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Just an Up and Down visit
厦门园林植物园的点评
点评：Another day, another trip! This time it was only a short cab ride from our hotel to the South Gate of the Botanical Gardens.
As usual, I put my passport into my man-bag, as you never know when you’ll need official identification. I also put in my smart phone, not only for photos but as everything, including payments, is now centred around scanning QR codes.
At the gate my wife bought tickets, of course I got a sizeable discount by being ancient and showing a passport to prove it. My wife got a bit of a discount by showing her Guangzhou Old Person’s travel card. Every little helps!
Then into the gardens we wandered. We just went with the flow to the first escalator up the mountain. Now this is how we like to climb. At the top of each one of the five escalators, we stopped to admire the view which was always the same. Even at the top, the sign describing the view was the same as the sign as the one on the second (or it could have been the third) escalator.
Anyway, there’s not much to do at the top, so we scanned the ‘app’ and bought tickets to descend by bus to the West Gate. My wife bought tickets that enabled us to hop on and off the bus at any of the bus stops.
We actually got off at the ‘Succulent Garden’ stop but after walking about 100 metres to the garden we found it was at the bottom of a long flight of steps. We reckoned going down was not too difficult, but we didn’t fancy the climb back in the 32C heat. So, we retraced our way to the bus stop and continued non-stop down the hill in air-conditioned comfort to the West Gate.
I know there’s a lot more to experience in the garden but we’re not a great fans, so we slid gracefully through the exit turn stile.
There was a cable car ride but unfortunately, according to the owners, I’m far too geriatric for such dangerous activities. Pity!
Then it was a cab ride back to the hotel. Not much of a day, but there was tomorrow to look forward to.
As usual, I put my passport into my man-bag, as you never know when you’ll need official identification. I also put in my smart phone, not only for photos but as everything, including payments, is now centred around scanning QR codes.
At the gate my wife bought tickets, of course I got a sizeable discount by being ancient and showing a passport to prove it. My wife got a bit of a discount by showing her Guangzhou Old Person’s travel card. Every little helps!
Then into the gardens we wandered. We just went with the flow to the first escalator up the mountain. Now this is how we like to climb. At the top of each one of the five escalators, we stopped to admire the view which was always the same. Even at the top, the sign describing the view was the same as the sign as the one on the second (or it could have been the third) escalator.
Anyway, there’s not much to do at the top, so we scanned the ‘app’ and bought tickets to descend by bus to the West Gate. My wife bought tickets that enabled us to hop on and off the bus at any of the bus stops.
We actually got off at the ‘Succulent Garden’ stop but after walking about 100 metres to the garden we found it was at the bottom of a long flight of steps. We reckoned going down was not too difficult, but we didn’t fancy the climb back in the 32C heat. So, we retraced our way to the bus stop and continued non-stop down the hill in air-conditioned comfort to the West Gate.
I know there’s a lot more to experience in the garden but we’re not a great fans, so we slid gracefully through the exit turn stile.
There was a cable car ride but unfortunately, according to the owners, I’m far too geriatric for such dangerous activities. Pity!
Then it was a cab ride back to the hotel. Not much of a day, but there was tomorrow to look forward to.
翻译：又是一天，又是一次出行！这次我们从酒店坐出租车，没多远就到了植物园的南门。
像往常一样，我把护照放进男士手提包里——谁知道什么时候会需要身份证明呢。我还放进了智能手机，不仅用来拍照，还因为现在无论是付款还是其他事务，都得通过扫描二维码来完成。
在门口，由我妻子购买了门票。由于我年纪较大，出示护照后自然享受到了不小的折扣。我的妻子出示了广州的老年人旅游卡，从而获得了一些折扣。积少成多嘛！
接着我们便漫步于花园中。我们顺着人流走向了通往山顶的第一部自动扶梯。这正是我们喜欢的登山方式。在五部自动扶梯的每一部顶端，我们都会停下来欣赏景色，不过景色始终都一样。即便到了山顶，描述该景色的指示牌也和第二部（或者可能是第三部）自动扶梯处的指示牌一模一样。
总之，就是这样。山顶上没什么可做的，于是我们浏览了相关的“应用程序”并购买了乘巴士前往西门的票。我妻子还买了那种允许我们在任意巴士站上下车的票。
实际上我们在“多肉植物园”站下了车，但步行约100米到达花园后，却发现它位于一长段台阶的下方。我们觉得往下走应该不太难，但在32摄氏度的高温下，我们可不想再爬上去。所以……我们原路返回公交站，随后在空调的舒适环境中一口气沿着山坡下行，直至西大门。
我知道花园里还有好多值得体验的项目，但我们并不太感兴趣，于是便从容地走出了出口转门。
那里还有缆车可以乘坐，可惜据管理者说，我这年纪实在太大了，不适合参与这种“危险”活动。真可惜！
最后我们打车回到了酒店。虽说这一天没什么特别的亮点，但明天还值得期待呢。
像往常一样，我把护照放进男士手提包里——谁知道什么时候会需要身份证明呢。我还放进了智能手机，不仅用来拍照，还因为现在无论是付款还是其他事务，都得通过扫描二维码来完成。
在门口，由我妻子购买了门票。由于我年纪较大，出示护照后自然享受到了不小的折扣。我的妻子出示了广州的老年人旅游卡，从而获得了一些折扣。积少成多嘛！
接着我们便漫步于花园中。我们顺着人流走向了通往山顶的第一部自动扶梯。这正是我们喜欢的登山方式。在五部自动扶梯的每一部顶端，我们都会停下来欣赏景色，不过景色始终都一样。即便到了山顶，描述该景色的指示牌也和第二部（或者可能是第三部）自动扶梯处的指示牌一模一样。
总之，就是这样。山顶上没什么可做的，于是我们浏览了相关的“应用程序”并购买了乘巴士前往西门的票。我妻子还买了那种允许我们在任意巴士站上下车的票。
实际上我们在“多肉植物园”站下了车，但步行约100米到达花园后，却发现它位于一长段台阶的下方。我们觉得往下走应该不太难，但在32摄氏度的高温下，我们可不想再爬上去。所以……我们原路返回公交站，随后在空调的舒适环境中一口气沿着山坡下行，直至西大门。
我知道花园里还有好多值得体验的项目，但我们并不太感兴趣，于是便从容地走出了出口转门。
那里还有缆车可以乘坐，可惜据管理者说，我这年纪实在太大了，不适合参与这种“危险”活动。真可惜！
最后我们打车回到了酒店。虽说这一天没什么特别的亮点，但明天还值得期待呢。
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