Woke up early in the morning on saturday at 7am to prepare to go on the tour to 绿林山. It was a 4 hours journey from our campus to 绿林山. Along the way the ride was also very bumpy as the road was uneven, instead of those road you see in Singapore, the roads here are usually made up of big tiles or there are small holes here and there on the road . Had our lunch at the local restaurant when we reached there and after that we were off to white water rafting! All us bought our straw shoe for 2RMB. The straw shoes are wore during the rafting to prevent slipping. Didn't have much photo to post for rafting since we could not bring our cameras in.
The rafting lasted 2hours and total distance of 7km. We washed up and get on the tour bus to our next destination, 美人谷 (Beauty Falls)
We were ask to choose to either take the bamboo raft for 10RMB to tour the area or we can just walk. We chose to walk so as to save the money, in the end we didn't regret walking since there were some nice scenery that would only be available if we walk.
Our bus to 绿林!
The straw shoes we bought.
A photographer took the photo of us while we were rafting, paid 15RMB for it.
Bamboo raft, 10RMB per ride
Taking photos of the nice scenery
Beauty Falls!
Photograph at the falls
After touring the falls, it was dinner time. We had dinner at the restaurant near to the resort before returning to our resort for a small rest. We were told that there were some performances for us to watch and we proceed down to the performance area. The performance area was something similar to those 歌台 you see in Singapore during the lunar 7th month. After the main performance, they had a interactive dance around the campfire whereby they asked all the audience to join in also.
Some dance being perform
Interactive dance!
Group photo at the campfire
The rafting lasted 2hours and total distance of 7km. We washed up and get on the tour bus to our next destination, 美人谷 (Beauty Falls)
We were ask to choose to either take the bamboo raft for 10RMB to tour the area or we can just walk. We chose to walk so as to save the money, in the end we didn't regret walking since there were some nice scenery that would only be available if we walk.
Our bus to 绿林!
The straw shoes we bought.
A photographer took the photo of us while we were rafting, paid 15RMB for it.
Bamboo raft, 10RMB per ride
Taking photos of the nice scenery
Beauty Falls!
Photograph at the fallsAfter touring the falls, it was dinner time. We had dinner at the restaurant near to the resort before returning to our resort for a small rest. We were told that there were some performances for us to watch and we proceed down to the performance area. The performance area was something similar to those 歌台 you see in Singapore during the lunar 7th month. After the main performance, they had a interactive dance around the campfire whereby they asked all the audience to join in also.
Some dance being perform
Interactive dance!
Group photo at the campfireDay 6 -
Woke up early in the morning at 7am to get ready for breakfast. After the breakfast we proceed to get on the bus to go around for sightseeing. The ride was a very bumpy one again, we went to place called 南山寨. It was once a war area, there are also some activities you can try out here such as horse riding and archery.
North gate
Riding the horse, 10RMB per ride!
Archery!
Route to cave to the heaven
Treasure cave!
After the sightseeing, we went to have lunch and it was time for us to travel back to our hostel. Most of us were quite tired and slept all the way on the bus back. Had our dinner at the school canteen for the first time, tested out 热干面 and it was quite nice!
Reflections
On our way to 绿林, I saw many posters asking people not to discriminate girls. As China policy is that every family can only have one child, most family have the traditional view of having a son so as to pass on the family line. In China, testing for your baby gender is also not allowed so as to prevent people from aborting their baby when they discovered that it was a girl. This show that there is still gender discrimination in China whereas compared to Singapore, such thing usually does not happen.
The drivers in China are also very impatient and reckless, when we were on the bus traveling to and fro our destination, the bus driver will be horning away at the vehicles in front so they can speed up and cut into their lanes to arrive faster at the destination. You usually will not be able to see this in Singapore as drivers in Singapore are more concerned for their safety as compared to China.
North gate
Riding the horse, 10RMB per ride!
Archery!
Route to cave to the heaven
Treasure cave!After the sightseeing, we went to have lunch and it was time for us to travel back to our hostel. Most of us were quite tired and slept all the way on the bus back. Had our dinner at the school canteen for the first time, tested out 热干面 and it was quite nice!
Reflections
On our way to 绿林, I saw many posters asking people not to discriminate girls. As China policy is that every family can only have one child, most family have the traditional view of having a son so as to pass on the family line. In China, testing for your baby gender is also not allowed so as to prevent people from aborting their baby when they discovered that it was a girl. This show that there is still gender discrimination in China whereas compared to Singapore, such thing usually does not happen.
The drivers in China are also very impatient and reckless, when we were on the bus traveling to and fro our destination, the bus driver will be horning away at the vehicles in front so they can speed up and cut into their lanes to arrive faster at the destination. You usually will not be able to see this in Singapore as drivers in Singapore are more concerned for their safety as compared to China.
Hi Chin Kuang, good account and reflections. It is good to know that China is moving to remove any discrimination among the sexes. Do you observe it being done in practice?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the information.
Lim Choon Boo