Posts Tagged ‘travel’
Macao 1
December 14, 2007Movies
May 26, 2007I watched 2 movies during my trip to Japan. The Pursuit of Happyness was a bit disappointing. I read critics earlier and I thought there would be coverage of Mr Gardner’s career struggles after has has started his own business. There are touching moments, no doubt, but overall I was expecting more than that.
On the return trip I picked something lighter which was Music and Lyrics. Everything that Hugh Grant does is predictable of course but the attraction this time is the music. I now understand when you get older it’s easy to live in one’s shadow of the past. Having a break through in life is easily said then done.
Old City, Tongli
May 18, 2007
If you don’t have a sensitive nose and will not take a close look at the almost stagnant water this old city of more than 100 years is a nice place to spend few hours between meals.
The sun was pretty hot today but it was cool and comfortable walking along the canals, sidewalks and visiting grand houses that were once residence of local celebrities. These are really big houses and I wonder in those days how frustrated that would be looking for family members in such a big area.
The place is centrally managed and entrance fee is RMB80.
Tongli Lake
May 17, 2007
This is the view looking out from the bay window of a resort hotel in Suzhou China. This hotel is pretty new and I see very few customers today. This place is about one and a half hour drive from Wuxi airport where we landed this afternoon. Internet access from the room is absolutely free.
This came as a surprise to me as this is not in the heart of the city and this is supposed to be a resort hotel and not for business. This is a big contrast to Seoul which I went last year. Korea is supposed to be at the pole position amongst Asian countries with respect to Internet and digitization but I had to pay a huge charge for Internet connection.
