China
Posted August 29, 2009
So this Summer, I went to China after 13 years in Vancouver. I boarded China Eastern Airlines to Shanghai, and I got seated beside a guy that doesn’t talk so I was speechless the entire ride. as the plane took off, I could feel major head pressure and I suddenly felt tired. After 30 minutes, my head finally went back to normal and I fell asleep. After sleeping for 2 hours, I woke up and did my theory. I had an exam in august which I’m sure I passed J I had noodles for lunch and I had to wait 8 hours before they served me dinner! the airplane soon experienced turbulence and it was shaking and rocking from side to side. That was the only fun part of the entire 11 hour ride :P after a couple more hours of sleep, the airplane started dipping down and I could feel my ears clogging up. The plane finally landed, and when I got out - 30 degrees! I met my brother and mom at the airport and we took the taxi to her house. We ate dinner at a Japanese Restaurant and I am now in love with Taro ice cream :D I didn’t sleep for 2 days, so when I finally got to sleep at my mom’s house, I was exhausted! The next day we went to the Oriental Pearl TV Tower that’s 468 metres in the sky! When we got to the top, there was a vast view of the Huangpu river with tons of high rises surrounding the view. I got to walk across the glass floor where I could see everything underneath. When we came back down, we went to the Shanghai Municipal History Museum which was super cool and featured old chinese mannequins. After that, we went to Super Brand Mall with 13 floors! There were SO many restaurants and stores, and I now have an obsession with Tom’s World, this colourful 24 hour arcade. The next day, we went to visit my uncle’s TV Set where we saw a recording of an episode with old ppl singing Chinese Opera, yeesh! After that, we went to Ikea which had it’s own restaurant! We had Swedish meatballs and mashed potatoes, and it was alright :/ the next day we went to the Zoo, where we saw tons of cute animals and I managed to get a couple pics of them sleeping J next day we went to Jinjiang Amusement Park, which was 37 degrees = I got burned! Some rides included a motor coaster, a Cave Mountain like the one in Disneyland and a special roller coaster which started out on the tip of the line and went backwards and into a circle and straight up the other line, and back down. It looks terrifying, but it actually wasn’t that bad J we went to many shopping centres and I bought shoes and clothes from Daphne, Betty Boop, Vera Moda and Susie, this boutique underneath the subway. I visited many relatives and I found out I have 8 cousins! Michaela, Dongdong, Xixi, and Baobao in China, 2 kids in England, Declan in Hong Kong and Annabelle in San Jose. My favourite place in Shanghai would have to be Nanjing Lu, a pedestrian street with many clothing stores and restaurants and it looks so pretty when lit up at night! There’s this wonderful renaissance-looking building where a saxophone player performs on the balcony. my family went to this delicious Italian restaurant called Babela’s Kitchen, which is now my favourite restaurant J I had some pasta and risotto, strawberry cider and the ice cream was amazing! We also took the train to Hangzhou, which we went with a travel group and had to stay in a shitty 1 star hotel! I didn’t even know those existed :O we walked along the Qiantang River and ate in the food alley. My one month trip to China was great, but I have to admit, doesn’t beat living in Vancouver!
