After the dreadful bus ride, we reached a small city in China call Zhuhai. Boy, how glad I was to alight from the bus. After savouring the fresh air in the busy Gongyun bus terminal for few minutes, I proceeded to hunt down my first real Chinese cuisine after 2 weeks of Vietnamese food. We ended up in a restaurant recommended by a friend from China. If not mistaken the Cantonese name of the restaurant is call “Sek San” or God of Eating or something like that. It is within a stone throw away from the bus terminal. I ordered ‘Siu Loong Pau’ and fried rice sprinkled with golden fish (or prawn) roe. I forget to take any photo because 1) it was so delicious 2) and I was too hungry.

After the heavy breakfast, we strolled along Lian Hua (Lotus) street. It is a typical street hawking all kind of merchandise. For someone who is not into shopping, it gets bored after awhile. So we decided to explore the city a little bit more by taking the bus. After reaching somewhere near a beach, we decided to alight from the bus and explore more of the place by foot.

After few hours of walking, we pampered our tired legs and body with a massage session in one of the many spa centers available in Zhuhai. The best thing about spa in Zhuhai is you can enjoy the facility as long as you want. You can even overnight there! They give you a room with huge couch which is comfortable enough for sleeping. So now you know where to go if you can’t find a hotel room to sleep when you are in Zhuhai. The first thing we did after checking ourself into the spa center was take a long shower; washing away all the smell from the 15 hours bus ride. I never felt any fresher that day. After that, I indulged myself in one hour full body massage. I felt asleep half way. I must be very tired. We took our sweet time relaxing there. It was so peaceful and before we realized it, few hours have gone.

Since nothing much we can do over there, we decided not to waste anymore time and headed to our primary destination; Hong Kong! We took the last ferry from Zhu Hai to Hong Kong.

Here are some photos taken in Zhuhai.

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If you notice above everyone’s head, there is a plastic bag. In it is a pair of shoe. I tell you, you don’t want to smell a traveler’s shoe. It smells like kiam hu (salted fish) after hours of walking. There were like 40 over passengers in the bus that day. So imagine, 40 over of kiam hu in a confined air-cond room.

Not only that. The bus stopped only twice for toilet break in a 15 hours bus ride. So, most ppl who cannot hold it, has to use the toilet at the back of the bus. If the shoes are kiam hu, then the toilet must be chamber than keep chau tau fu (fermented bean curd).

Both combined, a really stinky bus.

However, after few hours, I got immune to the smell and fell asleep anyway.

And this is me waking up after another poor chap opened the toilet door.

So you see, the ride is long not because it took 15 hours to reach the destination, but because of the unbearable stench from kiam hu and cau tau fu combo.

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