Special Note: I had a really good time during my vacation because my cousins were super thoughtful in keeping me company throughout my days in HK. Their love for me and our bond with each other are priceless. The best things in the world truly and naturally just comes from the heart without anything to be exchanged in return except love. I thank them for keeping our bond strong even if we just see each other at max once a year.
This is the best souvenir and memory I have from my vacation.
First day we arrived in HKG, we had dinner at grandma's house. Her food is always the best. This is one of her signature dish - preserved vegetable with pig stomach 咸菜豬肚湯
APM and its nice decoration for Easter
Gotta love the ice cream flavours in HK. My favourite popsicle 鳳 仙, 竽頭 ice cream mochi, also I got to try Mango Apple ice cream
A day in Hangzhou. Beautiful scenery as always.
Lots of carp at 花 港 觀 魚. Very vibrant colours of fish and flowers.
The calm water from the West Lake.
In a boat ride looking at the Six Harmony Pagoda
White peacock that is always fanning out its feather for tourist attention
The sound of a peacock is very strange ... very loud and attention grabbing.
The peony at 花 港 觀 魚. In Hangzhou, Suzhou and Wuxi, this colour of flower is planted all over the cities.
At 西湖新 天地, there is a myth that a golden buffalo once appeared there.
We went to a 龍井 茶 farm where the presenter did an experiment to show that tea is able to help digestion and breakdown carbohydrate. The colour of carbohydrate is brown in colour and after pouring the tea in the solution, it became clear... Not sure if it is a true representation of what goes on in our stomachs
At 烏鎮 - this is like a Chinese Venice where people live in the water village. The water is polluted now but the residents still use it to water and cook o_o
無錫 the home of the clay teapot 紫砂茶壺
蘇州 - 寒山歭
The silver lining in the groove of the shingles are coins that people throw on there for fun. Occasionally, the coins fall on the ground and the cleaning staff would pick them up and put it in their pockets.
Sunset in Suzhou along the major river that 康熙 traveled when he went to 江南
大阿二生煎包 $7 RMB for 8 !!! It was super yummy. Juicy inside with a thin crust on the outside!
Shanghai braised pork wrapped with 棕葉. Nice flavour!
A bigger version for sale for about 25 to 40 RMB
Shanghainese and their 棕子. About 5 RMB for 4 rice dumplings.
Shanghai city core on the way to the Bund
Shanghai 新 天地 - like the HK Lan Kwai Fong but in a smaller and confined space. Commodities in Shanghai are priced like most major world cities now.
Night view of the Bund in Shanghai.
南京步行街 - many stores there are similar to what you see in HK
Shanghai appetizers as part of the breakfast in the hotel.
I like their jelly-ham cold cut and the cold tofu dish.
Looking outside the hotel in Shanghai - a mix of modernity and old style living
Grave of Sung Hing Ling - beside it is a tourist trap to buy 天禄 - a lucky charm for Shanghai people
Peace hotel in Shanghai - a rainy day
Crab meat soup filled dumplings at 城隍廟.
I highly do NOT recommend waiting for the soup filled dumplings there. It does not taste good at all and when you bite into it, the meat is like a meatball in there. It is worst than frozen dumplings. The ones in HK or Canada is much better than what you can get in this Shanghai tourist trap. I consider myself lucky to have better options elsewhere
Back to HK for Pizza Hut. Seafood and chicken sesame crusted pizza. Very yummy !
Curry clams at Kowloon City at Little Bangkok
Red bean cake at 花園街 - super fresh, hot, and delicious and not too sweet
The phone that I helped work on two xmas ago! Please support and try the LG KM900 phone!
A beautiful day at Ocean Park.
"Sealed" with a kiss
Jelly fish exhibition at Ocean Park - they are very weird creatures
A full house watching the dolphin show at Ocean Park
Cable ride going to the other side of the Park
Kung fu pandas! Holy Shit-take mushroom
Pandas are very lazy animals. They just sit all day to eat bamboo leaves and sleeps
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