We had a late start this morning and we were going to take it easy for the most part, as we would have a late night. We were going to the Chime Long International Circus today. The circus is run by the same company as the Zoo. Additionally, the same corporation runs an amusement park and a water park in the area.
Per Izz’s request, we went back to the noodle shop for more noodles for breakfast; we then went to some stores to look for martial arts weapons for Izz and myself.
We then went to have sushi for lunch. Wow, was the sushi cheap, two pieces of sushi averaged about $7RMB ($1.05), with 20% off if you get a membership card. We had sushi, fried calamari, grilled calamari, jellyfish and eel.
We had a somewhat relaxing afternoon, just walking around various shops; afterwards it was back to Auntie’s house to wait for the rest of the family for our evening’s activities. We were going to the Chime Long Circus.
The last time I went to a circus was probably about 10 years ago. I don’t remember them being all that great. However, I really enjoyed our evening at the circus, even though we were sitting in 90 degree heat and it was also humid. As, the Chime Long Circus and the Xiang Jiang Safari Zoo, the animals that were in the circus were extremely amazing, there are lions, tigers, kangaroos, monkeys, bears, giraffes and many more. There was a high wire act, motorcycles in a ball, acrobats on spinning rings, bareback horse riders. I was amazed at the entire show and after days, the kids are still talking about it.
After the circus, we were driven to a little dive of a restaurant in Pan Yu (I think we ate at least 1 meal a day in Pan Yu). This particular restaurant specializes in snake congee. Congee or jook for those who do not know is rice porridge, think really thick rice soup. All we ordered were a couple of vegetable dishes, goose, and two huge pots of congee (one snake and one frog). The frog (which I have had in the past and really like) was really good. I tried a couple of pieces of snake and again found it chewy and there was not much meat. I am not sure that I would order snake on my own…