Shenzhen - The Gate of China II

DAY 4

We're still in Shenzhen. Today we visit Window of the World. It's a park (yet another one) where they recreate all the famous gardens and buildings including the 7 wonders of the world.
We're early. It's still 15 min before the ticket office open, so bergambar-gambar la di luar.

We try the buggy ride first to have an overall picture of the place.

Ho....punya banyakkkk tempat untuk ambil gambar ni...

Ada The leaning Pissa, Eiffel Tower, Pyramid, Taj Mahal (tapi bida sikit), Holland's landmark, Stone Hedge, Rome, macam-macam la.

Ini African Village. Ada show 1/2 hour, tribal dance.

Window of the World is not to be missed if ever you visit Shenzhen. Simply beautiful. We spent about 4 hours there before we took off.

Next visit is Kedai Ubat. Ubat tradisional cina. Sama macam jade, ada banyak bilik-bilik. Mula-mula penerangan umum tentang sejarah herba-herba, raja mana yang pakai ini, itu dan manfaat-manfaatnya. Ada satu tu lucu, kami nda tahan ketawa. Nama ubat tu kalau translate, cacing rumput. Bukan dibuat dari cacing. Tapi ada pepatah cina, iaitu panas seperti cacing, sejuk seperti rumput. Jadi kegunaannya gitulah 'dual' kali. Tapi, helo, cacing rumput!

Selepas penerangan semua, sudah tentulah dia jual ubat kan. Strateginya, setiap 2-3 orang kami di assign seorang consultant yang memegang dan memeriksa tapak tangan kami (ada translator english di sebelahnya). Dengan melihaat tapak tangan dan kuku, dia boleh kasi tau apa ailments yang dialami dan mengesyorkan ubat yang sesuai. Punya mahal! dekat RM700 tapi konon dalam 3 bulan terus baik . Inda la bah kan.

Destinasi seterusnya, Luohu. Ini commercial area. Banyak kedai-kedai. Segala-gala boleh didapati, pakaian, handbags, shoes, electronic goods, toys, iphones, ipod, PSP. Semua best-best. Design lawa-lawa dan boleh bargain punya. Haaaa...ini barula! patut sini bah kami lama-lama kan. Ok tiada masa ambil gambar. Masing-masing terus meluru mencari barang-barang. My sis belikan anaknya helikopter yang remote control. Punya murah. Dan handphone. Ada yang beli iphone yang boleh dual simcard, beli kasut, jersey bola, victoria beckham jeans, Anna Sui purse....etc,etc.

Shenzhen ni, dia benefit daripada SpecialEconomicZone introduced by Deng Xiao Ping in the 70's which boost its economy rapidly from increased foreign investment. It has grown to be the 2nd busiest port in China, after Shanghai. Since then more investors began coming to China through Shenzhen.

So, sekali lagi ada yang terlajak masa. Meeting time 6.30, tapi lewat 1/2 jam. Masalah sini kalau sudah dapat barang tu, mau haggle lagi 20 minit. Bila bayar pakai card, sengaja la diorang kasi lambat2 pergi swipe tempat lain di tingkat 4 la.

All the same, we left the place on high euphoric feeling.

Final stop is dinner before returning to the hotel and call it a day. Back to the noisy restaurant. But today not so bad. Or maybe we've gone deaf.

It's our last day in Shenzhen cos' tomorrow we're leaving for Hong Kong. We were given some discount vouchers for the hotel spa so why not make use of it? Me & younger sis tried first. Full body massage. Best ooo..betul-betul dia urut.. 90 minutes. My other sisters later came down with their girls. They had body massage and the girls had foot massage. Tapi unfortunately they didn't like the massage. Diorang satu bilik sama macam kami. Tapi tukang urut dorang lalai bercerita dan kurang mengurut unlike ours. Lepas tu kena tipu. (Kami sudah di bilik, tidur time tu). My sis had asked the girls to be given 30 minutes foot massage. Last-last boleh jadi 90 minutes. Alasan, budak2 tu ditanya mau tambah masa ka tidak dan dorang angguk. Masalahnya dorang nda paham pun apa yang ditanya. Terpaksa la tambah duit. Di hotel pun boleh buat gitu kan? My brother punya kesimpulan, dorang sengaja nda belajar english supaya boleh menipu.

bersambung..