Off to Zhu Hai

After a few days in Yango Shuo， shopping，eating Western Delights （Even an Ａussie pie）and resting，I decided to go to Zhu Hai to see a friend of my brothers。I was happy to know that I could go direct， instead of the converluted way I had imagined。So I booked a night bus and off I went。 The night bus was the usual disaster， smoking， spitting but with the added Chicken！ I’m serious。I could hear clucking and other bird related noises， when I realised the man in the sleeper bed in front of me，had a box。In the box was an assortment of little birds and a relatively small chicken。 No wonder there is Bird Flu and Sars rampet in Asia， when your travel companion is a a bloody Chook！After a long， carsonagenic and clucky trip I arrived in Zhu Hai， jumped in a taxi， flashed him the directions， in Chinese and arrived at a rather posh hotel。 Um。。。。Some mistake？ I booked a hostel！ Lucky for me the hostel is situated in the grounds of a very posh hotel indeed。 My dorm room had a decent bathroom （Western Loo and all）TV and other mod-cons I have been living with out。 The only problem is that the restaurant and other facilities only cater for the richer of guests。After locating a bus to take me in to the real world，located a phone and called my Brother for his Birthday （NO easy feat I tell you！） I actually found some where to get some food。
Called Melanie and arranged to meet at the hotel in half an hour。 Half an Hour！！！ I had to get back to the hotel and look some what presentable。 I hadn‘t showered or anything。 As I arrived to the hotel a taxi zipped passed containing a woman who looked very French。 This could only be my guest。 I ran in to the lobby， ran to the Loo， grabbed a face cloth， washed face， mitts and pitts and went to the loo。 Tradgedy。。。My zip broke on my jeans。 Knowing that my guest would be wondering aimlessly in the foyer， I struggled with my jeans until I fixed my zip。。。Just enough to stay together。
She looked like a typical French beauty， all in white and I looked like a typical backpacker slob！ Oh well。 After our strange introduction and first meeting， we boarded a bus and went to the heart of the shopping area in Zhu Hai。 Right on the boarder of Macau。Here we feasted on local dishes， shopped the undeground mall and had a good old girlie day together。 Melanie was wondeful and she really must be a special person。 She’s been living in China for almost 12 years！The woman must be made of steel。 Anyway the day ended rather quick。。。she jumped on a bus and was off。All before I got to press click on the camera！