A crazy Sunday!!

It was a Sunday long awaited for. Floraland (国色天香) is an amusement park with crazy rides and food and games galore! We had talked so much about visiting it in the summer when we arrived, and all through Autumn when we met people who had been there and they were raving about it. Finally, we made a date with 2 pretty gals, who are from Cat's dealership company here in Chengdu, to go Floraland. 

The weather was foggy, as it had been for the last few days, but nothing could dampen our enthusiasm. We arrived at about 10.15am and we were surprised to find it not as crowded as we expected it to be. Usually on weekends it will be packed and you have to queue for ages to get on a particular ride. We found out that day was the opening day of a new amusement park so we were very lucky.

Entrance to the amusement park. 

Posing with 2 pretty gals - 杨莹 on my right and 姗姗 on my left

Here i am, feeding the fishes with a milk bottle. You have to really hold on to the bottle because the fishes' mouths have such great suction power that if you don't hold tight enough, you may just lose the bottle.

Playing afool with some of the displays..

And having a crazy time on the rides.

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Gary actually expected us to spend no more than 3 hours in the amusement park but we ended up spending almost the whole day there. We ate and we went for some rides, then we ate some more, and play some more. It was really fun, especially when you have such great company. But I was really dizzy and a little nauseous by the time we left.

We headed back towards the city at about 5.00pm where we met another friend for dinner at a hotpot restaurant. The 麻辣 soupbase is really nice but I killed myself by eating it. I was actually down with a cold and sore throat on Saturday and had not fully recovered yet, and my throat was hoarse from screaming throughout the day. So the hotpot made it worse as it agitated my sore throat. 

And it didn't help when we went for a singing session at a KTV (clean one - no hanky panky allowed). We sang till I lost my voice at the end of it. But it was really fun and we had a crazy time hanging out with these people. 

Unfortunately I suffered from indigestion that night - I couldn't sleep and I suffered from stomach pains, and I puked and I had diarrhea. It was terrible and I avoided hotpot for the next few days..

All that said and done, it was still the craziest day so far in our 6 months here in Chengdu.