Shenzhen, China: Day 1

We arrived in Shenzhen at around 12.30pm. It was cold (around 18 degrees centigrade). We were surprised to see quite a number of people whom we know: from the mee seller in Donggongon to my parents' friend/relation, Auntie Theresa from Kg Hubah, Penampang.

Taxi driver from airport to town is safe from with all these grills!

We took a taxi from the airport to our hotel. Shenzehn though not considered a major city in China, is huge. It took us more than half an hour to reach our hotel at the Express by Holiday Inn, Luohu. The hotel is nice, new and not too pricey (around RM180 per night).

Our pillows: Excuse me, would you like it soft or firm?!

After settling in, we went to Luohu Commercial City, which is the haunt of many Hong Kong people as its only a train ride away from Hong Kong. LCC - 5 floors of fashion at a much cheaper price than Hong Kong, is practically attached to the rail station.

Getting from our hotel to LCC cost us about RMB19. That translates to RM10, cheap. After doing my necessary ie get a cheong sam tailored on the 5th floor (with help from mum and dad on the material selection), we browsed each of the 5 floors. Dad bought a belt for his friend, and mum bought the latest Chloe bag. As we were about to leave LCC, we found the I don't know what you call it, Chinese therapy set which uses suction cups.

Mum & Dad at the taxi stand (LCC)

By 5.00pm it was time to go back to the hotel to rest before dinner. Getting a taxi at LCC is so easy. Though the queue may look long initially, their system however made it fast for us all to get our taxi back to the hotel. There was a "pirate" ie un-licenced taxi driver who wanted to take us back to our hotel for RMB80. Hello!!! We queued up anyway and got into our metered taxi in less than 5 minutes. Our fare back to the hotel: RM17.