My China Guide, Xiao-Hu & Me

The Beautiful Nite Shanghai

1st day, travelled all the way to Hangzhou. Went to a few attractions. 1 of which was the trip to Song Dynasty. Though it was freezing cold at a temp of 6degrees then, we still braved thru the 1st walk. Booked in to a nearby hotel after a Song History Stageshow.

2nd day, visited the famous Xi-Hu (West Lake). The whole scene was totally breathtaking. No matter how good the camera was, it will nvr capture the true beauty of the lake. After lunch at 1 of the 3 top restaurants of Hangzhou, we proceeded on to Suzhou. Not a realli good place due to the few attractions and bad traffic. To add it all up, the hotel was realli bad. Cold and hard bed, icy cold floor and a realli lousy toilet. Nvrtheless, my hu-ge-ge still made it all worthwhile.

3rd day, went on with a visit to the Silk Factory. Nvr have I seen a guide (had another guide to lead us thru Suzhou) so lousy that the whole grp of us decided not to even spend a cent at the factory. Sort of pissed off the guide as he was unable to gain any commission. Hahaha!!! Proceeded on to Shanghai later in the day. Sailed the waters of Nite Shanghai. Great lightings... prob much nicer than those of Hong Kong. After which, yep!!! Singaporean best hobby...SHOPPING!!!! Had a realli great time. Anyway, am not sure if Lee Kuan Yew realli said this, Ba3 Qian2 Hua1 Guang1, Wei4 Xing1 Jia1 Po1 Zhen1 Guang1 (spend all your money, for the pride of Singapore). Anyway, we did it still.

Tristellar Rules!!!!!!

A Shot Outside Han Shan Temple

4th day, few more attraction visits and proceeded to send off the 1st batch of our grp to the airport. Apparently, return tickets were limited, thus had to split the return trip into 2 grps. Me, of course, got the later one. Since the tour have sort of officially ended, xiao-hu brought us for another round of shopping. Can't complain much as we realli brought the whole Nanjing Rd with us back. Hahaha! After dinner, had a great and final chat with our guide before separating our ways. Definitely will not forget him as we exchanged addresses and numbers for future contact.

Did the final shopping in both Pu-Dong & Changi Airports in order to clear away our remaing ren-ming-bi (China currency). Got home with dunno how many extra baggages. Hahaha!!!

Overall for this trip, muz say realli enjoy the 0 degrees weather, my 1st trip without relatives, just colleagues. Best of all, could spend more time with my hu-ge-ge. All thanks to my bosses who actually took the effort to pair us together for the trip, be it thru the flight and tours, even with the hotel room. Had a great time with my brother, I muz say. My this big brother, thank you!!!!

My Hu-ge ge With Me

Along The Streets Of Shanghai Stalls & Nanjing Rd