the trip was about a month ago though.. finally find the time to write about it..
let's start...
Day1 :-
flew into beijing airport where i was picked up by rain and her uncle.. the traffic condition in beijing is... how do i put it... u have not only motorised vehicle moving from 4 directions, u have moving objects from 8 directions.. moving objects includes bicycles, people walking, carts, and etc. the cabs are pretty cheap though.. anyway, after checking into the hotel, we went for dinner in QuanJuDe(全聚德) for it's duck.. the duck is simply amazing.. we went back to the hotel after dinner and chilled in the hotel... went for reflexology in the hotel.. it's quite comfortable.. for supper we had some barbecued skewers thingy with YanJing beer... the beer was good with a distinctive crisp taste.. eshen did mention it before i went.. though the skewers were not that good..
*ps- the night before the flight i stayed over in kat's house..
Day2:-
we didn't leave the hotel until 2.. so we only managed to cover TianAnMen square, the forbidden city, and then chill in a cafe on a street which i do not remember its name.. for dinner, we met a friend of rain's in a private restaurant.. for starter, we had yak's ear and pork(it's legs).. the ear was jelly liked and tasted like gelatin.. we had prawn, beef, chicken soup, mushroom, and another type of soup.. they all tasted weird.. really not accustomed to the northern china's cooking.. the chicken soup tasted like chicken in boiling water.. i asked for soy sauce to go with the soup and everybody was looking weirdly at me.. hah.. and the mushroom was with abalone sauce.. it cost as much as an abalone.. we walked around in town a while after dinner and i bought a fan.. the fan with a tiger on it.. it costs me about RM80.. should have bought a few more.. damn..
Day3 :-
we went to 798 artzone.. interesting displays of art.. quite unique actually.. it has a melting slr and a bmw made of brick.. for dinner, interestingly we went for vegetarian food.. i'm not finished, a very expensive vegetarian restaurant.. the most expensive pot of tea on the menu was RMB2000.. seriously.. i think it's called pure lotus and run by a monk.. the interior was really pretty.. naturally the food was terrible for me though impressive nevertheless... i had a vegetarian steak.. the funny bit was after dinner, we wanted to go for karaoke so we went to one near our hotel.. we were told the small rooms are all full so we ask how many person could the medium room fit.. the lady said it could fit 4 person.. we were quite baffled and ask to view the rooms.. it turned out that the room could actually fit 8.. turning to the lady, she said, "usually 4 guys will ask for another 4 girls". hence we realised we went into a whorehouse..
Day4 :-
went to the summer palace.. this place is fucking huge.. it's 6 times the size of the forbidden city.. very pretty.. it must have been fun being an emperor.. visiting that place is like going for a hike.. was out of breath when i reached the top.. the view made it worthwhile though.. and for dinner, i had thai food ! hahaha.. the green curry was good but the tomyam was not.. visited the olympic village after dinner..
Day5 :-
flew into DaLian.. I love this city.. it is really beautiful and it felt as if i'm outside china.. we had a friend's employee meet us at the airport.. we then went to the hotel and just spend the evening walking along the beach.. the view is just breath taking.. we then met two friends for dinner.. had seafood steamboat.. after 4 days of beijing food, finally, something i enjoy eating.. after dinner, we went for a joy ride in which i needed to pee badly... they had to stop at a internet cafe and i went to pee..
Day6 :-
jenny, a friend in living in dalian, brought us to tiger beach.. there we went into an aquatic park.. boring... then had bbq beef lunch.. i think it was korean.. this city is heavily influenced by the koreans and japanese... good food.. my kind of food... and beer to go with that naturally.. during my stay in this city, every meal was accompanied by beers.. had coffee after lunch.. a nice lil cafe.. very 'english'... we went for another joyride again.. this time along its windy coastal line.. really really amazing views... we saw a mirage.. and literally fresh air and pleasant weather.. it has cliffs and we saw people cliff fish.. and for dinner, we had porridge.. really good as well.. karaoke after that..
Day7 :-
flew into guangzhuo via wuxi.. we were stucked in the wuxi airport for 4 hours... delay... i pity the airports' employees... the passengers were really hostile towards them... a fat lady was banging on the glass door and scolding them really badly.. after that ordeal, we touched down in guangzhuo finally.. we had somebody picked us up at the airport to the hotel.. i had a cheese baked rice from a restaurant near the hotel..
Day8 :-
i spent the whole day in the hotel.. due to bad weather and i was bloody tired after a whole week.. we had dinner with some friends of rain's mum.. they were literally arse kissing.. haha.. we shopped around awhile after dinner.. i got a pair for nike... which then i threw my old pair out..
Day9 :-
the people from last night's dinner fetched us to the airport to catch a flight into GuiLin.. from the plane, the landscape in guilin is just so surreal... the whole guangxi is this pretty.. 青山绿水... literally.. LiuZhou is about an hour and a half's drive from guilin.. we had a driver to pick us up from the airport.. upon arriving in rain's house, her grandparents greeted us and i have no idea of whatsoever they were saying.. they speak liuzhou hua.. which is quite different from putonghua.. we had dinner in her house and went for a drive after that.. i met lily for the first time and sent a text to aikseng.. private joke, sorry.. haha.. anyway, we went for coffee in which in my opinion, the worst cup of coffee i ever drank..
Day10 :-
after waking up, we went for a hair cut.. mine took much less time than their and another friend took me out for dog meat.. it was really delicious.. very aromatic and tasty.. a pot of dog meat and a bottle of beer.. perfect match.. for dinner, we went for dinner with rain's parents and her brother.. had a lot of beer as her dad kept toasting with me.. went for reflexology after dinner.. karaoke after that.. meet a lot of her friends and a lot of drinking.. a lot here really means a lot.. i was drunk when we left at about 4 in the morning.. it didn't end there... they checked in to a hotel to play mahjong.. i played 3 games with them before going to the toilet to vomit and blackout on the bed.. i have no idea who took my shoes off for me..
Day11 :-
i woke up to find 2 friends sleeping on the other bed with the rest of the bunch gone.. was quite shock as i couldn't find rain.. anyway, we went for food after checking out and i got a new pair of glasses after that.. for dinner, we had steaks and retire home after that..
Day12 :-
we picked up lily and they brought me around to buy souvenirs.. rain left me with jie li and lily's boyfriend to get a manicure.. we had duck rice which was disgusting.. the shop's hygiene was appalling.. i pretended to have a stomachache because i could not put myself to eat it.. for dinner, we had crayfish.. 2 tubs of crayfish.. they were too spicy for me.. i hardly ate anything then.. and we met two friends of rain's.. very pretty.. we went to scenes today.. karaoke and club.. by the end of the night i was vomiting my stomach out..
Day13 :-
flying back to malaysia today.. from liuzhou to guilin to catch the plane.. flew into kl through lcct.. guess what.. i bumped into xfern in lcct.. so random.. haha..
i had aikseng picking us up from kl and we drove back to penang..
that's roughly how my trip turned out.. was drunk a few times and a lot of beers..
