Kejia Resort Hotel
Travel Blogs from Taishan
Change is constant
... view of HK islands and when it climbed up to the top, another world of the ferris wheel and pirate ships were waiting for adrenaline challengers.
Macau was highly developed as an international haven of entertaining casino-resorts. Many glistening new hotels and casino-resorts were built last couple of years and more grand ones were to be built in the near future.Venetian hotel was a typical example. ...
Last Night in Village, Reflections
We headed to Kaiping again for part of the day on our last evening here.
Stopped at Lee village enroute, where my mom is from. Wasn't too far from the Mah village, maybe 30-45 minute walk. I imagined dad's best friend walking over there to meet her for the first time and getting dad to go with him for support. She didn't like this guy but liked his friend instead, my dad. (Sorry Uncle Henry!, RIP, I know you found a wonderful lady later.)
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A Snapshot of Village Life
Very rural. Those are the immediate words that come to mind.
Not 1, not 2 but many consecutive roosters crowed in the mornings. Families had chickens, some had pigs and other fowl too. Quite a few dogs around and the odd cat if you managed to see it creeping around. Rice, winter melons, plantains, Chinese local vegetables, apples, mangoes, papayas. Shrimp and peanuts drying in the ...
The Luggage Story
... At one point the courier shut off his phone or just wouldn't answer anymore. Sophie can be scary.
And after every call or attempted call? Everyone asked for a status update or a play by play. The village and visitors were all vested into Toby's misplaced luggage. And I heard the questions, "Is that the man whose luggage is missing? or "Where is Toby's luggage now?"
It gets dark quickly when the ...
"Home"
... occupied by Sophie's grandma), kitchen and bedroom dad's parents used when they lived there (now occupied by Sophie's parents), connected by a central living room, a shower cubby (obviously an addition sometime) and open room storage area. Sophie's mom used this kitchen until recently and now cooks from Sophie's house.
Second level had Sophie's and her brother's rooms, open work area and ...