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| Window of the World |
When working overseas, part of my one-month vacation is to explore another country. Together with my colleagues, we went to Shenzhen, China via Hong Kong for a one day city tour. It locates literally one train stop from Hong Kong, you go through the custom from HK, then after one stop you enter the country through Chinese custom again. Shenzhen was one of the most dynamic city I have visited.
The moment we met our tour guide. He immediately started the tour of the city. We witnessed the enormous economic development of the country, and at the same time the dark side of the rapid capitalistic growth. Massive shopping centres co-exist with the people with no social security at all. Of couse China is not the poorest country in the world, in fact it's quite opposite, and the scenes you see is nowhere near the extent of poverty from Africa. However, the nature of the capitalism to polarize the society into two extreme ends was easily noticed in the city of Shenzhen.
We went first to the Shenzhen Window of the World is a fantastic replica park situated at the Overseas Chinese Town. Here you can see vivid replicas of the world's wonders, historical heritages and famous scenic sites. The entire masterpiece is built at ratios of 1:1, 1:5 or 1:15.
We did not stayed long at this theme park and proceeded to food and spices stores instead for lunch. After our lunch we toured the numbers of jewelry factories and pearl/oyster farm. Then proceeded to the shopping centers where we are given two hours to shop, and dine before having our free dinner in one of the finest restaurant in Shenzhen.
Most of my friends who went Shenzhen before telling me that Shenzhen is one shopping paradise which I agreed. It is like a big Divisoria. People call Shenzhen as the jewel factory of China. They say 80% of jewelries in China are imported and manufactured here.
The trip was exciting and really an eye-opening experience. There are plenty of great places you can visit and definitely I couldn't have been more satisfied with the amazing sea food they have. :)
Hopefully, I will have a chance to visit this place again soon. Below are some of the pictures taken from this short trip to Shenzhen, province of Guandong, China:
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| City Tour |
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| Window of the World |
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| Metro train Station |
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| Free Dinner |
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| Splendid Shenzhen |
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| With local Chinese girls |
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| For Good Luck! |
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| WOW Theme park |
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| WOW Theme Park |
Thanks for visiting!
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