Motel 168 (Shenshen Luofang)
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A step into Mainland
Going to the end of the MTR line, you reach the border town of Mainland China called Shenzhen. It is a "Special Economic Zone" so it is possible to apply for a special visa on arrival, instead of doing the 5-day process of acquiring a visa for anywhere else in Mainland China.
The visa cost 120Rmb, and after going through Hong Kong and Chinese …
Pedicures and Pampering
Woke up around 8.30 this morning, after waking up in the night a few times due to torrential rain and thunderstorms. The lightning was really bright, even through the curtains and my closed eyes. When we got up, however, the rain had stopped and the sun was attempting to get through the scattered clouds.
We enjoyed a leisurely breakfast of muesli, toast and coffee before taking a shower and getting ready ...
On our own!
... awesome!
That left 1.5 hours to get across town to the Vietnamese Embassy for our visa. We shot through the metro. We got to the right road but after asking many people for advice we found out everyone thought we were asking for visa photos so we were directed to about 50 Kodak stations. Absolutely exasperated I grabbed a white guy off the street and said please do you know where the embassy is and he (omg to my joy) said I am going there! YAYYAY! He took us to the ...
Friends of friends
... to her friend Ellis, who has been in Hong Kong a over a year. It turns out that he lives down the street from me! He is really great guy. We get along really well. He is every chilled out fun to talk to. He has helped me make new friends, who are also really, easy going and fun to be around. Ellis tries to make time to catch up when he can. Everyone is just so busy here, or at least that what they tell me! Lol
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Superlatief van stad?
... ben ik hier in geoefend. Nu maken Chinezen nogal veel lawaai tijdens het eten, denk hierbij aan smakken en slurpen, maar onder het mom van “do as the Chinese do”, zat ik binnen 5 minuten zelf ook te slurpen en smakken. Ja, ik raak hier heel snel mijn bijgebrachte, westerse normen en waarden kwijt.
Uiteindelijk terug gegaan naar mijn hostel waar ik inderdaad zonder ...