Guangzhou

A travel blog entry by ryness

... away, she said "Liang g", growing more and more unsure, I tried the famous Indian head wobble style nod to indicate maybe yes, maybe no but that was that. Soon enough, our fried noodle with pork arrived and we tucked in with vigour. It was delicious. It was a large serving and half way through, before any other food arrived, we were starting to fill up. That's when the first plate of fried rice arrived. Yes, fried rice. ****, we thought we asked for boiled rice, a ...

Feeding MY ZODIAC

A travel blog entry by annierose

Am I really that difficult to resist? Or is there a certain natural magnetic air of authority in me that confirms my prestige as warm-hearted yet fearsome? These are just few lines from my personality metre as the 3rd animal sign… the TIGER.

12 hours in Guangzhou

A travel blog entry by guykb

... The thing is, it was still before 8 in the morning so even though there were shops around, absolutely nothing was open. We were getting a bit weary when we found a nice cafe that had free wifi, cafe latte and a decent view of the street below us. What more could we ask for? We sat and recharged our batteries for more than an hour while we watched people scurrying along heading for work. Access to wifi meant access to maps. I worked out that we were only a ten minute ...

Guangzhou.Another day, A completely different city

A travel blog entry by mauza

... today.. it is situated in the newer more modern area of Haizhu ..taxi or metro? One walk into the station with it's predominately chinese signage, no english speaking staff and a change of lines required.. I opted for the taxi .. showed the taxi a photo of Canton tower..Chigang Pagoda it is ..and ..it was amazing! Towering above all around it, the parks and gardens in bloom made it quite an oasis in this bustling metropolis.
it was built from Nov 2005 ...