MeMoRiEs @ MeMoRY LaNe: Graduation trip

Went for a longer trip with my parents & dear. initially i only asked if dear can accompany me for a slight longer trip instead of just 3d2n. was expectin like mayb 5d4n or so but in d end, aft researchin on, he found d shanghai trip worth gg for cos it's 7-8 days. & since it's gp tour n need to ve a min no of ppl b4 it's green light for d tour to proceed, he asked my parents along.

we left singapore in d afternoon of 24 june & reach hangzhou 12 midnight +/- & we left hangzhou jus aft 12 midnight on 2 July. we went to many places like hangzhou, suzhou, wuxi, luzhi, nanjing and spend 3 nights in shanghai. followin tour, many places like d pearl ctr, jade ctr, etc r unavoidable but sorry ah. not catchin my attention for such places. brought some tea back so can put in office n at home to drink.

btw, d ave travellin time fr places to place is ~1.5-3 h. plus d flight is bout 5 h in budget airline w/o much room for movement. it's really a torture durin all d travelling. but it's an eye opener. their expressway/highway is unlike ours whr we only ve 1 layer of overlap. theirs seemed to loop ard w many layers. think i got see up to 4 or 5 layers fr d bottom up n i'm not sure hw high but definitely more than 7 or 8 stories high for d 3th or 4th layer.

i was dyin to get back to sg even when we haven even reach shanghai cos i got sick of d chinese meals daily. ave excludin white rice n most of d time dessert of water melon, thr r total of 9-10 other dishes for both lunch n dinner. most of d time, we got cabbage, egg, tomato, big bean sprout & when i think tt lunch or dinner is comin, though hungry, my stomach started to turn off. i miss singapore whr we can get variety of food, jap, korean, chinese, western, italian, etc. i got so sick tt till nw, i still repel fr mixed veg rice or similar. *shivered* & their beer is like their plain water. every meal oso got. my 1st time drink beer for every meal when i reach thr but i stopped aft i got sick of d food cos i noe beer is no gd for my tummy den.

well, in addition to d amt we pay in singapore for air tix, accom & tours, thr is an additional compulsory tour of rmb 400 plus d tour guide n bell boy tips of rmb 250. we oso add on an addition trip to a shoppin area + a performance at shanghai 'esplanade' for rmb 280 which we felt tt d whole trip is worth cos all d hotel we stay seemed really gd. for some, we seemed to be stayin in those biz suite.

anw, d photo below summarized most of d trip:

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Haiwaihai Baina Hotel at Hangzhou - check in after 12 midnight; mornin call at 6.30 am; check out after 8 am

Cruise on West Lake (Hangzhou) - it's raining cats & dogs; dampen the whole atmosphere if not it would ve such nice n beautiful view - a big disappointment

Lunch at Hangzhou

Suzhou Industrial Park - place whr singapore seemed to help build or so

Hanshan Temple & Santang Historial and Cultural Street in Suzhou (but for the Santang place, we only were thr to take pic)

Dinner in Suzhou

Check in to Nanlin Hotel in Suzhou after our dinner

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Wangshi Garden in Suzhou - status of the wealthy ppl

Lunch after visiting Longevity Silk Factory - bought a set of king size silk mattress cover & blanket (our king size is their queen size & they had got 2 size larger than our king size bed. wow)

Dr Sun Yat-Sen's Mausoleum (Nanjing) - the place where Dr Sun was buried & we have to climb 300 flights of stairs before reaching the top to see the statue but it's worth the climb to see the majestic view of scenaries.

Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall - this place showcase people who were killed by the Jap. It's theme is black & white (pic taken by dad)

Dinner at Nanjing

Fuzimiao District (Nanjing) - they sell squirrel oso, n all pets were cages in small enclosure. poor things

Glarun Jinling Hotel (Nanjing)

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Jade-craving exhibition Centre (Nanjing)

Yangtze River Bridge (Nanjing) - the bridge was build by human only even in the river & to avoid buildin in fast water, they build it during winter & some died of cold...

Lunch

Taihu Film and TV studio (Wuxi) - the place where they film three kindom

Dinner at Wuxi

Landison Hotel (Wuxi)

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Lihu Lake Scenic Area (Wuxi)

Lunch at Wuxi

Luzhi Water town - thr r super many mini studio whr ppl can take pics in d gu zhuang like d wu xia show

Yu-Shanghai Dinner - a meal which i finally not feel so fan wei cos it's more close to our singapore taste. think it's opened by singapore or so

Chenghuangmiao (Shanghai)

Yinxing Crown Plaza Hotel (Shanghai)

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Shanghai World Financial Centre - we all went up to d highest lvl w some see thru floor n mum dare not walk on those cos scare it will break

Lunch (Shanghai)

Madame Tussauds wax museum (Shanghai) - not tt many celebraties, etc.

Nanjing Road (Shanghai) - walkin thr, it's something like walkin at orchard so knowin me, of cos no spending oso la.

Dinner (Shanghai)

ERA performance (Shanghai) - finale w a metal cage w 8 running motorcycles n 2 of d cyclists r girls. so don play play. seat price tt we were told we had is rmb 300 plus

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The Bund (Shanghai) - 1 side see d new shanghai like our cityhall/raffles place, another is d olden days shanghai whr d other countries take over.

Xianghuang Yidu (Shanghai) & the expressway/highway - look at d expressway i was talking bout. this is d best i took le.

Lunch (Shanghai)

Qi Bao Gu Zheng (Shanghai) - this is d place whr we opt to do when we were supposed to b free n easy. this is d place w nicer xiao long bao.

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