nanjing day 2!! =D

WARNING: posts from here on abt the nanjing trip will be picture heavy..hahah... well which might be gd in a way la.. so i dun need to type tt much+i dun need to think of what to type so much la.. hahaha

anw..so back to the nanjing trip.. its sat, 16 sept, day 2... celest and i planned abit b4 leaving the apartment to exceplore... so after a while of planning we decided to go to the 四方城which is located at the foot of 紫金山 and from mapbar, we found a route there.. which is to transfer bus 49(i think), walk, transfer bus 20(i think..i cant really rmb the bus numbers..)up to 四方城.. so we started off from our apartment at close to 11am towards 四方城...

oh yea..here's out the outside of celest's apartment looks like...
kinda looked like hdb flat right? haha..cuz celest said its owned by some sg guy.. but well..at least its pretty safe.. there's always a few fit looking(yea fit looking..some guards are so fat, they prob couldnt outrun a baby...) guards always on lookout at the main entrance.. well gd enough..haha.. anw..celest and i then made our way towards the 1st bus stop.. which..was pretty much a workout.. cuz we went to the wrong bus stop at 1st..ahahaha.. then took the bus for 1 stop(oh yea..tts what mapbar.com asked us to do..take bus 1 stop.. but we had to follow.. i mean.. if nt we have to waste $$ for taxi or time to walk) . So at the next stop, we decided to ask locals where to walk to to take bus 20... and to our horror, the 1st 2 locals said "这里没有20号巴士".. and.. oh yea.. stunnded!! mapbar.com told us to take bus 20 next..but there was no bus stop for bus 20 nearby??? we actually almost gave up and wanted to hail for a cab liao..but then.. heng heng we tried once more and asked a lady.. which gave us directions to take another bus up to the foot of紫金山..

well this time celest and i were more successful and quickly found the bus stop... well its oso another 1 stop ride.. but then.. u see.. celest and i tot the bus driver will stop automatically at every stop.. but noooooooooooo, he didnt see anyone standing at the door waiting to alight so he jus drove past our intended drop off stop!!! mega sianz lor.. ended up we dropped off the stop after the intended one for 四方城...

well since we saw signs tt shows an excellent exhibit straight ahead..called "THE TOILET"!! its nt jus any toilet or 'a toilet'... its "THE TOILET"... prob some royalty used it for their royal ans the nature calls or it might be their secret meeting place during wars.. either way..we didnt see no ordinary toilets tt needs a 10cent entrance fee.. we saw "THE TOILET"...

the sign to the holy ancient relic --THE TOILET

pics arent allowed for this ancient relic passed down from generation to generation for different usage..i had to quickly snap this pic to show all readers how 'holy' "THE TOILET" is...

more pics of the places near the 明孝陵..

celest and i walked abit more till we reached the entrance of the 明孝陵... it costs 70rmb to get in..and then again.. celest and i found out from a gip senior tt we will be coming here for the sch field trip... soo..bo bian lor..take pic outside the 明孝陵...

wedding couple taking pics outside 明孝陵!! a tomb! wedding pics outside tombs?!?!

anw..after tt.. took some pics ard 紫金山 while walking down to 四方城

bicycle man got right into my pic while i was taking pics...anw..tts song mei ling's villa

anw..celest and i walked to the bus stop we were supposed to stop at earlier, to check out 四方城.. but.. but.. 四方城 was NOWHERE TO BE SEEN!!! oh yea... celest and i searched high and low for it tt day but seriously we couldnt find where 四方城 is lorrrrrrrr!!!!! ARGHHHHHHH!!! then again..it was alr 1pm.. and we decided to take bus to 新街口, a shopping district in nanjing to have our lunch... but..after waiting for almost 20mins.. the bus is nowhere to be seen.. when it rains it pours huh..... anw.. celest and i hailed a cab(had to snatch it from old china guy who thinks he has shld get the cab even when he jus STOOD there with the rest of ppl in the bus stop in front of us while celest was the one who flagged the cab down...)

'tour guide' cum shun bian tourist discussing with zhou gong her plans for the next few days..

well after alighting from the cab and walking ard abit.. we settled for some 鸭血粉丝at this place(cant rmb whats the name..i always forget restaurant names one..haha).. well 鸭血粉丝 is nt really like duck blood vermicilli.. its more like duck innards vemicilli..

cuttlefish

then we walked ard 新街口 abit..including a walmart which sells bolsters!! hahaha... apparantly chinese ppl here dun like slping with bolsters.. so far.. this is the only place ive seen selling bolsters..

after 新街口, celest and i headed for 夫子庙 aka confucious temple.. boarded the nanjing's mrt and went towards 三山站.. of cuz..generally the mrt of nanjing looks and feels like those in shanghai...except nanjing only has 1 line so far.. (shanghai currently has 8 lines.. alot more still under construction)

shanghai's train tells u to becareful jus in case u get ur fingers pinched.. in nanjing, they asks u to 'care the gap'...

dont hold back door...

when we reached 三山路, we followed a really big crowded and headed towards 夫子庙...

夫子庙 in the day...

celest and i oso went to check out the 小吃街 and had a sort of dinner in 夫子庙

what pic shows is the shark meat satay(i think its chicken though...taste alot alot like chicken) and 狗不理包子 and celest's hand... both shark satay and 狗不理包子 are decent enough. On the other hand, celest's hand..hmm nv try but think it will taste quite bad.. but prob is if i eat celest's hand, ill end up with no teeth (cuz she will tkd me right in the face..)..so jus to be safe la huh..dun eat.. hhaa.but still.. .. hahaha.. well we oso ate some chui glutinouse rice with beef and some kinda erm.. well cut up skin of smth with some sweet sauce..

anw..more pics of 夫子庙at night(its alot nicer at night)...

after the long walk at 夫子庙, celest and i took bus and headed back to the apartment... super tired then..but really had lots of fun!! looking forward to day 3! =D