Thursday, September 28, 2006

Good Morning China!

Woke up about 9 in the morning to quickly pack to go China. Packed very little and figured if I needed extra clothes, I'd just buy it over there! Flew with Dragon Air from Hong Kong to Xiamen. I must admit this airline is great! I mean serving Burger King on a one hour flight... I'm impressed!


Out the window to my left, looks as if the chinese are nuking again.




Then to my right, and this bugger making me.. Arrgh!

You want to draw on his face too, don't you?

After a quick flight I meet Andy at Xiamen Airport arrivals hall. Boy glad to see him, coz seriously lost in translation. Yeh I did learn mandarin for a semester but these people here seriously talk like they got duracel up their bum!

Let me talk to you about the traffic in China! Oh Mai Goot! These people are insane. If they were driving like this in Sydney, the amount of traffic infringement would boost the economy and make Australia the most powerful country in the world! Drivers here cut each other, drive on the other side, I don't even understand why they have lines on the road! And walking across the road is dangerous! but I have learnt that all you have to do is walk and you'l be alright. Drivers will drive around you and won't come closer than 10 centimetres. Just imagine playing the game froggy... thats what its like!

Anyways we first stayed at a 4-star hotel which was somewhere close to everything. Put all our stuff away and tried to keep our valuables safe until...

The safe broke!! Made in China... you are right about bad quality! But hey everything you use is basically made in China, think about it!

This is where I stopped eating and got sick... coz Andy, yes the one above decided to order frogs! and told me after eating it (coz he told me it was chiken!) So I took photos, drank tea and watched him eat... the froggys. Look, mouthful of it!

Anyways this is a place we went nearly every night! I admit! its better than any nightclub there is in Sydney! No, there's no cover charge. The first level is full on clubbing, once you walk in you pass the cloak room and hit a fork on the road. Left is where its full on people dancing everywhere, on the right there's table for people to drink and a huge bar, and in the middle is the dj box and stage where dancers can perform (which can be seen on both sides!). The second level is a bar and lounge. You have to buy nine bottles of beer at a time or else none at all! But there's always people... ok girls, to drink with you. And while you drink there are performances on a huge stage. Very entertaining! And the next level is kareoke! They bring a yum cha trolley full of dimsims in too... pfft!

We also went site seeing, travelled to other cites and provinces, stayed in 5 star hotels, got pampered, and of course went drinking sometimes! I think thats all I can really say about my China trip. You really have to experience it yourself. I couldn't take much photos coz some places you aren't allowed to take photos, and the other reason, I didn't want people to know I'm a foreigner. They might rort me, mug me, who knows.

All in all, I'll be back... so you boys better save up and we can experience al-to-get-her! haha nah jk!