Sun yat sen's house and Chen family hall

05.11.2016

I headed off to the South Island to see sun yat sen's office and house. He lived here when he was appointed to change the government from imperial to a republic in the 1920s. I always like to pretend I'm living in that time when I visit these places so that was fun.

I walked back along the river and past miles of wedding dress stores. Titor told me that most Chinese women only rent their dress so they can get the most extravagant one.

I tried to find the lingnan art gallery but it was closed, I'm not sure if it was forever or not, but it seemed to have been a recent decision.

With a few more hours of energy left I went to the Chen Ancestral Hall to the north. I bought some way overpriced fruit and had a picnic inside. My toe was aching so I rested at a convenient picnic table for a while. A Chinese family started talking to me about teaching their kids. Sorry I don't live here lady!

This place was utterly destroyed in the 1980s but since then it had been built right back up. Now it's colourful and very beautiful. I can only imagine how nice it would feel to arrive here after a long journey and rest. This was a special hotel reserved only for people from the Chen family clan.

I was so tired after that so I went back to Sunny and Titor's house. We waited for sunny to finish work and then had some dim sum and went to bed.

So lifelike!