China & Hongkong Babita Aswani with family
My wonderful summer journey kicked off with the beautiful “shanghai”. It’s just as amazing as it sounds, the weather there is so pleasant that you would love to show off your long kept jackets. We started off with a ferry ride which was the much better version of our tank bund ferry ride. The upper deck was open for the visitors to enjoy the breath taking view. The lighting, the Karan Johar movie type huge buildings were just mind blowing and the weather was like the cherry on cake. Our next stop was “Yiwu”. Yiwu is a small town not much developed city, but the best part about Yiwu was, that there were number of Indian restaurants, everything from the dosa to kebabs were available. We then proceeded to the much awaited beach zone. The next city was “Sanya”. It was just as astounding as it sounds. Everything about it was luxurious, the private beach, relaxing indoor rock swimming pool and not to forget the heavenly view. Just one noon the weather happened to act funny, and while we were busy playing on the beach, it started to rain, one of those thunderous one. Ok let me describe “ a private beach, beautiful
especially clothes as all the textile companies there are Indian and Chinese. The beautiful articrafts and ostrich egg are worth picking up from the country.
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shown the colorful culture of the African continent. They took us back into their history and made us meet their various tribal people. We then moved to our last destination i.e. MABULA. On the way to MABULA we had fun sliding from one hill to another crossing a huge waterfall, it was ZIP LINE DRIVE. This activity was the most fun loving as we got to
slide on the metal wire with out harness on. We were over beautiful tea color water wall and between a dark green jungle. And only our voices echoing in the jungle as WOHOO! At last we reached MABULA which is safari park owned by our very own Vijay Malaya. We stayed there in simple yet beautiful cottages. We had two safaris one in the evening and the other in the early morning. There are basically 5 big animals to be seen in African junglesHippo, Rhino, Leopard, Elephant and last but not the least the King of the jungle Lion. Then we travelled towards Johannesburg and had a city tour which was an eye opener. There is absolutely nothing to shop in SA
SA is a beautiful green country and I would love to go back to this country to experience the activities I could not do it due time constraint. I will go back for bungee jumping and sea diving. Sea diving was not available as MAY month is the winter time and the ocean water has high currents and plus infected with white sharks near the shore itself. One should visit this beautiful country. International Circus”, is a promise to entertain you every single second you are there.
view, rains, thunders, water just looks amazing ,and you see couples having the best time of their life” . Yeah, hence an “Awww” moment. The food is little problematic but the 2 minute wonder i.e. Maggie will always be at your rescue. Every animal you will love (duck) and hate (frog) will be served. The eat street there has everything from Haagen -Dazs, Starbucks to the wide fast food chains. A simpler description - Sanya is the international version of Goa.
Well. That’s how my china journey ended. But i wasn’t done just yet, we hopped off to “Hongkong”, just like shanghai it’s a true beauty especially at night. Somewhere in Kowloon area, a laser show is conducted for all the visitors, good show to enjoy the view and click a million pictures. Next came the beautiful “Disney land”, land of dreams and a place which hold entertainment for everyone, no matter who you are or what your age is, All you’ll need there is a sport shoe and a camera, everything there is worth enjoying and capturing. There are hundreds of shows to watch, rides to enjoy, Disney characters to meet and souvenirs to shop Disney land was followed by visit to the peak of Hongkong. Add on was the museum “Madame Tussauds”. It had wax statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Sir Obama, Jenifer Lopez, Jackie Chan, Michael Jackson, Md. Ali and many more. After which I had to bid good bye to the beautiful HongKong and my holiday.
And then china came to an end with our last stop at “Guangzhou”. It’s one mad city. “shop till you drop.” is the best phrase to say. China is one place where you can eat everything you thought you would rather like seeing, frog, duck, sea shells, octpus just every freaking thing. Something that will excite you the most is seeing Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Hermes just everything sold on roads, crazy isn’t? More like a women’s dream come true. To know what grace is belly dance is a must watch. (Trust me they can make anybody drooooool ! ). Also, The TV tower there is magnificent. Beautiful! I got a chance to witness this mind blasting, breathtaking international circus, it was for the first ever time in my life that I saw bears, monkeys and elephants dancing. “Chimelong
By Satpreet Kaur
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