to china without alcohol
(Tuesday, November 16, 2004)DAY 0 - like 7 again
Passage from Pan Pacific to KLIA
why is there a day 0? easy, i left home a day before take-off and stayed in pan pacific hotel next to the airport. finally my curiousity broke loose a little (ok, my parents were wondering why i look like i'm been dragged into the airport...so i HAD to ask) and i actually asked my dad where am i going and how long is the trip and shit like that. i had no idea where i was gonna go before that. don't fucking smack my head, i fucking hate china. ops! after dinner, i went for a short walk alone around the airport. i felt like i'm 7 again, looking at aeroplane slowly depart from the runaway flying freely like birds, secretly wishing that i will grow a pair of wings and fly like one of them.
DAY 1 - Yunnan. that's where i'm fucking going.
i flew to Yunnan from Sepang today. it wasn't a direct flight so i had to transit in Bangkok. i reached Kunming airport in the evening. the place didn't suck as much as Shanghai. people are slightly politer than the dumb shanghai assholes. generally, i'm in Kunming, Yunnan. according to the tour guide, Kunming's altitude is higher than Genting Highland. the place is disturbingly much drier and colder than KL (of fucking course it's colder....). we managed to visit Jade Lake in the town of Kunming before they sent us for dinner and back to the hotel. Jade Lake is like Titiwangsa to me except that they have lotsa ducks swimming in the lake. why the fuck would i wanna look at ducks?
my roomate snores like a fucking 18-wheel lorry. i didn't get to really sleep. the whole room sounds like it's wrapped by an clear echo of bus engine running. only without a synchrorized rhythm. i'm so fucking dead. china doesn't rock.
day 2 - deep fried and caves
instead of staying in the city, we travelled out of the urban Kunming to rural area. i got no idea whatsoever what the tour guide was saying cause my mandarin's pretty much fucked. only thing i understood was that we're gonna have friend worms/bee/insects for lunch. yes, deep fried insects. i didn't even think about not eating it. was so fucking hungry from the cold weather and travelling i just munch the cute little whatevers. munch munch munch. believe it, it's not gross and it taste pretty good. my mom gave me a cock stare when i eat too much. ops...
tour bus took us to this cave called Jiu Siang. (i think it's 9 aroma in english. correct me if i'm wrong). it's stone cave with water flowing through it. they made the lights in several colours so that the cave looks interesting. i prefer they don't do anything to it. by the way, i saw some fishes without eyes there.
there's a lot of whores that calls your room or knocks on your door in the hotel in Jiu Siang. they ask whether i needed massage service. sick sick country...
day 3 - lots of stones
got up fucking early to get our ass to Stone Mountain. whole place is a fucking maze and we had to squeeze through a sea of china wankers. it's probably the best natural scenery i've ever seen. those gigantic stones can lean on each other or hang on a thread without falling down. it takes a lot of fatigue to push my way through everywhere. bloody tiring but it's worth it...
after that, it was shopping time. first crystal then herbs and last but not least, chinese tea. my dad said he's not gonna but anything but he spent 2k on chinese tea. it's ironic isn't it? chinese tea is one of my dad's passion and he claims it's VERY cheap there. way to go dad!!!
i also went to a cultural show.
day 4 - i'm on a high
Polluted Lake
i'm back in Kunming again. Heaven's/Dragon's Gate is the site i went to today. i climbed hundred of steps to look at a scenery. it was terrible. marched throught a flight of steep stairs to look at a polluted neon green coloured lake. what the fuck? well, there were pagan temples there but whole china's full of pagan temples. on the way down, dad found this place to sit down and drink. on top of the hill, chilly winds, hot chinese tea and A GREAT SCENERY.
flew to Li Jiang on the evening and the food is fucking bad. dinner was shit. altitute sickness makes me feel light headed when i got off the plane. i was dizzy and felt like i'm drunk and while walking, i get motion sickness. you see, Li Jiang is somewhere near to Tibet therefore, the oxygen is thinner and the preassure is lower (i think it's lower...help anyone?)
day 5 - snow virgin.
Li Jiang is basically all about 1 snow mountain that doesn't have much snow on it. local claim that the it's sacred and holy. for a person who's never seen snow before, it's fun. only managed to look at the snow cause the mountain itself is taller than the Mt. Kinabalu. they also took us to a river that flows from the snow mountain to take photos. the water was crystal clear. even clearer than filtered pipe water. badass tour guide only gave us 10 minutes to take photos and wash out hands.
A Photo Taken on Hills Near to Snow Mountain
they took us to another cultural show.
day 6 & 7 - spend all your dough if you can.
Accient Town
the day market is located in the accient town of Li Jiang. very very beautiful place and everything is cheap. dirt cheap. you can cut 80% off the price they offer here and they will still sell it. there are small streams flowing all over the accient town. my fellow tourist went for a shopping fest here. they bought everything and anything. even things they don't know what to do with. pfttt, malaysians. as for me, i only manage to spend 30+ yuan here (RM 1 = USD 3.8 = 2 Yuan). i know, i'm a bad shopper.
we went to Dali on the afternoon. there's nothing i can say about dali. it's almost the clone of Li Jiang without a snow mountain.
day 8 - i love Malaysia
my tour guide from Kunming took my family out for a eating spree. local delicacies. the food was great and it's so fucking cheap. so so so fucking cheap, i could eat a whole day there and spend less than RM 30. well, i didn't eat for a whole day. after that, they send us to the airport and home. i only reached home at 1 am
