Category Archives: china

And we’re off! First stop, Singapore.

To secure a biz points reward flight to Cuba for the beginning of the school holidays, it meant a 2-day bounce around three continents from Perth: Singapore, Beijing, Montreal before finally landing in Havana. R is taking an alternate route with fewer stops: Singapore, New York to Havana. Warning: many selfies on planes ahead!

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Singapore Airlines

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Wuhan, China

Breakfast street

Breakfast street

We only had a couple of days in mainland China, and most of that was taken up with wedding preparations for G&L. L took us to “Breakfast Street”, a street food area where we tried lots of yummy snacks and soup. One of my favourites was the grilled squid legs — tasty!

Squid man!

Squid man!

Yummy (and hot!)

Yummy (and hot!)

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Macau

Macau

Macau

My brother and sister-in-law organised a wedding in China to celebrate with her family and friends, so the family headed over to take part. On the way over, Mum and I had a few days of R&R in Macau before hitting Wuhan for the wedding.

First impression of Macau

First impression of Macau

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