I had dinner alone at a roadside restaurant



Claypot chicken


Steamed fish


Steamed crab


Its small


but fill of delivious roe


Fried noodle


My dinner


With 3 very light beers I thibnk this was a good meal

If you looked at the hotel room above you could guess I had a terrible night sleep. Luckily breakfast was great. Hotel does not provide breakfast so staff directed me to a shop about 100m from hotel.



Owner preparing rice rolls




Lady cooking porridge




This type of local shop is not for everybody especially foreigners however if you like local food this is it


Century egg and pork porridge


Egg roll with pig liver


Egg roll with fish


My wonderful US$3 breakfast

After rushing through 2 meetings in Panyu in the morning its time to rush again. Took a taxi 2 hours ride to Dongguan East Station for my ride to Ji'an in Jiangxi province.

Dongguan East Station










Realised I hadn't any lunch so went to a convenient store as there's no restaurant in this station


Got some grocery


Hot water is easily available everywhere in China so this is easy

Finally time to standby as train arriving soon


Long long escalator


Platform


The 2hrs 40mins ride begins


A gift


Goodies


Almost 300

When I arrived at Ji'an, Taihe district it was already 6pm, so my contacts brought me to hotel for check in and put my stuff then immediately went out to a nearby restaurant for dinner

















The dinner spread


Vegetables


Hakka tofu


Beef


Local vegetables


Prawns


Steamed fish


Dumplings


Duck

Today is Sunday and I have been here for 16 days, traveled through 14 cities and completed visits and meetings to 25 establishments. Got another 3 days of work and 7 visits to go. Today I rest in the city of Shijiazhuang.

I stopped on my 5th day at Ji'an so on the 6th day I needed to leave Ji'an for Danyang flying to Shanghai's Hongqiao airport then transfer by train to Danyang.

Before leaving for the Ji'an Airport had lunch

Pick your carp


Pick your chicken


Pick your duck


Pick your vegetables










After all these pickings enter the kitchen


Tell the chef how you want them done


They will cook for you


Pea soup


Hakka tofu


Boiled chicken


Stir fry pork, tofu and chili


Beef


Fish


Braised duck


Lunch spread

So after that lucnch on the 6th day it was rushing to Danyang. First transport was a flight from Ji'an airport to Shanghai's Hongqiao airport







My flight to Shanghai


Seats


Was only a short flight

Upon arrival in Hongqiao Airport I had to rush to the Hongqiao Train Station which is a 15 minutes walk to the station.

Hongqiao Station


Arrival of train


Business class train




Snacks


To Danyang

Finally arrived in Danyang hotel at 8.30pm, was late and tired







Nothing to eat in the hotel anymore luckily I brought my own Mama Tomyam instant noodle




Next morning breakfast in the hotel




Nice noodles


and porridge