my 1st excursion in china

Saturday, March 7, 2009

The internet connection in Wuhan is irritating. Sometimes there is connection, and when it doesn't have it, i can't use the internet. Hence, the lag in updates.

Friday,6th march.

I had lunch with simin,zhihui and singyee at Guilin street food court in 群光广场. I ordered a bowl of beef noodles and a plate of sweet and sour fish. The noodles are really springy and chewy, and the beef goes very well with the noodles and soup. Then, we explored further to the shops down 群光广场, which sells many more stuffs like clothes,bags,shoes,food and books. Crossing the roads in china is like crossing a rope bridge which swings to and fro whenever you make a tiny move. Scary~!

Why? BECAUSE the drivers here don't stop for pedestrians, 1 thing they love to do is to honk at the pedestrians and manoeuvre their way through the group of people who are trying to get across to the street across. It's crazy and extremely breath-taking whenever we cross the roads, we always have to be on the lookout for vehicles from all directions-there aren't a lot of traffic lights around especially for pedestrians.

beef noodles

chicken mushroom noodles

sweet and sour fish

pig's ear

cold noodles

猪肠粉

apple porridge

Today. March 7th.
A visit to 湖北省博物馆 and a bus tour around 东湖. The bus ride to the museum was quite fast,it took about 20 mins. I was shocked to see people queuing outside the entrance of a museum,waiting to get inside. It's definitely not a common sight in Singapore. The national artifacts was an eye-opener for me because i don't get the chance to see all these ancient artifacts in an up close distance. I was appalled by the rich culture of China, their 5000 years of history is non comparable of that of singapore.