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The nice chinese restaurant that we ate at

The streets of China (one of the more developed rural area)
h aug 08

We set off at 11.40am!! There was the tour guide which accompanied us along. She told us to call her xiao wu and she is really young. Just a few years our senior. She knew all her facts and told us about the history of the tunnels that we passed through. There were 5 major tunnels built for the route which passes through the mountains. The longest one is 3.6km. I was forfeited for guessing the number too far away from the actual length (16km=X). Anyway, she sang us her folk town song. Cool. We were told to echo after her and it was quite entertaining.

We were told not to expose our identities for safety purposes. This is because even though we do not have a slang, we could easily pass off as a China native. This also prevent us from getting ripped off. *lesson learnt~

We ate at a typical Chinese restaurant and there were really many dishes which were nice but are oily. After dinner, we took a walk and we went past many run down shophouses. Nothing much but as we walk along, there were people sitting in the open and playing mahjong~! COOL.

A form of relaxation which is commonly seen on the streets.

There were even condom vending machines too. HA! Guess they are quite open when promoting with safe sex. Btw, we also saw a run down sex shop. I actually thought that Chinese were very conservative but this goes to show that the world is becoming more open.

One of the few condom vending machines along the street (one of the guys (hans) got curious and he bought 1)

We went back to the bus and the bus travelled for a distance before reaching a pitstop where there was a minimart which sold rabbit meat and jerkys. Not those kind of entire rabbit but those in packet form per piece. Like the ba kwa in Sg which has change to suit the consumers' taste.

When we reached our cruise, it was not as magnificent as we expected. As it looked quite old and there were nothing much except for a mahjong room, massage room(told not to go there as they are a rip offs) and a Karaoke room. We realized that the mahjong table were automated (COOL).Yup, they shuffle your cards and help you arrange them:). )

I did not sleep a wink at all! Spent the night chatting away....