June 23, 2009

Nyonyachef round half the world in 80 days (Part VI)

Part VI...continues...check out Part I,II,III,IV & V first

Back to the East,....holy Laos !

It's really a holy place, the local told me that they have to become a monk once in their life time


Luang Prabang, Laos

Luang Prabang, Laos is a tourism destination...quiet, relaxing & famous for it's beautiful resorts,..Tourist mainly, the French, European & etc

This place it's like Penang 30 yrs ago, no cars mainly bikes,....reminds me of "Back to the future"

Few of my friends visited this place and they live to tell,..one left his camera...& the other left his wallet in the restaurants...after an hour later they came back to claim,...guess what ?..the their things are still on the table...untouched !...."Holy Place"



Luang Prabang, Laos

This is the resort I stayed,...relaxing, quiet....





Vientiane, Laos

Wat That Luang, a national symbol of Laos

Vientiane is the capital and largest city in Laos. Located on the banks of the Mekong River, Vientiane is a city steeped in legend and history. The streets are lined with trees, French colonial buildings, street markets, Buddhist temples, and noodle shops.

Another quiet,....but exotic place



Zhangjiajie, China


Feng Huang Cheng (Phoenix Town) A little town with houses built up on both sides of a river. The architecture has been preserved to give visitors an idea of what life was like years ago. This place is like Port Klang a century ago !



Zhangjiajie, China

Feng Huang Cheng (PhoenixTown)



Beautiful, amazing building,....



Nyonyachef xploring the Hunan cuisine !



Wulingyuan has unique landscape dominated by spectacular rock pinnacles, lakes, streams, limestone caves.


Zhangjiajie really shown me some exotic places & their cuisine.

No photo available but what is lunch ?!!!.....5 days my lunch + dinner was....braised snake meat, snake soup, turtle soup, stir fry turtle meat,....wild fish ?!....wild chicken,....wild chic too !!!! and the best of all.....first time in history,...."Padi Field Rat" I thought it was a small miniature pig !!!

...Yucks !!!!!!

Next stop,....a place filled with the emperor's cuisine


Beijing, China

I loved Beijing food


Beijing, China

The Great Wall of China,....my 3rd time climbing
One of the "Great Wonders" of the world


Beijing, China

To climb....or not ?!!!!! Better not I have height phobia !


Beijing, China

Beautiful view of the Great Wall of China



Beijing, China

China declared 4 star clean toilet in 2007

Down to the south.....


Kunming, China

Nyonyachef & Team BSG....climbed Western Hill to reach the Dragon Gate


Kunming, China

The view within the Western Hill


Stone Forest....Team BSG stucked between the rocks


Nyonya enjoying the scenery....

Well,...these are the 6 chapters of the my journey round half the world that I would like to capture before it disappeared or forgotten !....and for the future,....the xploring, the eating, the doing....starts here....!

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