Since the trip to Longsheng was not listed in our itinerary, we had to pay an extra USD30 which is about RMB200 or RM98.
It was only 3 days after travelling in our new bus then I noticed that there was no emergency door. Instead there was this...
Guess what? It snowed half-way to Longsheng. I've never seen nor experienced snow in my whole entire life and I was really jakun about the whole experience. Lol.. Actually all of us were...
Snow...
We stopped here to take another bus to our actual destination..
Snow flakes on my sleeve. It looks so tiny right? Like the ice shavings for our local desert, Ais Batu Campur (ABC)
Snow covered trees
Playing with the snow: Me Haslina and Din..
Can you see the mist down below at the parking area?
Wanted to take a picture of scattering ice ala Winter Wonderland... Take 1: Fail. Ais lekat d tangan..
Take 2: Fail. Ais dah jatuh baru kena snap..
Take 3: Fail. Muka tak nampak tapi bagi pass jak lah, tangan dah freezing bagai nak tercabut. Capturing a Winter Wonderland moment is not as easy as it looks.
The tiny snowflakes doesn't seem like much but eventually it covered every outdoor surface, including this car..
Stalls selling souvenirs and small winter essentials like hats, gloves and socks..
Weeeee....
We had to go up a lot of steps to get to the rice terrace.
No, this is not the famed Dragon Back Rice Terrace...
Neither is this...
... or this...
Isn't she just the cutest thing? That's money she's clutching in her gloved fist that some of our tour group members gave her... Macam mau bawa pulang dan guna sebagai bantal cubit okay...
Snowman China-style?
Unfortunately we had to turn back halfway to our destination because the road was freezing up and if we delayed going back to Guilin CIty by pushing through to the rice terrace, we might get stranded there because the road would be too slippery (it's the ice you see) to use. So we did not get our money's worth but our guide made up for it by providing us with dinner (we were supposed to buy our own dinner for the final night).
That night we went to a cafe near our hotel which is Milo Coffee. The ambiance was laid back yet classy at the same time. My friends ordered two sets of coffee (there were 8 of us and one set only serves 4) whereas I decided to opt for milky tea.
Each big pot costed around RMB46 if I'm not mistaken.
Lampu pun sangat romantic...
The guys had been there the night before so they chose the coffee..
My milky tea. The glass is just so cute...
Told you the place was classy... It has a piano at the center. We opted for a private room without a Karaoke set.
Wondering why all of us girls were holding flowers?
There was a boy on the roadside selling flowers and he were pretty persistent. In the end all they guys bought flowers from the boy and gave it to us girls. Thing is, when that happened, another girl selling flowers came running to us and wanted to sell us flowers too. I guess she saw the guys bought flowers from the boy and was hoping that they would buy from her too..
I really felt sad when I saw those children in the cold trying to earn some money at such a young age. It makes me wonder where their parents are and what were they doing...
Since that was our final night and shopping opportunity there, the guys went nuts and bought almost everything at random stalls. Memang untung la stall yang menarik perhatian diorang ni. Sah tutup awal malam tu.. Hehe... Don't believe me? Here's proof...
In the end he had to buy another small luggage bag to put all his purchases in..
Us girls didn't went all crazy because girls always buy a lot as we go along anyway so there was no frenzy.. Hehe...
That concludes day 5 and the final day will be coming up soon..
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