From 17th-23rd April, a small group led by "old China hand", Ben Wong, visited a number of interesting locations in South China. The intrepid adventurers included Norbert Liew, Anthony Chung, Edward Chin, Robert Chin, Chris Chu (from a number of years after us) and Basil Wee (of Tabuan Jaya curry fame).
They had a whirlwind trip, going to Macau, Zhuhai, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Guangzhou and HK all in 7days.(note: some went seperate ways when they arrived at Zhuhai.)
It was a first trip to China/Macau/HK for Norbert, Edward and Basil.
Ben sent me quite a number of photos, so this posting will be spread over Part 1 and Part 2.
First we have a photo of the team in Macau. I believe this is at The Venetian casino ? Guys, help me out here.
Photo 1
They were also in Zhuhai ...
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... and Shenzhen ...
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where they had some pampering of their feet ...
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after which they were ready for action again ...
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They also spent half a day at the Guangzhou fair.
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Later they went to the train station and took a bullet train ride to Shaoguan and back. It was an interesting ride, travelling at a top speed of 348 km/h.
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Well, I'll let the adventurers provide you with the details behind these photos.
More exciting stuff on Dongguan and Hong Kong, and in spas and singalongs. Watch out for Part 2.
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Hmmm, I think some photos might need explaining ...
ReplyDeleteMore pix of China dollies pls
ReplyDeletePhoto 11 begs some questions.
ReplyDeleteCertainly a whirlwind trip for you guys - 6 locations in 7 days, it a no wonder most of you looked so tired. At least you can say that you have been to China!!!!. Having said that, I remembered many years ago (probably about 15 years now) that I took my mum and sister on a coach tour of Europe covering parts of France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Switzerland, all in 7 days. I swore that I will not go on a coach trip ever again after that.
ReplyDeleteI am sure you all had a good trip and it's the company that made the trip more memorable, I am sure.
photo 11? it's just ah loot hoping to loot his loot.
ReplyDeleteEverything is big extra big in China, hoh?
ReplyDeleteDragon ladies of PRC
ReplyDeleteAgainst all odds, travelling across the sea
Arrived at our shores of abundance
to ply their trade
with lofty vision ahead
in our mushrooming centres
of so-called REFLEXOLOGY.
To some horny geezers
they are heaven-sent teasers
to fill the life of redundance
with glee and abandon.
But a word of caution, my friend
these seemingly innocuous flowers
could be a fiend
that might cause massive marital collapse
in the very tragic end...
walau, poetic lagi !
ReplyDeleteHello kawan,
ReplyDeleteBe, I miss this trip as mentioned to you earlier...with regrets too.as I have to be in Adelaide for kerja lah. Bro. Tony, y u look so grumpy one? Ah Loot is alive, as always, esp. with the ah moy next to him. I am sure urut kaki was very relaxing esp after all the running around.
Any future trips, bro. Ben?
Bon weekend
Photo 2, front person squatting, sitting, is he our classmate too?
ReplyDeleteLady in photo 11 is not a GRO.....who is she? Can anyone guess who she is?
ReplyDeleteJohn,you were travelling 5 countries in 7 days and that was 15 years ago, we were travelling nearby cities in only 1 province in southern China in 7 days . Most of the time we travelled by the highspeed train in between cities unless it is not available we travelled by express bus.Distance we travelled in between cities is usually between 1-2.5 hours.Not too bad or tired where we pampered ourselves with massage practically everyday and nite and it's cheap in China.Lots of good Cantonise cuisine and fun and I am sure Norbert can share some details later....
ReplyDeleteWhy those guys look tired is because of late nite....you know lah!
Anon 1:19PM> the guy squatting is a local who is doing shoeshine for some of us.
ReplyDeletePic.11
ReplyDeleteWho is the girl with the smiling face?
Can ben also organize a trip for us girls across the bridge say end of the year?
ReplyDeletetold you already lah anon 7.14. that's ah loot's loot. just wondering if ah loot managed to loot the loot.
ReplyDeletehey ex teresian , i'm not sure the gals will like the entertainment provided on Ben's China Tours. hehehe
ReplyDeleteMaybe Tony is grumpy cos he missed his chance. Ah Loot was faster hor?
ReplyDeletePic.11, pi.11, pic.11, everybody wants to know WHO is that smiling girl in pic.11.
ReplyDeleteOK, she's just some girl we met at the train station, actually, she helped to take our group photos. Her lovely friend is at the background, sitting down, see her? Satisfied everyone?
Ah Loot is a good boy, in fact, we all are, I mean behaving ourselves, just like when we were at St.Joe in the early days.
Trip was fantastic, can't thank Ben enough for showing us around China. Real hectic though, running here and there. Didn't get enough sleep too, late dinner, late supper so late sleep. Early morning checked out hotel and started running again. Was fun though doing all that. Don't mind having another go into China.
Food was good, we ate roasted goose, which I never had before and don't think many of us ever did too. We also had Peking duck, etc, etc.
Why not anon 7:35?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure there are plenty of Daniel Wu or Edison
Chen look-alike masseurs there.
Hau seh, eng tau, peh peh yu phee phee.
Why ah loot no sound?
Why the group didn't wear St Joe tie shirts? Like in Siem Reap ... Hehehe ...
ReplyDeleteGuys... picture 11 no loot!!! She is our tour guide for high speed train ride from Guangzhou to Shaoguan... just appointed, there and then... heheh :)
ReplyDeleteAh yoh , we ask for young man to massage us loh.Fair and square right? So, Ben when can we girls go with you?
ReplyDeleteCome to think of it, Anon 10:56AM is right, we should have worn the black T shirt we received during our reunion dinner.
ReplyDeleteNever mind, we'll do it next time or whenever we have any outings in future. Will take note of that.