An 11 days tour to China - Day 3

Day 1 ~ Departure Day 21/11/2010 Sunday
Day2 ~ 22/11/2010 Monday

Day 3 ~ 23/11/2010 Tuesday
After breakfast @  Golden Star Hotel (Quanzhou Jing Xing Jiu Dian), I went around snapping photos..

                                                                  Daddy and 3rd Aunt..

                                                    On coach, there the streets of Quanzhou..

                                                     The special roof design of Quanzhou..

Our tour guide explaining the journey again and introducing the area around us..

 Qingyuan Scenic Area, the largest area with the first stone of Taoism - Laojun rock

                                                                    Grandparents..

                                                      First stone of Taoism - Laojun rock

                                             Guess which one is Kongzi and which is Laozi ??

                                             Took coach and travelled to Quanzhou Museum

                                                       Zheng Chenggong, a national hero.

Tablet will be given to the top 3 candidates who scored in the exam.

One of the ancient temples in Fujian, Kaiyuan Temple and East&West Towers

                                                           There are two famous towers..

The tip of the tower looks like a sword.. it is said that the area often flood thus the design of the tower is to "zhen" the flood. Therefore there is no longer any flood till today.. wow..

Next, we were on our way to Zhangpu for lunch in Tianfu restaurant..

At Tianfu restaurant, Zhangpu, it served unique pomegranate duck and tealeaf rice with other dishes..
After an enjoyable lunch, we  head up to the hill with the "cable cars" prepared by our tour guide..

My pretty little aunt.. see how sweet she is smiling.. ^_^

 It is hard work doing the action of pushing and pulling the soya grinder..

A rock which looks like a turtle..

 Great men who enjoy having tea and thus wrote poems about it..

 On the coach again and on the way to Chaozhou.. the beautiful view of farms on both sides of the road..

Dinner served with authentic Chaozhou cuisine (goose/ steamed crab)..

Arrived at 4star, Chaozhou's BaoHua hotel..

                                          Look at the interesting toilet.. wow..

                                                                so exposed.. hahahaha....

 But thank God for our room.. it had an extra bath area.. Muahaha.. cant see anything..

 Well.. we stayed there for 2 days.. a super wonderful hotel.. NICE PLUS PLUS!!

This marks the end of our 3rd day tour..Keep reading.. more to come..