Wednesday September 23, 2009

Wednesday September 23, 2009
Xi'an is one of China's eight ancient national capitals and the home of the famous Terracotta Army. It served as China’s capital for ten dynasties, spread intermittently over a 1,100 year period from 221 BC. This was the significant year when the first Chinese emperor, Qin Shihuang, united China for the first time. China derives its name from Emperor Qin.
One of not so well -developed and well- known attractions in Xian is located in South east of Xian in outskirt a couple kilometer far from the center.

Today Wednesday 23 of September me and wijb decided to hop on the scooter and hit that place which is called “Ocean Park “ on the spot as the weather is quite pleasant and not scorching or balmy anymore.

Although he looked up for the direction we were wondering exactly how to get there, which is not so astonishing, anyhow.
After couple of minutes we stopped by a hotel and with my broken Chinese , asking for map finally ,I could somehow figure out how to get there.

Anyhow we passed by of bunch of empty ,under construction buildings which can call them “pretty luxury types”and exclusive district.

That neighborhood was kind of foppish and elegance in matter of being clean and green and architecture of building and street was entirely new and more likely Western style. Some high blocks and some just couple of floors and presumably like villa style by the end of construction will be appeared.


Immediately after that we both were thinking if we could live there. well it was a nice area but in compare with out residential ,good-class ,dwelling area as we have everything around and handy and green enough ,I bet we wouldn’t switched our place at all.

By the time we arrived there was almost eleven-ish and we got the ticket with half price which was a pleasant surprised and got in. It was totally manifest and tangible empty as we expected at this season. I am sometimes wondering if these kind for places are popular enough in china and lucrative for the organization or not at all.

Ocean park was not too big in comparison with the one we saw in Dali an and Shanghai and the one I visited in Kuala Lumpur(Malaysia) which was fantastic in matter of size and variety of things and more important being natural which is something a visitor of nature expect that.

The point is with a surveillance of observing things as equipments marine animals statues and so on, were made of plastic type. Everything together were compiling more likely a photo album which you are glancing through .In some points was totally funny and eye-catching though.

Some other thing which was dragging our attention was couple of funny, baloney path notes, for instance : “the way to the Marine life”. There was nothing alive there, not even one small Marine animal,
as a symbol.

We passed by an area which we presumed they are trying to show Aliens flew over arctic as we could see a symbol of aliens and a UFO there. For us was kind of irritating and in funny side irrelevant to the Park theme!.

In total was quite fun and kind peaceful adventure to be out and compare places in different societies as we travel and pass by.