Day 5 - 6 - Shenzhen

Day 5 of our adventure was Shenzhen (SZ). My first impression of SZ was that it was not as safe as the other places we had visited so far. After checking into the hotel, we went shopping at a place called 老街 (Old Street). Maybe it was me but I had a feeling that everyone was eyeballing our wallets and valuables.

There was a group of kid beggars (3 to 7 years old) holding roses. Their modus operantus was that the oldest kid would distract you while the youngest kid would run from another direction and grab onto your leg. If you were caught in this kiddy grapple hold, you could only give the kid money or kick him away. People usually chose the former. 10 and I had to be very careful of these kids, pickpockets and also touts from all angles.

Our first meal of the day! 大家乐！It is a restaurant selling HK and Macau food (fast food style). It was also 10's favourite... She had been pointing 大家乐s out since we touched down at Macau. We ordered Pork Chop Sandwiches and Macoroni... Not too shabby but not filling leh!



They have pirated versions of everything in Shenzhen... They even managed to pirate Taipei's XiMenDing. It is called (creatively) DongMenDing!



Don't you think the name of this bakery sounds a bit... wrong? (I think only Singaporeans would understand)



Dinner was at the largest japanese restaurant in SZ (maybe even in Asia). It was 2 stories and was huge...



We had a personal chef cook for us vegetables, beef slices, frog legs and saba fish... Heavenly...



Yes, we were wearing 情侣装...



Our SZ hotel... now that's another story all together... we went back to our hotel and realised that the plumbing for the toilet had gone hay wire. The water from the shower could not flow out and we had a flooded toilet. But the worst thing was that the toilet bowl was spoilt and we could not flush. After eating so much, having a toilet that we cannot flush is a BAD, BAD thing! Maybe we should have followed the instructions before using...



Maybe not...

Look at what we had for breakfast the following morning...



Traditional Dim Sum... so good...

The rest of day was spent at a massage centre where we had foot/ body massages. 10 was not feeling well so she could not join us. Thank you for waiting for us for such a long time, dear. THANK YOU!

Next up: Shanghai! The city of bad air and blacker faces...