Assignment 2 (Part 1)

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Future summision for CMM111

Future summision for CMM111

Regarding the future submission, I hope to be able continue writing on my travel and experience. Moreover, i too hope that I would be able to travel more often and gain more experience to be shared with others. Indeed traveling expenses is costly, but I would try my best to keep update on the travel and experience that I have gained, be it in Malaysia or overseas. I hope my fellow readers are able to gain some insights from the post i put up, check out on other resources as well, this is to make every penny worthwhile for the holidays and destination that one are planning. 

I must say that, there are indeed a lot of wonders in the world that is worth being explored. Be it in the sense of cultural, lifestyle, historical, foods and many more. Once you have stepped into the outside world, you will definitely crave more and never get tired nor enough of it. Therefore, I definitely hope to be able to see the world more if I am capable.

Last but not least, I hope I provide sufficient information on the places that I have visited in order to guide my fellow readers on their holiday destinations.

Thank You =)

China (Shanghai, Jiang Nan)

China (Shanghai - Zhouzhuang - Suzhou -  Nanjing - Wuxi - Hangzhou)

In the schedule below, summarized my travel experience of the various places i visited in China. Been able to see different places with different layouts and people. I also managed to taste a variety of local delicacy. At the first place, i was not used to the flavour of the dishes there but eventually altered to suit as the stays prolonged. One thing i found hard was the communication. I was english educated and was not fluent with Mandarin therefore, it was hard to communicate with the people there. Nevertheless, most of the tourist destination have translation given or the workers are able to communicate in basic english. Another thing is that, certain places are not very hygenic, but most of the tourist attraction places are. So there wont be the need to worry so much about that. 

Dr. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Mausoleum

Jade Buddha Temple

Shanghai Nightview

Day 1 Penang-Hong Kong-Shanghai	Reached Penang  Airport at 6:30 am. Boarding for Flight CX721 at 8:00 am. Reach Hong Kong at 11:30 am. Transit to Dragon Air Flight KA890 - 15:05 board and reach Shanghai Pudung airport at 17:25. Take a ride on the world's most advanced ground transportation - Shanghai Transrapid (8 mins=19 miles) and then enjoy Pu Jiang Cruise Trip. Over night at Shanghai.
Day 2 Shanghai	Visit  Jade Buddha temple - famous for its Burmese Jade Buddha; tour to "Chenghuang Temple" - the busy market place filled with local snacks and small commodities; Shopping at Nanjing Street. At night, visit the Shanghai Bund view then to Pearl of Orient sightseeing – experience Shanghai night view. Transfer to hotel for resting. Overnight at Shanghai
Day 3 Shanghai-Zhou Zhuang-Suzhou	After Breakfast, proceed to the famous China Garden "Liu Yuan" on the way to SuZhou, visit Zhou Zhuang  which is the famous place with the name of "Oriental Venice", a colourful traditional water country village - which has more than 900 years of history with small bridges, waterside families, shops that are so perfectly combined into a picturesque scene. Continue journey to Suzhou, visit Tiger Hill and "Hanshan Temple" to feel "the toll of its midnight bell". Overnight at Suzhou.
Day 4 Suzhou-Nanjing	After breakfast, visit Dr. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Mausoleum, which lay on the southern slope of  "Zijin Mountain". Orientation tour for Ming Xiao Memorial Mausoleum. Next, tour continues to Nanjing Bridge that built in the year 1968. Journey continue - about 4.5 hours to reach Nanjing. Dinner to taste the famous Nanjing Salted Duck Delicacies and Huai Yang Favorite. Overnight Nanjing.
Day 5 Nanjing-Wuxi	Tour to Xuan Wu Lake Garden, and then proceed to Wuxi to visit Ling shan Buddha, along the journey to enjoy the scenery of Taihu Lake, visit the native product "Purple sand Teapot”. Dinner savors are the local delicacy "Wuxi spare Ribs" and Quan Long-King Delicious. Overnight at Wuxi.
Day 6 Wuxi-Hangzhou	After breakfast, check out luggage; proceed to Three-Kingdom City, a well known film shooting center. Journey continues to Hangzhou – a picturesque resort city so admired by Marco Polo. Upon arrival, tour continues to Temple of General Yue. Dinner to taste the local delicacies of  "Dongbo Meat" and "Beggar Chicken". Shopping at Hangzhou Wushan Square. Overnight at Hangzhou.
Day 7 Hangzhou	After breakfast, a boat trip on the West Lake, observing "Three Pools Reflecting the Moon","Mid Autumn Moon on the Lake". After that, back to hotel where we stay for Buffet Lunch, after lunch, continue tour to "Fei Lai Feng" & "Ling Yin Monastery"– a very important ancient artist of Southern China, view the Liu He Pagoda, enjoy clay-pot favorite dinner then proceed to Song City for show performance reflecting the History and Beauty of China. Overnight at Hangzhou.
Day 8 Hangzhou-Hong Kong-Penang	After breakfast, check out the hotel and proceed to Hangzhou airport to board the flight at 11:45 am reach Hong Kong at about 13: 45. Transit to another flight at 15:45, reach KL Klia Airport at 19:15, stay in the flight for 45 mins to load and unload passengers, take off at 20:00 and reach Penang at 20:45. End of Tour.

Special Meal

Shanghai : Crab, HongZhi Chicken, Xia Long Bao

Zhou Zhuang : Wan Shan Ti

Suzhou : ShuiXiang Delicious

Nanjing : HuaiYang Favorite, Salted duck, Dinner at the biggest  restaurant in Asia

Wuxi : Wuxi Spare ribs, Quan Long King Delicious

Hangzhou : DongBo Meat, Begger's Chicken, Clay-Pot Delicious

Special Highlights

1. Maglev Train (ShanghaiTransrapid)
2. HuangPu river Cruise
3. Shanghai Bund Night View
4. Shanghai Bund Night View
5. Oriental Pearl Tower
6. River Cruise and Trishaw ride at Oriental Venice (Zhouzhuang)
7. Three Kingdom(Well known Film Shooting Centre)
8. Lin Shan Buddha
9. The Romance of Song City Shows

China (Kunming, Dali, Lijiang)

China (Kunming, Dali, Lijiang)

I have list the experience I gained during this trip in a table below. Kunming, Dali and Lijiang are places where natural enthusiast would definitely love to visit. This is the places whereby it is surrounded by natural environment with mountains and greenery everywhere. It is also one of the most conserve natural places in China. It is definitely a sooth to the eye to have been there. Nevertheless, i found that some of their food are not properly cleaned and therefore might caused diarrhea. If one would like to visit these places do bring along medication especially for the upset stomach in case of emergency. There are lots of minorities living in this particular area which are still living under their traditional way. It is indeed interesting to have a look at how they survived and how they live.

Yu Long Snow Mountain

Yu Long Snow Mountain

Tian Long Ba Bu

White Water Terrace

West Temple Pagoda

Impression Lijiang (Show)

Day 1 Penang-Bangkok-Kunming	Travel by air through Penang airport. Arrived Kunming airport via transit in Bangkok. Visited Western Hill Dragon Gate by cable car (one way up) and excursion all the way down to the foot hill. The Dragon Gate is accessible by a stairway carved out of the cliff, which are carved during the Ching Dynasty. Proceed to visit the Yuen Tong Temple which is built in Tong Dynasty but rebuilt during the Yuen Dynasty. Overnight at Kunming Way Long Hotel.
Day 2 Kunming-Jiuxiang	Visited the Golden Temple and Qi Chai Yunnan (seven colour clouds Yunnan) scenic area. Cruise to Erhai lake at Jiuxiang Scenic Area-which offers plenty of karst caves, scenic landscapes, manmade sights and ethnic culture. The Jiuxiang Caves which are clusters of some 100caves of various sizes, with amazing natural attractions. After dinner, back to hotel to refresh and later at night watch the spectacular cultural show known as ‘Dynamic Yunnan’-which is the grand original natives songs and dance, projected by the China National Classic Stage of the Art Performance.
Day 3 Kunming –Stone Forest-Dali	After breakfast, visited to one of the world famous Stone Forest with 32 acres of karst limestone formations that have eroded into cliffs and peaks, caves and pavilions, all connected by a labyrinth of trails. Later, visited the colorful Yunnan, include The Jinri tower which was built in 1666 during the Yuan Dynasty. Jinmabifi (golden horse and emerald chicken) and also West Temple Pagoda which is Kunming’s best looking temple built in the Tang Dynasties. After that, embark on a 4hours journey to Dali which is a historical and cultural city of China. After dinner, visited the Dali Ancient Town both side of street trading the traditional handicraft. Overnight at Stone Forest Hotel.
Day 4 Dali-Baizu San Tau Dao-Lijiang	Visited The Yan’s House and Xizhou Bai Minorities Village and enjoy three course Tea performance which show the Bai Minority warmest welcome to the distinguish guest. Visited the famous Bai residential films shooting spot of ‘Tian Long Ba Bu’. Drive to visit the three pagodas which is the symbol of Dali. Embark on journey to Lijiang which is about 4hours. Lijiang is the hometown of Naxi minority, have our dinner and visited the Lijang Old Town 4 square street (shi Fang Jie). Overnight at Lijiang Kuan Kuong Hotel Suite.
Day 5 Lijiang	After breakfast, visited the Yu Long Snow Mountain, ‘Bai Sui River’ and ‘Ganhaizi’ Grassland, Yu Chui Zhai. Yu Long Snow Mountain-can only allow us to go up till 3000meter above sea level by cable car, enjoyed the open air show ‘Impression Lijiang’ performed by various ethnicity in China with the natural scene of snow mountain as background. Lunch at the nearby restaurant. Later, visited the White Water Terrace which means growing flower. Ganhaizi Grassland is an ideal spot to view the mountain. Yu Chui Hai on the other hand is a scenic area that is surrounded by the Naxi’s tribes and it remained the traditional lifestyle of the Naxu minority. Dinner was at the hotel.
Day 6	Check out of hotel to catch the domestic flight back to Kunming. Upon arrival continue to visit the Daguan Tower which was built during the Qing Dynasty, have the longest couplet in the world located in the Green Lake Park. Visited the Chinese Medicine Hall and the ancient town of Kunming. Overnight at Way Long Hotel.
Day 7	Visited the Flower Market and Loh Shi Bay wholesales market for final round of shopping before checkout and departure. Have steamboat lunch and later proceed to Kunming airport for flight back home Penang.

Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Qingyuan, Guangzhou, Panyu, Zhuhai and Macau

Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Qingyuan, Guangzhou, Panyu, Zhuhai and Macau 

This was another family trip I have experience. Although the programs were pack for the entire day for everyday during the trip, it wan fun, enjoyable and memorable. Due to time constrain, we did not managed to visit every other tourist attraction places that is offered. Thus, we could just make the best out of everything planned. I was shocked to see how developed this area are compared to our home country. With diverse minorities with amass population, yet this places are able to develop so beautifully into a well recognize place especially Hong Kong and Macau. The table below summarized the places that we have been throughout the journey.

Hong Kong Dim Sum

Guangzhou Open Air Shopping

The Ships Restaurant (Zhuhai)

The Venetian (Macau)

St. Paul Cathedral (Macau)

Special Meal

• Hong Kong Dim Sum
• Roasted Goose
• Canton Suckling Pig
• Canton Cuisine
• Buffet Lunch of over 600 Choices of foods
• Raw Oyster Cuisine

Day 1 Penang-Hong Kong	Boarding for Flight AK5056 (Malaysia) and reach Hong Kong around evening. Checked into hotel, have our dinner and proceed to the Avenue of Stars and then the "Ladies Street” which is the most exciting shopping and trading street in Hong Kong. Overnight in Regal Oriental Hotel
Day 2 Hong Kong-Shenzhen	Checkout at 8:00 am and proceed for "Dim Sum" breakfast. Visit Golden Bauhinia, Aberdeen Fishing Village and the Repulsing Bay. Golden Bauhinia - to commemorate the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to the Republic of China. It is a tourist attraction that should not be missed. Aberdeen Fishing Village - Optional boat ride ( not inclusive in package, we pay RMB 50 per person) to gain an insight into the water lifestyle of fishing village, also an opportunity to take photo with magnificent Jumbo Floating Restaurant.
Day 3 Shenzhen	After lunch, proceed to Kowloon, cross Harbor Tunnel to visit the most exciting Theme Park - Disneyland via the longest suspension bridge - TsingMa Bridge. Disneyland - Meet all the classical Disney characters, such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Mulan, etc...On parade at 4: 30 pm.  Later, we can choose the Sleeping Beauty Castle with a timeless realer for imagination and enchantment, or ride a Cinderella Carousel making the impossible dreams to come true. Enjoying high-speed turbulent roller coaster, or embarking on an exotic journey filled with mystery and stunning surprise along the Jungle River Cruise might be another excellent experience for you. at about 8:30 watch the existing fire work before proceed to Shenzen by Train which only take about 30 mins to reach Shenzen. Check in to LuoHu Hotel in Shenzen. Visit the shops nearby the Hotel.
Day 4 Shenzhen-Qingyuan-Guongzhou	After breakfast in Hotel, proceed to Splendid China which is essentially fun and educational covering all capital city and historical site in the whole China like Beijing Great Wall; Stone Forest in Kunming; Kuilin; HuangSan etc... Continue our journey and proceed to visit the China Folk Cultural Village to experience the diversified forms of ethnic lifestyle, folk art and architecture from different regions of China. (China has a total of 56 tribes of difference cultures. Watch 4 of their cultural shows until about  9:00 pm. Overnight at Shenzen in the same Hotel Luo Hu after shopping nearby.
	Check out LuoHu Hotel and have out breakfast before proceeded to Qingyuan at 8:30 am, take a cruise at Small Three Gorges. After that proceed to Guangzhou to visit the Yue Xiu Garden, Five-ram Statue, Huang Hua Gang, Zhong Shan Memorial Hall and Cantons first pedestrian street - Shang Xia Jiu Pedestrian Street. Lunch at Four Season Restaurant over 600 choices for buffet - Continental, Japanese, Chinese cuisine. Seafood ranging from Lobster, Abalone, Scallop, Salmon, and beverages - fruits juices, Wine, Liquor with much varieties of deserts for you to choose. Small Three Gorges - also named as Guangdong's Yangtze Three Gorges. Shang Xia Jiu Pedestrian Street - The most bustling commercial street, constructed with the combination of both local and southern Europe style. At night we took taxi to the major Shopping area. Overnight at Guangzhou Rosedale Hotel
Day 5 Guangzhou-Panyu-Zhuhai	Check out have our breakfast in the hotel. Leave Rosedale, Guangzhou at 8:00am and proceed to Panyu which take about 2.5 hrs to Zini Village to tour the Bau Mo Garden. Have our Lunch. Proceed to the icon of Zhuhai city (take about 3 hrs coach) - Fisher Girl Statue while passing through the Lover Street. Bao Mo Garden- Situated in Zini Village and was destroyed in 1950s but survive from a past age as one of the historical cultural relics. Dinner in the Ships, transportation by van provided by the Ship restaurant. Overnight at Zhuhai Hooting Commercial Hotel.
Day 6 Zhuhai-Macau	Check out Zhuhai Hooting Commercial Hotel at and proceed to have Dim Sum breakfast.  After that proceed to Zhuhai immigration, scanned our passport and cross over by Coach (about 15 minutes only) to Macau immigration. The morning tours starts with Macau, visit Mazu Temple, Macau Fisherman's Wharf, The Venetian (have our Buffet Lunch in the Casino) and the City of Dreams (Atrium Theatre - to watch the Bubble Flying Dragon). St Paul's Cathedral, Lotus Sculpture that is located at Shengshi Square. Mazu Temple - The oldest Temple. The Venetian - World second largest casino and also reputably known as the Asia's largest building. St Paul's Cathedral - Macau's popular landmark.
Day 7 Macau-Penang	Have our breakfast and checked out the Hotel Room. Proceed to Macau airport to board the noon flight. Reach Penang airport. End of tour.