Everything has been decided, I'll go Philippines in November 1-15.
I will start my trip on Manila, maybe staying there for 2 or 3 days and then go to North Luzon. But since right now there are another typhoon, I guess whole Philippines will be in very bad conditions.
I am really expecting the trip to North Luzon since there are also another World heritage that is really interested to see.
From 11/8-12, I will be in Boracay in order to meet some friends, it will be fun I guess.
11/12-15 in Cebu, travelling alone again, but travelling alone is really free, you can do whatever you want.
My flight of coming back is on 11/15 midnight, anybody can pick me up in the airport??! KEKEKEKE!
Besides, the whole entire trip is very cheap, from the flight tickets to the hostel, here are some expenses, for your reference:
Flight tickets:
1. Taipei - Manila USD 86.50
2. Manila - Kalibo USD28
3. Kalibo - Cebu USD 27.70
4. Cebu - Manila USD 34.20
5. Manila - Taipei USD 32.50
Hostels:
1. In Manila: EUR 5.38/ night, staying 2 nights at least
2. In Boracay: USD 11.5/ night, staying 4 nights
2009年10月19日 星期一
2009年10月18日 星期日
2009.10.05. Suzhou
People would be wondering that why I am writing travel story of 10 days ago. I have to say that I was trying to write it just after finish the day, but the chinese government sucks, their internet firewall "Golden shield" blocked my blog, I could not even read the website. Well, then I think before I forget everything, I have to finish the travel story.
Well, I went to Suzhou with a tour, because I wanted to hear from the guide about the history of each place. Because the history of China is so interested, if you go anywhere without understand the history or story, it will be meaningless.
I decided to go Suzhou, it is because when I went to the tourism agency, there was a phrase, from a famous chinese poet, he said "if you go to Suzhou and you don't go to tiger hill, it will be a pitty".
Tiger Hill
Nowaday, it is famous of the tower called "Yunyansi tower (雲岩寺塔)", it is an eastern Pisa tower, this tower is about 1000 year of history. The hill is about 300 m around only, so you don't have to climb a lot of steps, just in 5 mins you can get the tallest point.
The tower is getting everyday more inclined, in 2008 was only 2 degrees and something, now it is more severe.
There was too many people, I want to take some picture with clean scene, but hardly to take the them out of the screen.
Tiger hill was a place where the king of country of Wu lives with his wife in 2500 years ago, the famous beauty of the history of China, Xishi (西施). This place got the name of tiger hill is that when the king was dead, his tumb was build up in somewhere of this hill, together with at least 3000 precious swords. At the third day he die, the spirit of the sword converts into a tiger and staying there on the hill to protect his tumb, then people call the place Tiger hill.
The tumb of the king haven't be found yet, it still is a mistery of China history, but some archeologist think that it is related with the "Sword lagoon".
Lingering garden
Well, it is just garden for me, it is a fuxxing big garden, I almost got lost inside.
It is pretty, but I am not so interested if there are no related with chinese history.
I like stories, you know, specially those kind of war between some chinese old countries, blah blah blah.
In China, we have a very famous phrase, "beauty comes from Suzhou". Mainly that was one key point that attracted me also for this trip, but I could not find out a lot of pretty one. Maybe it is as usual, pretty girls do not appear on daytime...
Hanshan Temple
It is a traditional chinese buddism temple, it is famous 'cause its big bell sounds. Normally chinese people knows about this temple is because it was mentioned in a poem. I like this kind of temple tower, it looks very nice. ^^
Inside the temple you can knock the big bell by paying 5 RMB, I did not do that but a lot of people was knocking that in order to get some good luck. I am not supersticious so..
The poem:
The garden of the couple's retreat
It is located inside of the Suzhou's old city, the city is rounded by a river protector, that's why Suzhou in old time was a city really hard to conquest. Suzhou is like a Venice in Italy, a lot of river inside of the city, just walking 100 meter you can find a river in front of you.
After finish this, we departs to go back to Shanghai. Go back home for more rest then the next day I can be more powerful to hang around Beijing.
Well, I went to Suzhou with a tour, because I wanted to hear from the guide about the history of each place. Because the history of China is so interested, if you go anywhere without understand the history or story, it will be meaningless.
I decided to go Suzhou, it is because when I went to the tourism agency, there was a phrase, from a famous chinese poet, he said "if you go to Suzhou and you don't go to tiger hill, it will be a pitty".
Tiger Hill
Nowaday, it is famous of the tower called "Yunyansi tower (雲岩寺塔)", it is an eastern Pisa tower, this tower is about 1000 year of history. The hill is about 300 m around only, so you don't have to climb a lot of steps, just in 5 mins you can get the tallest point.The tower is getting everyday more inclined, in 2008 was only 2 degrees and something, now it is more severe.
There was too many people, I want to take some picture with clean scene, but hardly to take the them out of the screen.
Tiger hill was a place where the king of country of Wu lives with his wife in 2500 years ago, the famous beauty of the history of China, Xishi (西施). This place got the name of tiger hill is that when the king was dead, his tumb was build up in somewhere of this hill, together with at least 3000 precious swords. At the third day he die, the spirit of the sword converts into a tiger and staying there on the hill to protect his tumb, then people call the place Tiger hill.The tumb of the king haven't be found yet, it still is a mistery of China history, but some archeologist think that it is related with the "Sword lagoon".
Lingering garden
Well, it is just garden for me, it is a fuxxing big garden, I almost got lost inside.
I like stories, you know, specially those kind of war between some chinese old countries, blah blah blah.
In China, we have a very famous phrase, "beauty comes from Suzhou". Mainly that was one key point that attracted me also for this trip, but I could not find out a lot of pretty one. Maybe it is as usual, pretty girls do not appear on daytime...Hanshan Temple
Inside the temple you can knock the big bell by paying 5 RMB, I did not do that but a lot of people was knocking that in order to get some good luck. I am not supersticious so..
The poem:
| 月落烏啼霜滿天， 江楓漁火對愁眠。 姑蘇城外寒山寺， 夜半鐘聲到客船。 | Yuè luò wū tí shuāng mǎn tiān, Jiāng fēng yú huǒ duì chóu mián. Gūsū chéngwài Hánshán Sì, Yèbàn zhōngshēng dào kèchuán. | While I watch the moon go down, a crow caws through the frost; Under the shadows of maple-trees a fisherman moves with his torch; And I hear, from beyond Suzhou, from the temple on Cold Mountain, Ringing for me, here in my boat, the midnight bell |
The garden of the couple's retreat
It is located inside of the Suzhou's old city, the city is rounded by a river protector, that's why Suzhou in old time was a city really hard to conquest. Suzhou is like a Venice in Italy, a lot of river inside of the city, just walking 100 meter you can find a river in front of you.
The garden is comparatively small than the previous one, but it is very special and nominated as world heritage.
The exit of this garden is through the backdoor, take a ship for 2 mins. That is why chinese people usually use the word of "go through the back door" as the origin of giving undertable money or non legal ways. Well, something like that.
After finish this, we departs to go back to Shanghai. Go back home for more rest then the next day I can be more powerful to hang around Beijing.
2009年10月15日 星期四
2009.10.04 Shanghai City
10/04, due to I am leaving Shanghai on 10/06, I went to down town Shanghai to staying in my aunt's place. Then I started to hang around through Shanghai City from very early morning, I've been totally walking about 8 hours totally, the problem was not walking, I was totally exhausted due to the 7 KG bag that I have been carried in the whole route.
Firstly I went to Shanghai Stadium to see some travel information, and then take a metro to Xintiandi, and then walk from Xintiandi to the coast of Huangpu River, walk to take a boat to cross the river and go to Oriental Pearl Tower.
Since this still was within the period of Independence holiday of China, from 10/1-10/8, almost every places are filled of chinese people, some metro stops has been closed to control the traffic, hard to get a taxi in the street. Even take an elevator of Oriental Pearl tower have to wait for more than 30 mins, you cannot imagine the amount of people.
Eastern Pearl is one of the tallest tower in Asia, it was made in 1994, it was the tallest of China until 2007, after 2007 Shanghai World Financial Center becomes the tallest building of China. There are a transparent floor in the 263 m, in which is very funny, it will be a little scared looking down and walk on it.
Well, after walk a lot, I come back to my aunt place and preparing to go the next day to Suzhou and that will be another history...
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