Yes Guangzhou

... distance bus would take us from one bus station in one city to another bus station in another city. Not so in China, as we found out when we made it to Guangzhou. Our bus, for instance, took us to a hotel (not even a bus station!) that was off the map ...

... which arrived at a huge construction site - that turned out to be the airport bus terminal next to the railway station. Guangzhou's railway station is notorious and used to be crowded with pickpockets and peasants who seemed to live there, awaiting cheap ...

... we'd finished it was time to catch the bus. We travelled through HK, crossed a bridge and found our selves in Shenzhen (mainland China)...where we hopped off the bus and went through customs...someone pointed a gun at our heads (to check our temperature) ...

Well, here we are - in China. Guangzhou is a seething mass of bodies from what I can tell so far, apart from a little semi-island to the south called Shamian, where we have spent most of today to get away from the grotty city centre. Not really that ...

... . This was due to the internet being unavailable until earlier today. It's now about a month since I arrived in Guangzhou, so getting internet access in China is about as slow here as it is in England.But please don't think that I haven't been busy, I ...

... wanted to see her, and see what I can of GZ, even she was homebound. So I flew to Hongkong, then caught a bus to Guangzhou.  Why didn't I fly directly?  Good question.  When I booked everything a year ago, the cost of the direct flight ...

... of wondering, what did I just order?  Two quotes that really hit home for me while eating my way through Southern China: "The Chinese eat everything with four legs, except tables, and everything that flies - except airplanes" and "Every part of the ...

... wouldn't have wanted to hear what I had to say. We had to do everything to get our documents together to come here to Guangzhou so that we can get Maillie's visa to enter the United States. All that hoo-ha starts tomorrow with appointments at the ...

... am actually a lot more comfortable with life in mainland China. Believe it or not the atmosphere here is very relaxed. Despite Guangzhou being a huge mega-city the hustle and bustle you'd expect can only really be found when taking the public transport. ...

... at how differently they do things from time to time. That's about all I wish to spill for now, but we took off from Guangzhou on the 5th of December and made our way to Pingxiang which is a Chinese city right on the border of Vietnam. We had to go ...