City Inn (Shenzhen Exhibition Centre)

Travel Blogs from Shenzhen

An Ode to Patrick

A travel blog entry by pringie22

We've already touched on the highly sociable human being that is known as Patrick, but we felt we needed to fill in some areas that will let our audience know the douchery potential this person that likely crawled from beneath a rock has.

One evening when we had already noted to steer clear of his oh so interesting character we were all relaxing, having a few beers on the rooftop terrace, you know, just for a change. Patrick was already perched on a chair next to the ...

Shopping in Shenzhen

A travel blog entry by bollinger_babe

... styles on, and comparing one style with another and completely being spoilt for choice. The price was shown as 168 Yuan per pair (about 17 quid) but Margaret whispered, "If you see three pairs you want to buy, you'll get all three pairs for 300 Yuan". (Just over 30 quid.)

So I browsed through them, and got the assistant to bring out the pairs in my size, and finally narrowed my choice down to three pairs: a 3" wedge in a ...

Hong Kong

A travel blog entry by chinaspree

... The desire for real estate has always been strong and land reclamation started almost as soon as the British took over in 1841. This continuous reclamation has made Hong Kong Island and Kowloon creep even closer. Central is easily explored on foot, allowing visitors a close view of some of the most interesting buildings, especially in Statue Square.

The elegrant Neo-Classical Legislative Building, surmounted by ...

The beginning of the end

A travel blog entry by suehitchcock

... to the rubbish when I left. Hopefully they'll be picked up and used by someone.

Monday 12th March:
Well, today's the day I switch to the Metropark Hotel and get ready to meet my travelling companions, and guide, for our 21 days through China. I'd walked the route between hotels so knew where it was, but it was a bit far to go carrying all the bags so I got a taxi. He seemed to go every way but the direction I wanted, but because of ...

Superlatief van stad?

A travel blog entry by joyceopreis

... Chinees kleiner is dan ik ben betekent dat: gevaar! De punten komen namelijk op keel- of ooghoogte.

Stellages die men in de bouw gebruikt worden hier van bamboe gemaakt. Ik bedoel dan niet stellages van twee verdiepingen hoog om de ramen te wassen, maar ook van 50 verdiepingen hoog, om een nieuwe wolkenkrabber te bouwen! Och en nog een laatste puntje: het eten! Het was zo lekker en ...