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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Part 1: Beautiful Guilin, China

Hi peeps!

It's been awhile kan tak update blog. Heaps sorry. Supposed to up this a month ago.

Maybe I need to portion my trip into several part. We'll see how this goes.

Yes, hectic and busy life really got me. I got piles of lab works to finish because I was up for an adventure nearly a week!

So yeah everything started when I felt empty, living in a plain daily life. Airasia buat promotion masa bulan puasa, and I was excited looking at the cheap tickets to seoul RM200+, and RM400+ only! Murah gila woi.

So I called dad straightaway,

"Bah, nak pergi Korea minggu depan boleh? Tiket tengah murah"

"Ok, pergilah"

Haaa senang tak green light abah gua kasi? Haha. Dah la minggu depan, buang tebiat ke hape budak ni. Aku pun okay kalau nak pergi solo travel as long as I can access everything by public transport in Seoul like what I did in japan, would not be much problem. My sister wasn't really happy dia suruh tunggu dia kalau nak pergi Korea. So aku pun macam okaylah. Kak Ummu dah menanti dah tau kat Korea. And then my sister said, let's plan for our trip next time. Korea can wait.

We make a short list of cheap plane tickets. I am cheapskate. I won't go for a trip that cost expensive flight tickets. Sebab aku rasa, itu transport je and I only have to bear for a couple of hours. Aku ni pulak bangsa yang kalau naik flight ke bus ke, belum take off lagi dah tidur. Sama la macam hotel, kita nak tidur and ada tempat berlindung je, budget hotel won't hurt. Itu style aku la. I don't go for a luxury vacation, cukup serba serbi, aku okay.

At last, we were up for Guilin and Guangzhao.

KL-Guilin-Yangshuo-Guangzhao-KL

Ramai orang yang pergi China, pergi bandar bandar besar dorang. Aku orangnya suka nature, so aku suggest kat kak yang & kak dila utk pergi Guilin since ticket pun takla mahal. Guilin ni pun aku tak pernah dengar sebelum ni, lepas dengar Izzati cerita kata tempat tu lawa gila yang aku tahu. Tambah tambah guilin ni kampung kampung sikit. Less halal food choice, tapi still ada. Aku suka sangat tempat ni sebab cantik sangattt, orang dia baik baik, tak kiasu lepastu rasa macam boleh shoot cerita cina lama-lama yang macam kita tengok kat TV2, pukul 6 tu. lol

So practically arrived Guilin at 11am in the morning. I have already booked my hotel through booking.com. Okay hotel ni memang best betul. Not because it is luxury or whatsoever, but due to affordable price, comfortable bed and private bathroom. CNY 432 = RM375.66 for 3 days and 2 nights. And that's for 2 double rooms kayh! Bagi aku cukup la semua benda. Yang penting tak jauh dengan masjid dan makanan halal. Highly recommend you guys to check out this hotel. Trip Advisor's rating is 8.9. Staffs are friendly and they can speak English alhamdulillah. Wifi was available but since China banned the usage of facebook and google, having wifi in the hotel room was not a big concern pun ahaha.

Guilin This Old Place Int'l Youth Hostel
Price for 3 days and 2 nights, 1 double room = MYR 137.86/CNY216.00

No pre-payment needed, korang datang dan bayar cash terus kat sana cuma ada deposit CNY200 kot tak silap. Anyway, hostel ni kalau nk jemur baju bagai pun boleh. Naik tingkat atas sekali dan sidai haha. Also they provide tour service which is much more cheaper and affordable daripada kita susah2 nak cari transportation utk pergi longsheng and yangshuo. Takpe nanti aku cerita dalam next entry :')

The Lobby of this Hostel

Double Room. Reasonable price and very comfortable!

So our first day was just wandering around the city of Guilin. Look for mosque and getting ready to eat some halal food. Obviously I was most excited when it comes to food. I feel like the city is full of lakes and there is also bridges connecting all over the places.

Statues of the great scholars in Guilin once upon a time.


haaa kan aku dah cakap macam cerita cina dolu dolu? ehehhe


Ini baru satu jambatan yang cenggini, banyak lagi pemandangan 
yang macam ni kalau korang datang Guilin :)


Kteorang pun meneruskan misi mencari masjid sambil berhenti-henti amik gambar haha. Perjalanan yang mengambil masa selama 10 minit telah memakan masa sampai 30 minit. Masjid ni terletak di Chongsan Road. Serius memula dok cari jugak, google dah kata "Your destination is on the left" berulang-ulang kali. Apparently, this is actually the masjid gaiss

Erk, ada motor pulak lalu depan tu. Ni je gambar full yang aku ada so far haha

Pintu masjid. Nampak macam istana lama-lama dah gaya pintu tu

Kteorang decide utk solat sunat dalam ni, tapi nampak macam masjid tu still tutup dan unattended. Cuaca panas gila masa ni, tapi bila masuk masjid hilang rasa panas tu. Barangkali tempat yang penuh nur dan barakah mungkin?

Terserempak dengan dua orang budak comel ni depan entrance masjid hehe

So area masjid ni ada beberapa kedai makanan halal. Betul-betul sebelah kedai tu, ada satu kedai wanton mee yang harga dia CNY5 je! Haaa murah nak meninggal kan, sebab memang sedap dan portion dia pun okay. Ada satu kedai Eidian Restaurant sebelah kedai wanton mee ni dan ada satu lagi kedai depan wanton mee ni. kedai tu aku tak boleh baca nama dia apa haha, tapi sudah terang lagi bersuluh ada tulisan halal kat situ. At last kteorang decide untuk makan kat kedai tu. 


Aku rasa daging ni dia macam goreng dengan cumin kot. Sedap dan lembut 
sangat daging tu.


Nasi goreng! Nasi goreng kampung lagi sedap la tapi hehe

 Mee tarik diaa. So far dari kat Adelaide aku big fan of this 
generous portion of beef broth noodle soup!

Bila nak bayar harga kesemua ni CNY90 kot tak silap. Aga terkejut sebenarnya sebab mee sup dan nasi goreng harga murah. Since kteorang decide untuk tambah menu tanpa bertanya harga, memang tak salah daging goreng tu la culprit yang membuatkan harga bayaran makanan melambung. 

Regained back our energy, we made our way back to hostel. So we had coffee and get some rest. Abah dah memang terus tidur. Sampaikan aku keluar kejap pergi rooftop nak tengok sunset, balik bilik ketuk pintu bilik macam mana pun dia tak bangun -..- Terpaksa aku menapak bilik kak yang & kak dila tumpang mandi dan solat. 

Anyway, nah gambar atas rooftop yang cantik mashaAllah!

Oppa, saranghae! 
Whoops >.<

Ya Allah, thank you for this blessing.
For this mercy. 
Indeed the journey of this soul searching is amazing. 
The End of day 1.

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