day 1: old town Shantou

for a start, it was REALLY weird listening to the police, immigration officers, school kids and hotel receptionists speak in super accented Teochew! hur.. the only time i hear someone speak Teochew is during CNY when the dad speaks to his siblings.

first day in Shantou and we took it easy.. cabbed to the old town just to soak in its atmosphere.

many of these buildings were deemed unsafe and some were abandoned and cordoned off.

i have been really paranoid during this trip - not super willing to try the street food although they smell REALLY nice! maybe too many reports on China food scares making me abit kia see!.

stumbled upon an old school studio and i was tempted to take some studio shots in there!

never knew there were so many types of Teochew kuehs.. and for the first time in my life - i was told 'soon kueh' is actually made of 'soon' (bamboo shoots) and not turnips!! #enlightenment

school boys fooling around on the streets.. super accented Teochew detected!!

hahaha found a tze char chef that really looks like 刘青云!!!