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Friday, September 16, 2005

Day 5


Hhmm started off late.....b'cos everyone told us that you should only visit Tang Paradise about 4 to 5 pm. Luckily we didn't listen but still we went there about 12 or 1 pm. This is 1 place where you should budget 1 full day if you don't fancy running and rushing from 1 point to the other. Found a site that had quite good photos.



A pretty funny episode happened here - when we bought the tickets to go in, we asked the sales girl if the timetable (which was printed on a huge notice board near the ticket booths) of the various activities inside will be provided on the map/leaflets which are provided inside. After confirming 3 times, we decided ok we have to copy down the schedules and venues etc. As Murphy will have it........tala.....there it is, nicely printed leaflets of timetable on the notice board for us to take.......then the chinese version map ran out and only Japanese ones were left.....for a moment I contemplated if we should take the Jap version since the anti-Jap sentiment was quite high (after an encounter in a cab, where a cab driver was really anti-Jap, but was quite amused/surprised that Malaysians speak Mandarin and Cantonese). But then, we had no choice so we took the Jap version.

After the visit, we decided the best plan should go something like this:-

9 am to 12 noon - Leisurely walk around to cover the various Gardens and sculptures etc around the place. I must say the park is beautiful and in the same class with Disney (not in the same sense as the rides etc but the "wow" factor in terms of activities and interest to sustain a 1 day trip there).

2 to 6 pm - Catch the various "free" shows - my take - they were really impressive......cos my other yard stick was the show that was held in Genting a few years back (something like the Tang/Chinese costumes of the various dynasty etc).

6 to 7 pm - Catch a FANTASTIC performance at the theatre. Had to pick up my jaw from the ground, maybe I am just a "katak di bawah tempurung". But was well worth the RMB 100 per person. The entrance to the park is only RMB 50 per pax.












7 to 7.30 pm - Get your dinner at the nice Tang Restaurant which is in the park itself.....we didn't fancy the buffet so went for a nice simple dinner. Not really expensive by KL standard (almost the same as what you will pay in any mid-range air-conditioned restaurant), but about double what you will pay for in a similar posh restaurant around Xian. But the security measure is just high-tech - you need to present your park entrance ticket and capture your photo and a barcode sticker will be put on your entrance ticket. This is because the restaurant is open to customers for meals i.e. without entering the park, so to prevent people from sneaking in to the park via the restaurant, this canggih system was installed. When you leave the restaurant (i.e. to get back into the park) the system will scan the barcode and your pix will pop up on the screen.....phew luckily it was me on the screen....hahaha.

7.30 to 8.30 pm - Make your way to the water screen show.....similar to the Disney Fantasmic Show. Superb laser show, explosives, fireworks but kinda lame and draggy story line.


8.30 to 10.00 pm - Check out the night lights of the whole place - beautiful to say the least.

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