Dongmen Shopping Street

And so we left my father in the hotel to come here  ---- Dongmen Commercial Street.

Para syang Divisoria or Baclaran na medyo mas malaki ng konti…..the same chaotic mass of people, shops selling generic fake brand copies from shoes, bags, etc. I am not really a fan of branded things and even more so of fake copies…..so at first I really don’t have an idea what to buy and where?

Most of the shops sell one item each, like one whole street will just be full of shoe stores….as in, all types of boots, sandals, etc. then the next corner will have bags, etc….

So we just walked and walked around, stopped at a shop, pointed a few things and smile a lot (since no one will understand your English anyway). Good thing my mother was such a sport, she just walked nonstop from one shop to the other without complaints.

We saw a KFC branch near the entrance, we decided to have a take-out dinner before going back to the hotel……at the entrance the promo advert was without a word of English except for the “yum” word….and when we got in, no one spoke English from the entire crew! Hahay buhay…..

We managed to get our orders right, with a lot of smiling and nodding and pointing……and then it was time to get into a taxi…….another 15minutes lost just trying to give instructions and showing our hotel card.

One thing that I realized with this trip, it will take a lot of patience to really go around and travel inside Mainland China especially with my lack of Mandarin language skills. Hopefully my Lonely Planet guide will point me to the right direction as always……lol

And so our bags are FULL…….time to go back home…..hahahaha