I just concluded my trips to China and Hongkong and it is needless to say that it was amazing!!!! My Hiatus at the Sanghai airport for 10 hours was memorable. Only woke up to mosquito bites and security personnels waking me up on and off to see if I knew when my flight was. Drank water at the airport using their conical paper cups with cold water labelled at 50 degree C and hot water at 75 degree C. Browsed through some airport shops and man they were really expansive. I get cheaper tea bags in Texas Hongkong market than that of the airport. They quoted 200 RMB for a small tea box, which comes to around 35 USD. Left for Nanjing at around 9.30 PM and the funny thing was the flight attendants waited for 2 passengers that were running late. I had an over sized cabin bag(the flight was very tiny rather), so the flight attendant advised me to keep it on the seat. These were some of the good experiences I had. reached Nanjing at 11.30 PM to find 3 enthusiastic students waiting at the airport with my name on a placard. It was heartening, since the airport is about 45 mins from the meeting place. We stayed in a hotel called as Hanyuan Mansion right in the middle of the Nanjing Agricultural University. The hotel was beautiful and palatial. Welcomed at the reception with a nice welcome bag carrying a painting and meeting agenda in neatly arranged files with breakfast, lunch, dinner coupons.
Rooms are great but TV was most primitive. Rooms had no clock!
Breakfast was a mixture of greens(lots of them, with Amaranthus green, green cabbage etc.) and eggs soaked in coffee. Enjoyed breakfast in the hotel. Lunch, dinner was also equally good. We were on a guided tour to Mousolini and 2 other places. Had ice cream made up of green peas, pumpkins. The specialty of the Chinese sweets is that it is not very sweet... Next day browsed through the streets of Nanjing close to the hotel, shopped at a small super store, went on a group dinner, went on street shopping. It was all full of fun...
Rooms are great but TV was most primitive. Rooms had no clock!
Breakfast was a mixture of greens(lots of them, with Amaranthus green, green cabbage etc.) and eggs soaked in coffee. Enjoyed breakfast in the hotel. Lunch, dinner was also equally good. We were on a guided tour to Mousolini and 2 other places. Had ice cream made up of green peas, pumpkins. The specialty of the Chinese sweets is that it is not very sweet... Next day browsed through the streets of Nanjing close to the hotel, shopped at a small super store, went on a group dinner, went on street shopping. It was all full of fun...
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| Hanyuan Mansion Hotel, Nanjing, China, 2012 |
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