Guangzhou Grand International Hotel

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Guangzhou

A travel blog entry by ryness

... accommodation a little harder to come by. We used agoda.com for hotels or hostelbookers.com for hostels and guesthouses. We had to use agoda here but they often have last minute flash deals and we picked up a nights accommodation in a decent hotel for $50. We were pleased with the room but didn't hang around long to appreciate it as we went on the prowl for food. While I meticulously check hotel location so that it is near landmarks and metro stops, I don't usually ...

The Long Way Home

A travel blog entry by trish_paul

... really enjoyed about Stuart/Jensen area was the countless restaurants with bars that offered really delicious/well priced food and a happy hour every night. We also had to hit the mall which I found to be just like our bigger shopping centres but I did fall in love with a beautiful shop called 'Things Remembered'. Paul can now be referred to as Imelda, as he has bought home 4 new pair of shoes. The fire pit was lit at Julie & Eileen's and they made these things ...

Feeding MY ZODIAC

A travel blog entry by annierose

... but I am also likely to withdraw and can be aggressive when trapped. There had been circumstances in my life when, I had closed myself up for both physical and emotional hibernations. So attached to people, places or things that I value so much and losing them would shut my world out, away from the social crowd. Family problems when I was younger, affected me so much…the degree of influence to ‘shattering’ myself is so strong that when ...

12 hours in Guangzhou

A travel blog entry by guykb

... the river. By now all the shops had opened so we walked through a range of shopping districts. All the shops are clustered so first we walked past shop after shop of sign makers, then a bevy of florists, then a whole bunch of shops who seem to sell supplies for festivals - lots of red velvet with gold braid. Then I reckon maybe five hundred different shoe shops (you think I'm joking). The Pearl River appeared before us. Guangzhou (which used to be called Canton) has a bad ...

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 ...