2023 Christmas Holiday Travel Notes on Chimelong Part 4
Continued
On the 26th, I didn't buy a buffet breakfast today, so I let the kids sleep a little longer. After getting up, I packed my luggage and planned to go downstairs to check out and store my luggage. Then I went to the Bird Park after breakfast. When I got downstairs, I saw that there were a lot of people queuing at the front desk and the luggage. So I went to eat first. I went to the food town. The little guy chose watermelon juice again. I bought fried rice, shrimp dumplings, Cantonese-style steamed buns, children's meals, and steamed spare ribs. I quickly finished eating and went to check out. I saw so many people queuing at the front desk and didn't know whether they were checking in or checking out, so I asked the staff where to check out. The staff said that she could just give her the card. So, it turned out to be so simple. I checked out happily and went back to the Food Town to pack my luggage and postcards. The little guy didn’t drink much juice today, so he wanted to go to the green slide after eating something. Okay, I’ll accompany him for a while while my teammates continued to eat. After dinner, we went to store our luggage. I sat outside the children’s area with a backpack and a coat next to me. My teammates packed the luggage and it was my turn. I went to the concierge department to send postcards to my parents, one each for Comrade Zhang and Comrade Yang. My handwriting was okay at first, but later it became a little ugly, hahaha. I haven’t written a letter for a long time and I can’t even remember the zip code, but fortunately I can find it on Baidu. After finishing the postcards, we went to the green slide and found that the little guy met a little sister, a 5-year-old girl, and they had a lot of fun playing together. When I asked the child, he just didn’t want to go to the Bird Park. Later, the little sister wanted to go, and the child immediately said he wanted to go too. The young lady, her mother, and the three of us took a bus together. In the elevator, I said to her mother, "I know someone who looks like you, from Nantong, looks like you and speaks like you. I almost thought you were relatives." She said she was from Sichuan, so she was not Sister Gu's relative. At that time, there was a bus going to Feiniao Park and the time was just right, so we got on the bus. The mother of a little boy saw the children and gave up her seat. Two little girls and a little boy squeezed into two seats. It took more than half an hour to get to Feiniao Park. I am very grateful to the mother of the little boy. What’s interesting is that the two little girls were chattering and the little boy thought they were too noisy so he covered his ears, hahaha. After more than half an hour's drive, we arrived at the entrance of Feiniao Paradise. Two little girls were holding hands. The mother of the 5-year-old girl told the little girl that she was going to the toilet, and then she went to the toilet. I immediately said to the little girl to follow her mother closely next time, what if she met a bad guy? The little girl told us her name was Guan Guan, and we immediately introduced ourselves as An An. After a while, Guan Guan's mother came and we entered the park together. I was afraid that I would miss the high-speed train in the afternoon, so I was muttering to myself about the time. After asking the staff about the bus time, I found out that we had to catch the 3:30 pm bus back to the hotel to get our luggage. The two little girls had a lot of fun together. After entering the park, they saw crocodiles and some birds. Then it was time to take photos with toucans. Guanguan wanted to take a photo, but her mother wouldn't let her, saying we could take photos later. The little girl got angry and said you lied to me, and forcibly pulled her mother. Xiaoan was probably not too interested and didn't ask. I said we had to take the 3:30 bus, so we should play other things first. In fact, I wanted Guanguan to agree to go with us, but Guanguan was still very insistent. So her mother told us that you were in a hurry, so you should leave first. It was a bit embarrassing. So we left first. It was a bit of a pity that the little girls couldn't play together. The little guy asked me if I could meet the little sister again, and I said maybe I could, and maybe I couldn’t. The little guy asked why we left first, and I said, baby, do you want sister Lanlan to see when you lose your temper? The young lady lost her temper and didn’t like other friends seeing it. There are naturally a lot of birds in the bird park. I saw a lot of birds. The children colored the pictures and the staff helped to sharpen a lot of colored pencils. I was very grateful. I saw someone feeding a parrot and asked the child if he wanted to try. He nodded, so I paid to feed the parrot. When taking pictures, I found that the little guy was still very nervous. He was tense and couldn't smile. Then after I took the parrot from his hand, he immediately relaxed. Hahaha. 80 yuan is still quite expensive. There is also a crocodile island and many hippos in the bird park. I saw many crocodiles basking in the sun on the shore. Some of them had their mouths open, and some had their eyes closed. They looked fake. I asked if it was real, and a staff member passing by said they were all real. Hahaha. At this time, I saw a crocodile swimming in the river. Yes, it was really real. When we got to the place to see the hippos, some were in the river and some were in the feeding area. A pumpkin cost 50 yuan and a child couldn't lift it. A hippo could eat a whole pumpkin in one bite. Its mouth was really big. Later we saw a lot of pelicans, but the children were not interested in feeding them, probably because they had seen pelicans foraging yesterday. We were in a hurry on the way and were a bit nervous. We missed the singing of birds which was on at 3:30. We saw some hatching equipment and the tortoises that the children wanted to see. They were really big. When we were leaving the park, the children said they were hungry, so we went to the store to buy popcorn. It didn’t taste as good as the one we had yesterday afternoon, but the special feature of this popcorn was that it was colorful. After leaving the park, I went to wait for the bus and found that there were many people queuing. Someone was saying that it was 15 yuan to the hotel. I thought it was too tiring for my baby to stand for half an hour, so I wanted to take that bus. When I asked, it was still Ruqi Travel. I scanned the code yesterday but couldn’t do it today. It turned out that scanning the code was a kind of sales promotion. I scanned someone else’s code and couldn’t scan his code again. Fortunately, it was 3:22 and there was still a bus, so I continued to queue. Sure enough, when the bus arrived at 3:30, there were no seats, and no auntie came to give up her seat like in the morning. We I walked to the car window and asked the child to hold the railing. The railing was a bit high, and the child must be tired holding on to it. I held the child with one hand and the railing with the other hand. At this time, I saw a young lady behind me holding a child with one hand and holding the handrail with the other hand. It was not easy. I told her to be careful. I felt a little tired after standing for a while. I thought about what would happen to the mother holding the baby with one hand. I handed the bag in my hand to my teammate and asked the mother holding the baby if she needed help. She said her husband was next to her, and it would be nice to have someone to help. The drive of more than half an hour is quite long, and the little guy actually fell asleep while standing. Oh my god, this sleeping skill is not ordinary. When we got off the car, I held the baby in my arms, and then my teammate took over. He held the baby so roughly that his back was exposed. At this time, I found that the bag was open, and the phone was not in it. I was shocked, oh no, but then I thought, oh, it’s in that bag, it was a false alarm, fortunately, it’s okay. When we arrived at the sofa in the hotel lobby, my teammates put the baby on the sofa, but I still felt that it was too rough and the clothes were not tidied up. So I held the baby and sat on the sofa and tidied my clothes. I felt that it would be more comfortable this way. My teammates went to get the luggage and then went to get a taxi. There was an empty car in front of the hotel but it refused to take me for unknown reasons. Forget it, I used Didi Taxi and a car responded soon. I chose the taxi because I felt it was more reliable. We arrived at Guangzhou East Station a little after 5 o'clock. I used WeChat to pay, but found that I didn't have enough change, so I transferred the money to the change and then paid. This delayed us a bit and also delayed the next car. I'm so sorry. Later we entered the East Station. It was very quick. My baby was hungry, so I bought some snacks and got on the bus. It was great, we made it in time. I just felt tired, hahahaha
Expenses: Juice 48, rice 68+176, feeding the parrot 80, popcorn 15, taxi 62, snacks 60+8
The total cost of the three-day stay in Guangzhou was RMB 7701.15. Overall, it was a happy journey. Thanks to the help I encountered, the cooperation of the children, and ourselves:)
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