Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Shopping in Shenzen




See the number of people? so 'lau juak'!!!!
But I always had that insecure feeling; takut kena pickpocket,
takut kena tipu,takut...............................
A peculiar scenario: when an alien(ya they address
foreigner as alien) walks into a CD shop, a few fellows will
swamp around him or her to peddle cheap cheap DVD as
soon as he comes out from the shop. These people are quite
persistent and will follow you some distance before giving up.
There is some kind of reminder somewhere that says when
one pays for cheap DVD with big note, the change received may
be counterfeit money. Ya. counterfeit money is the hot current
issue in China.
There is a food outlet that sells all parts of a duck: meat,
wing, leg, neck, head , tongue, internal organs ................
I was not that adventureous, duck wings will do. But don't
know what type of seasoning is used, it tastes not only hot
and spicy, but can even numb your lips and tongue after
eating it.

Shenzen here I come

My original plan was to travel from Jiangmen to Hong Kong by ferry.
But I have taken that route before, why not try something new?
So I changed my mind and decided to visit Shenzen.
I took an express bus from Jiangmen to Shenzen. Travelling time is
2.5hr , roughly equivalent to travelling from Penang to Tapah.


This is the view from my hotel room, looking at the Shenzen
railway station. The long line of taxis are queuing up to fetch
passengers. The line is non-stop and moves rather fast,
indicating the passenger volume of this station is really huge.
I had the honour to visit the first Mc Donald in China, not
to makan , but to pee..... paiseh.