
Longmen Grottoes, 龙门石窟

Yungang Grottoes, 云冈石窟

Leshan Grand Buddha Statue

Yunnan Stone forest
The Bai Dwelling House and Dali Three Ancient Pagodas
Huangguoshu Falls


Feihong pagoda

Midair temple
Nanchan temple

Ancient Star observatory

Yellow Crane Tower

YueYang Tower
The Shaolin Temple

Xi qiao Mountain

Seven star crags

We saw this helium balloon for quite a long time. Guess it was for advertisement.
But it made a very loud noise.

The Imperial palace

Temple of Heaven

The Thirteen Ming Tombs

The Dwelling Houses of the Hakkas

Yingxian wooden pagoda

Terra Cotta Warriors and Houses of Qin Shihuang Mausoleum

Huangdi Tomb
Dazu Stone Carvings
Longevity temple

Cliff side tombs
Potala palace

Libya people we meet on the way

Great Wall of China

The tomb of Xiangfei. Xiangfei would be familiar to those who have watched 环珠格格II.
Nine Dragon Screen Wall
4 tips on visiting Splendid China & Cultural folk village:
1. Wear light clothing and brim a sweater along. The temperature varies in the day!
2. Bring extra water and food. There was no water cooler and the food there may not be edible for people.
3. Do not rely on the map! The map was totally not drawn to scale. And some of the minitures were not even in the map.
4. Wear comfortable foot wear.
5. If u are rushing for time, visit Splendid China only unless you like to watch the cultural performance in the cultural village.
Just a rough estimate, we covered >90% of this theme park from 10am to 4.30pm. That was provided that we skip those cultural performance.


We went to this Grandma Curry restaurant @ Laojie to have our dinner
The corn soup was not nice and the salad kind of wierd as it used a different veg+soya sauce+3 layer pork = yucks!

Cheesy sausage on curry rice. The sausage was over cooked and this kind of cheese does not blend with the meal. No wonder there was almost no customer here!

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