Greentree Inn Shenzhen Dongmen

Grab breakfast in the Asia International restaurant rotating at 46 stories above Guangzhou. Daylight looks different. Pearl River valley jungle onside and stretching tenements and skyscrapers rising up in the other. I cab 20 minutes to the Guangzhou East station. No signs in English and I walk around trying to read chinese before I find an English speaking ...

... Kowloon side. Pretty asian girls and mama-sans were hustling us into bars we didn't want to go into, the daughters of Tai-Pans of the business world fleeing from one bar to another, dressed so well, looking so smart. And there we were, shorts and flip-flops, asking at the door whether they wouldn't mind if we stocked up on 3 for 16HKD beers at 7-11 and drank that in their establishments. As I said, we didn't go out much, our nights a wander around the neon-lit streets ...

... seen (along with all the paraphernalia to look after them). Apparently, fish are very popular and even have a part to play in Feng Shui where they are used to absorb bad energy and vibes. The fish are sold in small plastic bags full of water – some of them look rather comical or like some cheap living version of a Damian Hirst sculpture as the fish is too large to turn round in the bag!

As my market exploration took less time than expected, I ...

Well, we're here - safe and happy! And it's HOT!!! so hot!
we got off the plane, got our bags and ran to catch our bus into the city. We sat near some English blokes who helped us work out which stop to get off at.
The place that we're staying at is surreal. It's a massive building and i'd heard some dogey reports about what it would be like...but we decided to risk it anyway...went up to the 13th floor to book in but we've been lucky so far. there's a kind of ...

... was - Becky went for names and I went for numbers.... number 4 was quite lucky for me as the horses with that number won or got placed enough times for me to win some money back. Becky's horse won and she got the amazing staggering winnings of HK$24...a whole 2 pounds and 40pence....and I won HK$78.....a whole 7 pounds and 80 pence..... We can now at last retire!! horrah !

... amp; Mongkok East station are in e same location. 1st stop, Argyle Centre. Within walking distance where we stayed, 5 mins walk is all u need. 95% of e items here are strictly catered for ladies, so if u're a gal, u'll be grinning from ear to ear. If u're a guy ...

... of sorts, and two flat screen tvs with a dvd player and lots of channels. We relaxed there for a few hours then went out to explore the Causeway bay area. Lots of little local eateries on the streets, many with the kitchen out in the street, as in the photo. No English menus apparent so we are not sure we will brave one of them. There was an overwhelming number of people in the streets, with ...

... on the tv are reports of civil unrest and riots in Bangkok city, with police firing tear gas and at least one person killed. Looks like we picked a good time to leave the country. The flight is on time and we board our Boeing 777 for Hong Kong. A reasonable meal and some leg room makes it quite a pleasant flight, the only interest being when another airliner passes level with us, some distance away, going in the opposite direction. I always thought that aircraft going in different ...

... 26376;22日 08:21 Shenzhen Daily DEMAND for wet nurses has surged in Shenzhen with the monthly wage for the service more than tripling in the wake of the baby milk formula scandal that swept the nation. Saturday's Daily Sunshine quoted a domestic service provider saying that some Shenzhen families had Friday offered a monthly salary of 18,000 yuan (US$2,572) for a wet nurse. The company received more than 100 phone inquiries about wet nurses Thursday and Friday. "We ...

... was of course the strong ongoing suspicion he was simultaneously cooking up a plan for world domination. With Aron, you don't just have massage, you have gua sha. Its like a massage, but with a heavier emphasis on beating the **** out of you (Claude has the photos). You don't have a bath, you have a bath full of fish that nibble away at your dead skin. And you don't get in that bath first, you yell "Hey Andy, get in there!" and watch him yelp as he realizes he ...