Guangzhou and beyond, We left Perth on Friday morning and arrived in Guangzhou around 5;30 and made out way to the hotel only to find that they rebooked on us,
, about 40 minutes later we found a hotel in a lane way that was clean and cheap, The rain never stopped for the 3 nights we were there but it wasn't too bad, I now realise that i do hate they way that the restaurants prepare every meal saturated in oil or with more fat on the bone instead of meat, so i have had more rice than i care to mention.
We went to the Canton radio tower for a look, Quite an impressive feat at over 600 meters tall but again for the rain view from the observation deck was impossible as we were up there with the rain clouds.
Guangzhou was a place for the locals to annoy tourists trying to sell handbags and genuine ROLEX watches, I had enough of this after the first 5 minutes, Many western tourists in the city centre so it was good not to be bothered by everyone saying HELLO every 5 seconds.
Caught the morning train to Shenzhen, nice and smooth at 160kph and took just over an hour, Arrived at the train station where i realised that there aren't so many tourists as Guangzhou, within 5 minutes there were 2 young ladies asking if they can have their photograph taken with me, MinYing returned from the toilet and was not happy, I am so over the jealousy of a Chinese woman, It was only a photo, Anyway we caught a taxi to the hotel where we found out that i booked for the previous day for hotel but they was happy to give us a room at the discounted price i get when i book through
www.chinahotels.org , The hotel has a big room and is clean and only 288rmb per-night, Took a trip to the ocean, lovely blue skies and white sand
, HAHA not really, reminds me of home really, ENGLAND, nothing compared to the beaches in Pert.
We went for a meal last night and MinYing lorded chicken hotpot
Hate hot pot so i went for a walk to let her enjoy her meal alone, I do like walking the back streets and seeing what they have to sell, i find some interesting objects there and even a westerner can haggle the prices, I was standing on a busy street corner when i was approached by a gorgeous young lady and she asked if she was beautiful "I CALL A SPADE A SPADE" she was lovely, then she asked if i would like her for the night
, This is my first time to be approached, I pretended i did not understand Chinese then i hurried back to my Lao Po and watched her eat as nothing happened.
We went to a HUGE park today where they have many models of different cities, the skies opened up and the rain fell, still raining now some 5 hours later , what a walk that was but well worth the time, glad we took the umbrella, Thousands of people there enjoying the many sights, A very good replica of the Eiffel tower and mt Rushmore, Even though other exhibits were to a smaller scale it was still a good way to spend a day.
Shenzhen is a huge metropolis and should be remembered for the shortest miniskirts in China, I really enjoy Gerrys hobby of Girl watching, Other than this i find Shenzhen to be a clean city compared to other places i have been to in China, Well guys and girls, off to Hangzhou tomorrow so we must buy tickets this-evening, Keep you all posted , John and MinYing.
PS, the helicopter above mt Rushmore is not team America returning to base
