For Women’s Day a tour to Dong Guong City. Yes, the women get a day off from teaching and are treated to some sightseeing in the neighboring province. Firs stop, the site of Weiyuan Battery located on the river underneath the longest bridge in China. Second stop, the Lin Zexu Memorial in Humen also known as the Opium War Museum. This museum is in honor of the man who banned and stopped the illegal smuggling and use of opium. Third stop, where else would you go with a bus full of women but the shopping mall. This mall puts West Edmonton Mall to shame with over 7 floors and over a thousand of stores per floor. The malls here do not have and large department stores but instead very small shops no bigger than a bedroom. Dong Guong City is known for their clothes making factories and one is able to purchase these clothes at the mall before they are to be exported around the world. Too bad that the Chinese are such petite people or I would have been able to find more clothes that fit. The city is also know for their International factories making all sorts of items that will eventually bear the Made in China sticker.
written March 7
3 comments:
Sounds like an incredible new world, Natasha. I'm glad you are enjoying the new sites and sounds and tastes! Keep these blogs a'coming!
Evelyn
o.k. is the photo of the mall, like looking up at balconies... I have been looking at it and looking at it and that is all I can come up with...
How fun - talk about shopping overload.
Di
Yep, the photo is taken from the ground foor inside the mall looking up. It was very closterphobic feeling and not very many open spaces inbetween the store. The walkways were no wider then a cars width.
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