A Sino-Indo Gathering in Xiamen(Amoy) and About Navneet Bakshi

AndrewJin said:

How I wish u were a girl and then I could marry u and traveled together. LOL
Just a joke. Of course we can, for the love of FOOD. LOL

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If like food, you can come to Malaysia (Indian, Malay and Chinese Food). You don't have to be afraid of language barrier here. You can speak mandarin to the Chinese and English to the rest.

powastick said:

If like food, you can come to Malaysia (Indian, Malay and Chinese Food). You don't have to be afraid of language barrier here. You can speak mandarin to the Chinese and English to the rest.

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I like spicy spicy one

Welcome to Nasi Kandar Pelita

Got stuff more spicy, but even I can't take it.

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Welcome to Nasi Kandar Pelita

Got stuff more spicy, but even I can't take it.

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powastick said:

If like food, you can come to Malaysia (Indian, Malay and Chinese Food). You don't have to be afraid of language barrier here. You can speak mandarin to the Chinese and English to the rest.

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I can, take me there ....

I will use Cantonese or Hokkien or even Bhahasa just for the sake of getting those spicy food!

Not sure I would be suitable, but the spiciest in Malaysia would be a certain Thai food. Don't know what is called. I would be a terrible guide since I never plan a holiday for myself.

Chapter Five, A Road Trip to Meizhou Island
18 February 2015

Mr. Bakshi once told me and also wrote in his blogs, it was after going to China for work that he came to understand the nonsense of Shanghai and Beijing being some mere showcases of China.

This day was New Year Eve, the day before Goat/Sheep's Year. People were going home or in most cases already staying at home. Thanks to Mr. Xu, the organiser of the gathering, he drove Mr. and Mrs. Bakshi all the way to an island called Meizhou 200km away where the ancestral temple of Mazu is located.
Meizhou Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

As for Mr. Bakshi himself, an engineer for decades, he is alway more into urban planning, infrastructure and social development much more than scenic sites. So when I asked him for his photos in Meizhou Island, most he transferred to me were about what he really interested in, roads, tunnels, bridges, etc. Hence, for scenery and landscape please see my own Meizhou trip(My Adventures Across China | Page 3


NOTE The following photos were all taken by Mr. and Mrs. Bakshi

Crossing the Haicang Bridge which links Haicang District and Xiamen Island(Amoy Island)

Entering Xiamen Island

ACR(Amoy Circular Road), by the sea

The Xiang'an Subsea Tunnel links Xiamen Island to the mainland, the first subsea tunnel in China, 2010

G15 National Expressway, from Hankou to Shenyang, total length 3710km
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G15_Shenyang–Haikou_Expressway
Expressways of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

powastick said:

Not sure I would be suitable, but the spiciest in Malaysia would be a certain Thai food. Don't know what is called. I would be a terrible guide since I never plan a holiday for myself.

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it is tomyam...in penang's sungai Dua area a food stall runs by thais is the hellish spicy dish i have ever tasted in my life...

kuge said:

it is tomyam...in penang's sungai Dua area a food stall runs by thais is the hellish spicy dish i have ever tasted in my life...

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I'm pretty sure it wasn't tomyam, it look like bihun soup. The color isn't red like curry, was fooled by it. I was warned, didn't listen. All I did was one spoon.

One section of the costal HSR, Fuzhou-Xiamen Railway(Fuxia Line), overpasses G15
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzhou–Xiamen_Railway
This HSR line is an excellent case of how reasonably priced trains impel blood-sucking bus companies to be on the verge of bankruptcy, the same as in the case of my province(Yichang-Wuhan intercity services).

Quoted from Wikipedia
Competitiveness
Occupancy rate on the Fuxia Line is among the highest of China's high-speed railways.The line offers competitive fares and passes through large cities with well-developed public transportation and high demand for intercity travel. As of February 2011, a regular ticket from Fuzhou to Xiamen costs ¥85, and a first class ticket costs ¥103. Drivers making the same trip by express highway will pay ¥300-400 including gas and tolls, and spend 1.5 more hours on the road. During the Lunar New Year festival, the peak season for intercity travel, the number of long distance bus trips between Fuzhou and Xiamen fell from 98 per day in 2010 to just 7 per day in 2011. Long distance bus ridership from Fuzhou to Xiamen fell by 83%, to Quanzhou by 63%, to Jinjiang by 50%, to Shishi by 25% and to Putian by 38%.


A Fuzhou-Xiamen Intercity


Wind energy by the sea


S10 Fujian Provincial Expressway from Yongding to Putian, 1km from the ferry terminal to Meizhou Island. It seemed that nobody would visit this place at this time of a year. Sincere gratitude to Mr.Xu who sacrificed his time on New Year Eve.


On the ferry
Mr. Xu told me, Mrs. Bakshi was a little tired on the ferry back. But when he told her the music video on the cabin screen was the first lady singing about Mazu, she sat up right away and all her fatigue disappeared. She said, who wouldn't love such a elegant lady?
LOL


The main gate of the ancestral temple of Mazu
Mazu (goddess) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

powastick said:

If like food, you can come to Malaysia (Indian, Malay and Chinese Food). You don't have to be afraid of language barrier here. You can speak mandarin to the Chinese and English to the rest.

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i've been to Malaysia several times and always love to eat in places like this. i think the seafood is quite cheap compared with coastal mainland, love the cooking style too. and the Malaysian Chinese are super friendly!
once i tried to speak English but the clerk was like 'nah, Mandarin is fine'...don't feel like being abroad frankly speaking...

Yizhi said:

i've been to Malaysia several times and always love to eat in places like this. i think the seafood is quite cheap compared with coastal mainland, love the cooking style too. and the Malaysian Chinese are super friendly!
once i tried to speak English but the clerk was like 'nah, Mandarin is fine'...don't feel like being abroad frankly speaking...

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This is true, Malaysia is probably the lowest cost of living in South East Asia. I always thought Indonesia cost of living would be lower, but is a surprise.
Cost of Living Comparison Between Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia And Bangkok, Thailand

Malays are nice people too, if you get to know them.

powastick said:

This is true, Malaysia is probably the lowest cost of living in South East Asia. I always thought Indonesia cost of living would be lower, but is a surprise.

Malays are nice people too, if you get to know them.

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i've been to Indonesia too, but that's so ancient history can't remember how the price was like.
yeah i knew some Malays and Indians there, very nice people too, it's just the Chinese were so friendly to us that we ended up speaking Mandarin....

kuge said:

it is tomyam...in penang's sungai Dua area a food stall runs by thais is the hellish spicy dish i have ever tasted in my life...

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It's Tom Yum Gong , if I recollect .

Yizhi said:

i've been to Malaysia several times and always love to eat in places like this. i think the seafood is quite cheap compared with coastal mainland, love the cooking style too. and the Malaysian Chinese are super friendly!
once i tried to speak English but the clerk was like 'nah, Mandarin is fine'...don't feel like being abroad frankly speaking...

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What other countries have you been to?

cirr said:

The same might be said of the Indian keyboard warriors on PDF。

And you are certainly one of the lot。

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The anonymity and the kind of invincibility the internet provides us with, brings out the worst in us.

indo said:

The anonymity and the kind of invincibility the internet provides us with, brings out the worst in us.

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Agree, an off-internet us is the best, an Internet us being the worst.