29th December - 3rd December 2009
Singapore > Shen zhen (transit) > Shang hai
Shang hai was really what I expected to be . A vibrant city .
During my stay in Shang hai, I stayed in the Shang Hai Classical Hotel where it's located in the streets of the old Shang hai . It was really nice staying there . You'd think that the hotel is old just because it's located at the streets of the old Shang hai but it's not true . The hotel staff were pleasent . The hotel was clean . Their rooms were really cozy and comfortable.
On the third day of our holiday, my family and I went on a one day tour to suzhou and Zhou zhuang . The tour was really fun but tiring . We went to see suzhou's most beautiful lingering garden and zhouzhuang's very own "Venice".
We also visted su zhou's very popular silk factory . Dad wanted to get something for mum . However after watching their silk fashion show , mum was so unimpressed that we didn't even take a look at their other clothes . Honestly, the fashion show was really unimpressive . Remember I went to watch a turkish leather show in turkey that blew me away? Yeah, the silk fashion show reallyreally can't be compared to that .
On the fourth day of our stay in Shang hai, we visted Shang hai's very own aquarium! It was a fabulous place . They have so many varieties of fishes and sea species .
Now, you'd probably think it's lame cause we have our own under water world, but here's the thing , Shang hai's aquarium is so huge that I had blisters on my feet after visiting . Plus we spent half our day there . As usual, my dad was busy taking pictures and teaching me angles while my mum read the introduction of the species .
You'd be speechless if you went there, trust me!
Shanghai carries one of the most expensive fashion brands . From Ralph Laureen to Gucci &so on. There were alot of expensive brands but we didn't really shop at shanghai . We wanted to save our energy for hong kong(:
ANYWAY,
MY DAD BOUGHT ME KNEE LENGTH BOOTS FOR ME!!!!
Okay. I know what exactly you're thinking, short people can't use knee lenghth boots right? That's what I thought too, but it was a big huge misconception 'cause I look perfectly fine in it(:
One thing I dislike about shanghai?
I dislike smelling the smell of smoke while I relax at starbucks sipping my toffe nut latte/ caremel frappé . It's really weird. The "No Smoking Sign" is so huge &yet people smoke in this airconditioned area.
It makes you wonder if people in shanghai just keeps smoking non stop.
One word to describe Shang hai? DYNAMIC.
3rd-7th December 2009
Shang Hai > Shen zhen (bus) > HONG KONG .
I woke up at 5am just to prepare for my 10:30am flight at Shang hai Hong Qiao Airport . My family and I wanted to leave the hotel as early as possible and head to the airport as quickly as possible because we're afraid that we may be delayed due to the heavy traffic in Shang Hai . You have no idea seriously, you can be feeling hopeless in your car for hours thanks to the jams .
By 7am on 4th December 2009 , we took an hour drive to the airport then realizing that we went to the wrong airport . Our flight was at shang hai hong qiao airport but we went to pu dong airport . Once again we took another hour drive to hong qiao airport .
Shang hai hong qiao airport was really small. I suspect it's their old airport. Initially I got a shock when the land steward said that we went to the wrong airport . How many can there be? But Shang hai is a really big city so I guess they can afford to have two airports .
Security check :
I was still using my septum ring . I wanted to try and see if it beeps , afterall I remembered d telling me that it wouldn't beep . From Singapore to shen zhen it didn't beep . From shen zhen to Shang hai it didn't beep . I just wanted to make sure .
However this time round,
It beeped!!!!
Then I realized it was my knee length boots that made it beep. Thank god. I almost had a heart attack .
Upon reaching hong kong :
"I waited the whole day for you to come online "
'cause no matter what I'll search around the world for you;
I realised now why he said hong kong is just like Singapore .
Hong kong is an AWESOME place . For the whole time we went shopping shopping & more shopping . However I must say the things there were a little too costly . Well, people who live in hong kong actually Have a really high living standard .
Our hotel was located at kowloon . Beautiful 5star hotel . It was just a little cramped . Hong kong has really nice infrastructure . Do you know that you can be shopping at the shops while upstairs is residential area? Hong kong has a huge population but due to limited space it gets tough to seperate residential&shopping area.
Food was great too . We had Turkish food, Indian food, Middle eastern food & Chinese food.
I tried the hong kong's milk tea and the waffle . The waffle was super NICE but the milk tea? Definately not my cup of tea.
We went to hong kong island for sight seeing . We visited victoria peak , fishing village and stanly market .
We also went pass repulsive bay . That is where all the super rich people live . I saw Jackie chan's house, uber huge . I wanna live at repulsive bay too!!!
When we stayed at hong kong we were just in time to watch the east Asia opening games that was held in hong kong . Fireworks, performances . Really spectacular .
I had the opportunity to watch the lazer show . & I even the chance to catch the table tennis matches .
Ultimately, I had a really enjoyable time at hong kong . It's not just because there were alot of shopping , I just loved the place . It made me remenisce . Hong kong? Highly recomended by ME . I'm definately going back there again .
6th-7th December 2009
Hong kong (MTR) > Shenzhen
My dad hated the idea of taking the subway however we had no other way of going back to shen zhen so we had no other choice.
I wouldn't say that shen zhen is boring . I'm sure they have their own tourist attractions but because we arrived at shen zhen in the late afteroon, we had nothing much to do . The streets were quiet there were beggars all around .
Shen zhen is a huge business district& what we heard from the chauffer who drove us arround, 90% of the population is not local . They're either from other parts of china or from other countries .
7th December 2009
Shenzhen > Singapore
Holidays are just like Dreams to me.
&Although I really don't wish for dreams to end, I know this dream , has already come to an end . Time to get back to reality Atikah Goh.
AWWW
Hellooooo SINGAPORE(: IM BACK.
P.S. I think, I just think, in this post , I didn't say a single "like seriously" :/