China, A Beautiful Country (Day 5)

Woke up at 6.30 a.m. Once again, I had a very good sleep. Washed up and got ready to leave for breakfast. We didn't need to pack our luggage this time because we were staying in the same hotel. We went down for breakfast and of course, EXACTLY the same breakfast again. We headed for our tour bus after breakfast and went to West Lake, our first destination of the day.

I just LOVE this picture. Dunno why =)

After walking around for a bit, we went for a boat ride. The boat ride was half an hour long.

The boat.

After the boat ride, we went to a tea plantation. When we reached there, a lady showed us a demonstration of the tea. And it was really AWESOME. After the great demonstration, we decided to buy some tea which I am currently drinking. After that, we went for lunch.

We headed for a jade factory after lunch. Again, we had another demonstration. And guess what? The manager of the factory is a MALAYSIAN!! Yes, it's true. He was thrilled to see us Malaysians. He explained that he was from Penang and he truly missed our Malaysian delicacies. He also explained how to differentiate between a good jade and a not-so-good jade. We also got good discount prices on the jades he sold there. So of course we bought some. How can you resist good prices, right?

After quite a long time, we left for Silk Street. There were a lot of stores there. After shopping for a while, it got dark and we left for dinner.

Cup. Lol.

Then we went back to the hotel and had our supper. Maggi Mee is seriously delicious. Seriously. Hahah. End of Day 5.