Art Star Hotel Guangzhou

i knew it would happen, but only four days in and sarah has chinitis, all the smells, tastes and intruguing aspects of CHina have resulted in symptoms including vomiting in front of a chinese family in Qingping markets. we walked through a really really fascinating marketplace full of kittens, puppies, tortoitses, so many fish, salamanders, chip munks, every manner of claw, dried lizards, mushrooms, fungi and bunny ...

We caught a train from HK to Guangzhou on the 4th. Its a very hectic city. Lots of people, bikes, cars and buses. people riding bike on the road with ridiculous things tied to the back. we are staying on an island in the city named shamian. its very pretty, but a true tourist hub. our hostel is lovely. we thought that we were truely livinh the high life until we visited a hotel across the road that ...

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Enjoyed our meetings and colleagues. Went to dinner at a typical Guangdong/Canton restaurant. Menu was very creative. Plenty of exotics - baby pigeon, sting ray, fish guts, beetles, snakes, chicken feet. Was a bit naseous, but likely because of jet lag.

Arrive after 11 pm and my company screws up the pick-up. 20 guys trying to sell me sim-cards are chasing me around baggage claim because I'm clearly not moving out. After an hour and deciding I won't be picked up, I bee-line for the first cab in lineup. The ...

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... yes of course the passport photos I had done yesterday were wrong and that I needed to spend yet more time and money on getting more done. So if you are an Aussie Roo away from the Land Down Under and find yourself in Guangzhou with a passport that will son expire, don't get all hasty and drop in to a 'normal' photo mat, wait until you find (if you can) the new Australian Consulate and they will give you a ...

... workers." The country's loose procedures regarding visa applications were making it easy for them, she said. While there are no figures for the number of illegal aliens working in Guangzhou, the Nanfang Weekend reported in March that there are about 800 Filipina maids working in Shenzhen. Under Chinese law, individual citizens are not allowed to employ foreigners. However, maids often register with labor bureaus as teachers to ...

When we were at that dim sum restaurant yesterday they served tons of stuff I had never seen. Most of the time in China they serve a number of dishes and everyone grabs what they want. They also serve tea in very small cups that seem like they should be for dolls haha. It is to keep it fresh and the ...