a musical journey (Part 6)!

Still Day 3 : We walked for almost one and a half hour around the nanjing road area. Read the map, and asked a police for direction. Finally after a few alleys and across the highway (flyovers), we found the Kin Ling Lu. A street of shops specialise in all sorts of musical instruments, imported or locally made. The prices range from RMB 50 to RMB 50 thousand. wish we have something like this in KL! Instruments for everyone!

By this time, my legs were auto piloted. Thus we walked to the nearby Cheng Wang Miau. There's even more shops selling apparels and vanity accessories in wholesale and retail. We walked further and found the traditional chinese themed buildings (Yuyuan). Strictly tourists area. The place was crowded with tourists, queuing to buy takeaways, though all the food was so-so or worst. The weather was getting colder as the night fell. Stalls selling handicrafts and souvenirs were abundant. i was terribly ripped off while buying some souvenirs, but who cares? Seemed like the weather was not doing me any good!

We walked back to Nanjing Road and found out that all coffees at any cafes were RMB 50 - 60 per cup, with nothing fancy and the taste were horrible. Now i understand why the locals brought their own tea in a container! Along the way, the neon signboards were awesome! but the apparels at sale sucked big time. We walked back to the stalls near the subway and brought some egg tards for supper, since their zhong-you-ping i tasted this morning was fresh and at RMB1. The temperature was 14C. This is the longest distance i'd walked in a day through my entire life... and if you want to visit china, get a pair of good quality walking shoes. It's a about the walk. And if you want to talk the talk, pick up some mandarin! You'll never regret it!