Labor Day in China

Well, May the 1st is the international Labor Day. In China, they normally have one week of holiday but this year, we got only 3 days of holiday. Both of us planned to go to somewhere far from school for the holiday trip, but after some calculation on all the fees (including the accommodation fee, transportation fee, food,.....), everything is out of our budget.I once considered Hong Kong for the holiday, but I was surprised when one of my Hong Kong friend told me that the food there is 6-10 times the price in GuangZhou. I don't dare to think about anything more about Hong Kong.

We saw a lot of minuscule frogs jumping around the street. They were as small as the tadpoles we see in the drain.

But one of them was squished by my innocent shoe. I can't see them...I'm innocent...

Disappointed, but we still managed to go somewhere for the holiday. We went to 天河城 during the Labor Day and I have to say that the whole place was so crowded that you have to squeeze your way throughout the whole place. The shopping complex was packed like sardines. We had not taken our breakfast so we went to the nearest McDonald, the one we went in the previous topic. Labor Day is a day for everyone to relax but the crews working in McDonald were so busy that it was nearly impossible for them to take a short breathe. We managed to grab a table but was quite limited.

Get what I meant? Crowded at one of the four main gates. (What's that woman starring at?)

View in the McDonald. We took this when we were leaving. It was full house when we came in.

Next, we went to have fun at the arcade game center on the highest level in 天河购物中心. We went there once but today was different. The whole way through was fully packed and we could not find our way in. Every game station was occupied but at least we played a few of them. The variety here is far more than the one in Malaysia and the token cost RMB1 each (Malaysia RM1 each).

That was for May 1st. On the May 2nd, both of us continued our trip to one of Guang Zhou's famous shopping street, 上下九路. We went there after we went to the nearest Shoe Wholesale Center, but the people there aren't that friendly and when they talk, there is never an eye-contact. We went to 上下九路 before, but this time, we went to the 小吃街 there. There was barbecue, steamed and all kinds of variety of food, but it was not that large as I expected. I enjoyed roasted scallop (if I am not mistaken) there, but the only one that interest me the most is the fried scorpion. Not many people visited that stall because they sold insects, but the workers in every stall we went told us that easting scorpion can detoxify your stomach and it is nutritious.

"Here's 上下九路, my lady." "Oh! Someone's taking a photo. Oopsss!"
Here's the 小吃街! Another stranger woman again...
This is the famous roasted squid with special sauce. Yummy!
SCORPION! Nutritious as some says, but a lot of guts to taste one...
Every plate for RMB10. Scallop, mussel, oyster...
This is where they roast the shell creatures.
We ordered a plate of scallops for RMB10.
Wow, roasted crab, prawn.....
Fried bean curb with some toppings. Not bad but a bit expensive, RMB5.
This is my Pepsi with Honey Ice Shake. Tasted good, but became quite weird in the end.
Aloe Vera with Honey Ice Shake. A bit tasteless at first, but was better than the above in the end.

We left 上下九路 very soon because the sky was getting dark. The way back to the metro station was harsh because we had to walked through so mast alleys and junctions. Along the street, you can see a lot of dust and as it was near the construction yard, the air is quite dirty.

At last, we reached our hostel, tired and dirty. That's all for our holiday in Guang Zhou. Bye Bye!

Blue McDonald Olympic Bottle. Nice? Bye Bye!