9th day in China, current location is, well, on the train from Hangzhou to ChangZhou. Even though the name of the places only differ by a 'C', the distance is super impossible. The train ride is supposed to be a 6 hour ride, train left Hangzhou station at 2.49pm, and is expected to reach Changzhou at 9.30pm. Cool? That's why I'm sitting in a train bunker-type bed now, cause there's time to sleep.

In the morning, went on a tour again, this time to XiHu area. First went to HuPaoQuan(Hu as in tiger, Pao as in Run, Quan as in spring), where the spring water is said to be the best water to make LongJingCha. At HuPaoQuan is also the Memorial for JiGong, where his remains laid somewhere in the area. It's proven that there's actually a real monk who loves wine and meat so much, surprising?

Next stop, we went to XiHu to take a boat from one shore to another, took a few photos and went to the South side of the lake, where we stayed and also where the loyal General YueFei is buried. The place is called YueWangMiao(YueFei's Yue, Wang as in king, Miao as in temple). Quite cool, the whole place is to serve as his memorial. Went there 2 years ago too, but barely remembered a single thing. YueFei's tomb is really there, as in he is really buried at that spot in the temple behind the tombstone. His wife is said to be buried next to him, but her remains could not be found, so they buried her last worn clothes instead.

Next, went to a silk factory, my fourth time going to a silk factory in China, and third for this trip. Very bored. Won't talk about this much.

Our next destination, also the last tour destination for me and my family since we had a train to catch after that place, it's called SongCheng(Song as in Song Dynasty's Song, and Cheng as in Castle). It's somewhat similar to Singapore's Tang Dynasty in outer appearance, but inside it, there's alot more interesting stuff to look at. People dressed in ancient clothes, some acting and stunt performances, horse/camel/donkey/ox rides. When it's time to leave, I bought a Chinese name keychain, much similar to the keychains saying your name in english available in Singapore.

After that, left in a van-taxi organised by the tour company for us, and reached the train station and here I am blogging on my way now.

I may not be able to blog tonight, or in the next few days, since there won't be much to blog about. There'll be no more tours, I'm returning and staying at where I was initially when first landed in China, at my dad's place in Changzhou. So see ya next year!

Happy New Year!