Guangzhou Bay Huaqiao Hotel Zhanjiang

... cool. It is almost time for the harvest so the terraces are golden.

We walked from one village to another. It took us about seven hours of climbing but it was well worth it. The sights were breathtaking. If you get a chance you should visit here.

... to the airport previously!!
First stop was a restaurant for lunch and Irene, Margret's daughter joined us. By this time we were flagging a little, particularly as it is so hot and humid!! We then went to henry's home , which is magnificent, where we were installed in the middle floor suite for our stay. We managed a brief rest before it was time to go out and about. First stop was Henry and Susan's business where we explored the ...

... flight very much. Arriving at Shenzhen airport I took the coach to Wanchai, via the border controls. The ride was very nice in the air conditioned coach, and I arrived within 100m of my hotel.

The hotel was very posh and nice, a great break from the hostels I had been staying in, and I had a twin room, even though it was just me, so loads of space and a TV :)

I'll put the rest of the HK stuff in the HK stories

... she had her finger up her nose, digging away like an archaeologist (hmmm, what's wrong with this picture?...more than one thing I think). The plane did a stop-over somewhere (I forget where). Everybody had to get off the plane for 20 minutes & then we all got back on again. This is China. I was determined not to take taxis everywhere & had found out that a No.19 bus went to my hostel after taking an airport bus part of the way there. After travelling on the No.19 for a while, it ...

We left Ha Long Bay this morning and continued east and entered China. We are at a stop over and will head to the docks in Macau to send our trucks home tomorrow. We are 577 kilometers from there and the Avalanche is ready to go home and it has done its job and carried us about 6,000 miles in 30 days with little or no trouble. We will head tomorrow ...

Juna liput hommasimme jo paivalla. Ennen en ollut kylla saanut lippuja yhta helposti... No juna lahti puolen yon aikoihin. Ja vasytti jo silloin. Fox jai Haikoun asemalla junasta siina 3 aikaan. Sanoi etta joutuu kuulemma odottelemaan bussia sellaiset 5 tuntia. Ei kivaa... Vahan Haikoun aseman jalkeen juna alkoi ajelemaan edes ja taakse aloin ihmettelemaan etta mika nyt on etta miksi ei menna. No menihan se juna kokonaan laivaan. Uskomatonta. tahan operaatioon meni ...

... ottaa kontaktia auton kanssa. Ja voin sanoa etta siina jai jalankulkija toiseksi. Mark heraili vasta kun olin tullut lenkilta. Olin hyvissa ajoin valmis ennen hanta. Joten minulle jai aikaa kirjoitella blogia aulassa. Kyllahan se Mark sielta sitten tuli ja paastiin matkaan. Katsoimme hostellin ilmoitustaululta etta bussilla 18 paaseen bussi asemalle. Bussi 18 kulki noin puoli kilometria hostellistamme. Raahauduimme sinne matkalla ...

We are arriving in Haikou with our minds full of interesting and beautiful memories from the landscape around the highway. Here we are meeting Ella and her friend from the Company, Jessie, who also speaks English. In a hall with many computers employees are working with different tourist project in contact with many countries. Most of them are young girls in intensive work,everyone with a smile on her face. I am very glad to meet Ella after two years as her ...

... boneless duck dish that we had noticed on the menu the day before, but the waiter tried to steer us away from this to a steamed chicken which was their specialty. We compromised and had half of each. No problem. In China, if you want half a dish you pay half the price. The chicken was indeed very good, It's probably all free range here, certainly tastier than the chicken back home. We ordered a different eggplant dish, tempting as it was ...

... the bill to be accompanied by a bamboo decoration. I'd have to say that this was the only really memorable aspect of the meal. We have yet to find a Yum Cha restaurant as good as the ones in Melbourne, though admittedly those come at a much higher price. After dinner we walked to a nearby park and found that there was a Cantonese Opera show in progress. The locals signaled to us to sit on some little plastic stools and we watched an engaging duet by a man and ...