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Hotel Drinking Glasses - Are they safe? 2008-04-22 08:24:00 This is one of the few things I would like to share this week.Below is a video taken from hidden camera, showing us how hotel staff cleans our drinking glasses. It is a shocking fact, but why I'm not surprised? There are just too many things done behind us nowadays... :(Maybe we should just bring along our own glass, plate, bowl, fork and spoon, etc, whenever we travel? :p
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China Lijiang Trip Itinerary 2008-04-30 00:05:00 Here is our itinerary for our Kuala Lumpur – Shanghai – Kunming – Lijiang – Dali – Kunming – Shenghai – Kuala Lumpur trip. You can buy Kuala Lumpur – Kunming- Kuala Lumpur flight ticket from MAS and reduce the trip by 2 days.Day 1 Kuala Lumpur-ShanghaiWe (SM & I) flew MAS to Shanghai, arrived around 2pm. Went to TM’s house to refresh, then out for dinner near XinTianDi. Slept in TM’s house.Day 2 Shanghai-KunmingThe 3 of us (SM, TM & I) flew Southern Airline to Kunming, arrived around 3pm. Signed up local tour package in the airport, purchased ticket for YangLiPing (杨丽萍) show. Headed to check in Hotel YunLiang (云粮大酒店), left to KunMing Hall (昆明礼堂) for YangLiPing’s show at 7pm. Dinner nearby the hall before show starts.Day 3 Kunming-LijiangF Read more:China
Overview of My Lijiang Trip 2008-04-30 00:02:00 As my Enrich points going to expire last year, I redeemed return tickets to Shanghai, intended to visit its surrounding areas (Suzhou, Hangzhou, etc) since two of my friends are living there. After further discussion with my friends, we ended up going to Lijiang from Shanghai, and it was decided very late – almost near our departing date. :)So, the route that I take is definitely not a recommended one to anyone intend to visit Lijiang, as you would end up spending too much on flights! I went to Shanghai, then flew China Southern Airline to Kunming, then flew over to Lijiang. The total trip was 9 days 8 nights, with actual time spent in Kunming-Lijiang only 7 days 6 nights.The recommended route would be to fly directly to Kunming with MAS. This will save you time and cost. For me, I Read more:Overview
Lijiang Scenes & Activities - DongBaGu 2008-05-04 04:47:00 There are a few places we visited in Lijiang, which worth to journal down. Today, I will focus on our first top in Lijiang - DongBaGu (东巴谷)This is a cultural village in Lijiang, displaying some major tribes and their cultural activities. Unlike the Yunnan Cultural Village (云南民族村), they do not really have a schedule for performance. As and when tourists are grouped together and led by their tour guide, when the group arrives at any tribal village, they would perform.They also display some of the Yunnan 18 Peculiarities (云南十八怪), which were explained in their cultures.Entrance to the cultural village.Here is one of the 18 peculiarities – They sing more than they speak. As we read that, we entered into Lisu tribe’s village, and we were welcomed by this couple,
Where is your toothbrush? 2008-05-05 22:00:00 My friend WW has a strange habit. Whenever she stays in hotels, she'd keep/hide her toothbrush. We thought she was paranoid. Then...Later on, 2 weeks ago, she forwarded this video to us. Aiiyyykk!! This is disgusting. From now on, we all follow her practice. LOL!
Lijiang Attractions - Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Tiger Leaping Gorge 2008-05-10 23:35:00 Jade Dragon
Snow Mountain
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (玉龙雪山) is the second place we visited in Lijiang, which was our original main focus. My expectation on this attraction was much higher than what we got. I later learnt there are 2 routes to view the mountain, one could be nearer to the snow mountain but would probably more demanding on physical strength.Due to high altitude, we get tired easily. Though we didn’t get any altitude sickness, I’m glad we didn’t go the other route coz at the end of this trip I was exhausted. There was some uphill walk (very minimal).This is the cable care that we took that brought us nearer to the mountain. Without that, I guess we won’t be able to make it in such short timing! :p This cable car is very similar to the one that we used in Read more:Attractions
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Lijiang Attractions - Old Towns 2008-05-13 06:42:00 There are 2 old towns that we visited, one is called Shuhe (束河古镇) and another is Lijiang (丽江古城).Our motel is inside Shuhe. It is a much quieter town than the other one. At night, there are less activities. The highlight of its activity is the nigh dancing which I’m going to share in next post. I actually prefer this town than Lijiang Old Town, due to its serenity and peace.To Read more:Attractions
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Lijiang - Other Attractions 2008-05-15 06:44:00 These are some smaller attractions that I think can be skipped, especially some tend to be man made in the recent years. Well, when I visit a culturally rich place, I prefer to see its original look, rather than enriched or built by government for tourists. Unfortunately some of these smaller attractions listed in this post fall into that category. If I had known better, I would have skipped th Read more:Attractions
Dances in Yunnan 2008-05-17 06:46:00 On our first night stay in Lijiang, the motel owner kept persuading us (almost forcing) to dance at their local dance square after our dinner. We were so tired but still went ahead – am glad that we did that coz we practically didn’t have the chance to do that in the following days!According to them, before TV invaded the litter quiet township, the people have nothing to do at night. It is t
China Yunnan Lijiang Trip - Other Cultural Highlights 2008-05-19 06:49:00 Culture on the FloorsHere is a photo showing their unique way of tiling their floors. They like to use small stones that are made into patterns using roof tiles as separators/designs. Found this in almost everywhere!GreetingsEvery tribe has their own ways of calling others. In Naxi tribe (纳西族 - main tribe in Lijiang), women are called PanJingMei (胖金妹) and men are called PanJingGe ( Read more:China
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Eat in Lijiang 2008-05-21 06:52:00 In this trip, we spent a LOT on food. We purposely asked the agency to exclude meals from our package, so we can truly experience the local food. Yunnan is a place full of cultural surprise, and we strongly believe it is also in the food!-------------Lunch at Dunno whereDue to time constraint, we had our first Lijiang lunch at the attraction itself. Ordinary food, slightly more expensive, but s
Eat in Dali and Kunming 2008-05-23 06:53:00 First Start in KunmingOn our first night in Kunming, we went to watch YangLiPing’s show. Before the show started, we found this Stone House Restaurant just nearby the KunMing Hall. It gave us a great start of our journey. The food was delicious, the ambience was great, and the price was reasonable. We spent RMB110 in total.We ordered a plate of mushroom (老树菇), green veggie and chicken
Kunming Attraction - Stone Forest 2008-05-25 06:55:00 "The StoneForest
of Yunnan has been inscribed upon the World Heritage List of the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage."This is written on the entrance ticket, adding on to its value for tourists!I have heard of this long time ago, with strongest impression coming from Wisely’s novel “魔磁”. In that story, a round metallic item was found within Read more:Attraction
Kunming Attraction - Yunnan Nationalities Village 2008-05-27 06:58:00 There are 52 minorities in China, and out of that 51 are in Yunnan. It is almost impossible to visit all the tribes in a short stay, so the Yunnan Nationalities Village
comes in handy.It is a place that gathers the major tribes, displaying them in their most original form with performances. It is best to spend the whole day in it, coz it is very big and walking from a tribe to another takes time Read more:Attraction
Accommodation in Lijiang 2008-05-29 07:00:00 We stayed in a motel located within the Shuhe old town (束河古镇). This place is recommended by a friend, and I too, highly recommend. And I would ask you to stay much longer than what we did. We only spent two nights, which is certainly not enough!Motel: 田园牧歌客栈Address: 丽江, 束河古镇开文六社康普巷 (束河办事处旁)Tel: 0888-5115922Website: highly recommend this Read more:Accommodation
Unpleasant Experience in Kunming 2008-05-31 07:02:00 So far, there were a few cases of people trying to cheat us, meeting with unfriendly or rude people, but nothing beat this!It happened in the Kunming airport. Look, I have been traveling a lot, otherwise I wouldn’t be running this travel blog. I’ve flew a lot, including to places like Pakistan. Nothing beat the uncivilized treatment in Kunming airport.There wasn’t any clear direction and
Doorless Toilet vs 5-star Toilet 2008-06-02 07:03:00 I have heard so much about the toilets in China before but have never really used those. What I’ve heard was: toilets are without door not flush.In the past, when I was in China, I tried to go to places with modern toilet facilities. So far, haven’t been exposed to this type of toilets, until my recent Lijiang Trip.After visiting the Tiger Leaping Gorge, while we were at the First Bay of Cha Read more:Toilet
MAS Regional Lounge 2008-06-29 06:46:00 It has been quite a while I didn't travel to Singapore. Didn't know there are so many changes. There is no more shuttle flights, so we cannot just go and get whatever available!And then at the KLIA, in the past, to use the MAS Golden Lounge, we have to go to the Satellite terminal after the train. Since Singapore (and some other destinations) terminal is G, i.e. at the main terminal (near passp
View from 56th floor 2008-06-27 06:37:00 I went to Singapore for a conference in mid June, and stayed at SwissOtel The Stamford. When I arrived, it was nearly midnight, and the reception told me that King size bedroom wasn't available and would put me in 2 single bed type, located on 7th floor.I insisted that I wanted a King size bed. Well, not that I am huge or really need a big bed, neither nor that I am demanding... It is just some
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