Taking so damn long to finally piece up the notes in my mobile 2 mths for the trip to china, chengdu and jiu zhai gou. that was from 23 May to 30 May. got to force myself to do this, before blogging the cambodia trip. took a half day off from work on 23 May, really want to present to mum and bro the eager beaver award for reaching super early for a 4pm flight.they reach at abt 12 plus?
reached hotel at abt 10pm, the room was soso. Morning bfast wasnt fantastic, similar to expectation, oily n salty.
reached hotel at abt 10pm, the room was soso. Morning bfast wasnt fantastic, similar to expectation, oily n salty.
Sichuan as a plateau, surrounded by mt which forms natural barrier for 刘备 to take down the land. Surprised to hear that chengdu is a slow paced city, looks really bustling. Jus many vehicles on the road i suppose. Ah moon says staying here will kill all the fighting spirit in youths, but superb for retirees. Then he 朗诵李白的蜀到来. N the explanation on negative connotation of the 蜀字.
incentive to join tour for china. Wat's rich is really its culture, language n history. Ah moon is quite hardworking, Nice city. Cute grp mates too, a teochew-hokkien speaking grp. Obviously we r the youngest here, at least 10 yrs younger than the others. Abit complainy, like typical sgporeans. One auntie still say we v guai, v quiet haha..i think no connection la. When we converse, quite strange, cos we reply in chinese else it is half dialect half chinese. Mum also less gu pi as compared to the korean trip. we are so gg to give her the frenly n sociable award. Quite entertaining to jus listen to them rattling away.
A total of 9 hrs coach ride. Omg. Cmi. Only took the travel calm pill once in the morning, thot dont need. And jus when we almost reach jiu zhai gou, couldnt take it alr. Was like watching the "第一道拐" road sign, till the ninth, then still got more ahead!! Jus without the road signs! Obviously there are more than 9 turns la. Shucks , cant hold it any longer. Cleared my oesophagus a min jus before we alight for dinner. Didnt eat much. Seriously, only their tea is nice, all others are like.... id rather skip.
On the road, pains me to see the 牦牛 being ringed by their nose to earn cash for their owners from photo taking of the tourists. Sigh, they dun seem to treat them too well also, hitting them with the rope. Not cheap to buy one pure white breed at 80000rmb. The normal one at 1/10 the price. Is this business worth making? Anyway this breed only appears in the highlands, good companions of the 藏族同胞.
finally reached the intended destination in this 东藏区. Watched a 藏羌族歌舞剧. Not bad except that the music is too loud. a version too glorified frm the original indigeneous pple's i think. The dance that involves the audience seems like the same as the taiwanese tribes'. Thot it is still a cool culture tho. I jus stared up at the colourful cloths with the chant scripts on them hanging high up in the mountains, called 经帆. How did they get those up?! N it is jus amazing at how strongly they believe in the mountain gods.
