Darien and Kaceys trip to China ;) Day 1 to day 9 Darien and
Kaceys diary
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Shanghai costs We started with $10,000 Costs in Shanghai $1,570
Hotel and plane= $1,532 (first class) Shopping each= $10 Food
each=$10 These are our seats on the plane
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Day 1 Shanghai I t was a long trip on the plane until We
finally landed in Shanghai, we went straight to the urban planning
museum, we saw the whole of Shanghai in small models. After we went
to the museum we went to the Pearl Tower and we stood on the glass
it was a beautiful view when we looked down. Next we went to our
hotel and it had 2 beds so we didnt have to share anyway time to go
to bed. Byeee
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Day 2 of Shanghai We are now in day 2 of Shanghai. Today we are
going to Dongtai road, its a place with a bunch of chinese
antiques. Darien and I bought 1 thing each, Darien bought a chinese
plate and I bought a chinese pot, so I can put flowers in when I
get home. Next Darien and I went to Shanghai disneyland park, it
cost $40 per person and together it cost $80. go to next page
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Shanghai Disneyland park. (yay) We arrived at Shanghais
Disneyland park after we got past the entrance we went on Dumbo the
flying elephant, (not scary). Then we went on the night fear, its a
roller coaster. It had a loop and so much more the we went on 3
more rides and Kacey was feeling sick so we needed to go back to
the hotel. 1 hour later we packed our bags and went to the bus
station. We couldn't understand the language so they got someone to
help us. we finally got on the bus to Xitang it was crowded but we
did find a seat, now off to Xitang bye :)
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Photos in Shanghai Urban Planning museum Disney land Shanghai
The Pearl tower
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Costs in Xitang The bus= $45 The boat= $30 The tea= $10
=$85
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Day 3 in Xitang We made it to Xitang. Its so peaceful compared
to the city (Shanghai). We went on a boat that cost $30, we laid
down and it was a beautiful view. Later on we went to a cafe and
had a cup of tea that cost $10. The tea cups were beautiful, then
Kacey and I got lunch, I had chicken and plum sauce and Kacey had
fried rice then we went to the station to go on our sleeper train
and we had a good day at Xitang bye :)
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Photos in Xitang Xitang water town Xiang's map
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On the sleeper train zzzzzzz We finally got the tickets and
hopped aboard the sleeper train. It was a little crowded like the
bus, we found our seats and we played our ipads until we were
hungry. Darien went to the cafe to get some dumplings and she then
came back. We had some yummy dumplings and we went to sleep. When
we woke up there was 2 hours until we got there, so we went to the
cafe for breakfast. Kacey had some satay chicken and I had some
chinese noodles and prawns. Now there is 1 hour to go so we were
planning what we were going to do when we arrived in Xian, byeee
:)
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Xian costs Train= $55 Hotel=$250 Terracotta=$20 The giant
tower=free Bell tower=free Prawn crackers=$10 Together =$335
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Day 4 in Xian We finally made it to Xian and went to our hotel.
It was beautiful, but sorry we weren't allowed to take photos and
there was no photos online,sorry. But in our room, we had a little
see through box and it was all different colors. We had a little tv
but it didn't matter because it was all in Chinese. Then we went to
the Terracotta army bus, sorry not allowed to take photos so we got
the photo from the internet. Next we went to the Giant Wild Goose
Pagoda Tower. We went straight to the top and we loved the view,
then we went down to the bottom. We got 3 postcards each of China.
I got one of the Great Wall of China then we got a taxi to our
hotel and its time to go to bed. byee :)
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Day 5 in Xian We got up and had breakfast and went to the city
wall, there was a Chinese cultural dance. It was beautiful and we
joined in, it was hard for us but easy for them now we are off to
the bell tower of Xian. They were giving out Chinese lanterns, and
we went to the top of the tower and lit them up and let them go. It
was so cool, then we done some activities and then we went to Xi
Iing temple and we heard so many stories. We went down the mine and
after that we went for some takeaway food and Kacey and I shared
some prawn crackers, yummm. We then went back to our hotel and
packed our bags again and went to the train station and went to
Beijing, byee :)
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Photos in Xian Terracotta army Giant wild goose Pagoda Bell
tower of Xian The city wall Xi mining temple
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Day 6 Great wall We finally made it to Beijing and we went to
the Great wall of China and we hired some bikes. We took them up
the ramp and rode them on the Great Wall for the whole day and
Darien brought some prawn crackers. We rode 24 km for the whole
day. When it was time to go back to Beijing we found our hotel and
it was called Beijings Shamrock hotel then we had dinner and went
to bed byee :)
Day 7 in Beijing As we woke up we heard something. It was
coming from down the street so we walked to see what it was. It was
a group of people with bagpipes. They played a show for us for an
hour then we went to the Liyuan theme park for some mini games.
Darien won a dragon puppet and I won a little panda plushie. It was
so cute, then we went on the Beijing Capital Ferris Wheel and it
was so high. We then went to the hotel to get some dinner and
Darien and I tried some snake wine and we also tried some dog. It
tasted like pork. Now we are going to bed. byee :)
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Day 8 Beijing We got out of bed and had breakfast and went
bargaining in China. We found a zoo and we saw some pandas and we
saw a newborn, she was so cute. Her name was Lola, we got to hold
her. She was so soft. Then we went to the Beijing Zoo gift shop. I
got a little panda key chain that says Beijing public zoo in
chinese and Kacey got a notebook and a cool pen. We looked at other
stuff and then went off to the hotel and hired a movie in English.
It was called the Rabbit proof fence. We had dinner whilst watching
now we are going to sleep. byee :)
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Day 9 Beijing We got up at 9:45 am and we had breakfast. Kacey
got some chinese toast and I had some rice and curry. While we were
waiting at the hotel, we watched tv for an hour and then we put our
bathers on and a shirt over the top and hired a taxi and went to
the Beijings indoor water park. Kacey took a photo, we were there
for 4 & hours then we had a good time in China then we went to
the Capital Beijing airport and we waited 1 & hours to get on
the 1:20 PM flight. Later we got our lollies and boarded the plane.
We loved our time at China, now time to sleep. :)
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Photos of Beijing Chinese bagpipesZoo map lola newborn panda
Beijing's indoor water park
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Goodbye from Darien and Kacey We finally landed in Melbourne
and we went straight to the bus station and caught a bus to the
train station. We both had a smoothie. Darien got a strawberry and
kiwi and I got a Banana and blueberry smoothie at Boost. We found a
train to Epsom at 6:00 pm. It cost $25, it was the 5:45pm so we
boarded the train and left Melbourne. Two hours later we stopped
arrived in Epsom. It was time to say goodbye so thank you for
reading this and this has been our trip to China, byyee
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Total costs Thank you for watching and this is the total cost
in China we started off with.. $10,000 We spent... $5,135 and we
still have... $4,865
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Where we are now Well after Darien and I got back from China we
split the money in half so we could have the same amount each.This
is how much we got each $2,432 we had $1 doller spare so Darien
took it to the bank and got them to change it to 50c each so now we
have $2,432 and 50c. Byeee ;)