Directions to the Burger King and Western food store.
I thought I would try to make my instructions a little more informative.
You’re going to go approximately to the Guangzhou World trade center complex. South tower. (south west corner outside first level) That is Burger King.
If coming from the north depending on where you are, take one of these buses 191, 233,245, 256, 278, 280, 545, 810. Get off at the Garden Hotel bus stop. You are on the wrong side of the road. You will see a Holiday Inn on the other side and a pedestrian bridge not far away. Cross over the road to the holiday inn side.
If you are coming from the South depending on where you are take one of these buses mentioned (except 810). Get off at the Baiyun Hotel stop. You are on the correct side of the street, just head north.
Head north a few blocks. You will see the Guangzhou friendship store on your right (Big white building) . Turn right… the Burger king is in the southwest corner of that building. 371 Huanshi Road east. World trade center.
Now for the grocery store.
As you are leaving the Burger King turn left and head down that street. Directly in front of you is a big (HUGE) billboard saying TaoJin Road Financial Street, Bank of Guangzhou. Head towards that billboard. You are on TaoJin road. The road bears to the left for about one block, stay on it. You are almost heading west then suddenly the road goes north. Follow it north. . Make sure you are on TaoJin road NORTH. You will see a China Construction bank on the right and a bank of China on the left. Not far now. Starbucks and Hagen dazs and greenery café on the left. Keep going about one more block and you will see the Bank of Communications directly in front of you. On the right side (east) kitty corner from the bank is STORE- X go downstairs into the courtyard and turn right and you will find some western foods. They even have Hersey’s Chocolate syrup and Maple waffle syrup.
Today I found some more in the same area. So if you’re feeling adventurous its only two more blocks away. When you come out of the grocery store into the courtyard look east (right) there is another road there with a rock wall. Go to that road and turn left. Follow it north not very far and you will intersect with TaoJing road east. Turn right on Taojin road and about the third or fourth store on your right (next to the 7 Eleven) has a good collection of western foods. I saw corn flakes and spaghetti sauce.
If you want to skip burger king and go directly to the store I include a photo of the Bus stop just 50 feet south of the store. You can figure it out from there.
By explaining it here I will not forget. I can go there anytime now without fear of getting lost. It helps if you have your home address written down in your wallet. But I really didn’t go through all this trouble so you can find the Burger king. This section of town has much more than burger king. It is the financial district and every bank in China has an office/branch there. This draws a lot of foreigners which in turn draws a lot of western goods and supplies. There are all sorts of shops and restaurants there that you would recognize from back home. And one other benefit for the single guys. It draws many, pretty young Chinese girls that speak good English. Fiona keeps a tight grip on my arm while we are walking the sidewalk here. LOL
I highly recommend a smart phone with a built in GPS so you can analyze where you have been when you get home. I have a Samsung galaxy s that tags the photos with GPS information. Any time I want to remember a location I just step away from the building and check the GPS status and snap a photo of it.
