Attempt #1 we decide the road is much to busy to cross so we see the sign for the underground tunnel which takes you to the other side. What we didn't know is that we would need to carry Mei Mei's stroller down 3 flights of stairs and then up again at the other end in Sub Tropic Weather. It was so CREEPY down there! As we headed out of the tunnel Cindy carrying the front end of the stroller as I carried the back carefully taking our precious cargo up the steps a small Chinese woman with her stroller hoisted up on her hip (child in stroller) bolted past us and was gone in a flash. Meanwhile Cindy had her eyes on the man in the corner at the top of the steps who was zipping his pants after relieving himself in the corner (there is a charge to use public toilets in China). Cha Ching he saves some Wan!
By the time we reached the park...we were done! We walked a short ways and then headed back. We were extremely Hot!
Attempt #2 on the way back we decided that battling the six lanes of traffic would be more appealing than the tunnel. The first step is to get around the short iron fence that they have at all the busy corners. You have to walk outside the fence to cross the busy road. Keep in mind that pedestrians do not have the right away. Oh and many people ride their bike, mopeds, a cargo bikes. The cargo bikes are loaded down like a small truck. Sometimes you see loads of cardboard, suitcases or whatever else they need to haul stacked 5 feet tall and probably a half a dozen stacks on one bike. We were sharing the edge of the street with all those people. So we followed the locals and made it across. Did I mention the weather was Sub Tropic.
Glad we had the adventure, but won't be going back to the park any time soon!
P.S. Mei Mei enjoyed the trip to the park and didn't fuss the entire time. Lol
Dragon boat
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