Huada College International Business Hotel Guangzhou

... before we became too familiar. We recovered at a coffee bar and 7 eleven with a couple of slurpies and would be retail threapy but sarah packed too much stuff alreadly... WE all told her so. now were sucking on a sugar cane stick and she insists she feels alot better, but thats what she said this morning about the 'fresh' air, and it indeed is ''fresh''! pictures to come, wish sarah well, the poor little dumpling...

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 ...

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.

... doesn't speak English nor does the lead of the sim-card mafia, but he jumps in the front seat after I negotiate 200 yuan for the ride into the city using the hotel's chinese character address. Guess he just made commission on me. 30 minutes to GZ city center

... As you can imagine I nearly had heart failure worrying! I had visions of him being turned back from China (this might have been a blessing in disguise!) and just when I thought he was gone forever a load of chinese people in white suits from head to toe (think astronaut) appeared from the room he was in......thankfully Ollie appeared a few minutes later looking unharmed but with a white mask clamped to his mouth...hilarious sight!

This is my third day here in Guangzhou, capital city of Guangdong. Loading up pictures on this blog is a bit more tedious, thus I canīt share them at the moment. Guangzhou is a big city, pretty much business/trade/industry focused, with a few charms in smaller lanes and a handful of sights to visit. Day by day, you can experience the dust/smog above the city which just underlines its noisy, busy and traffic congested character. On my first day ...

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... taken to a private dining room. Our meal began with 8 treasures tea. The tea has several different flowers, and rock sugar. Special tea servers carrying brass teapots with five-foot spouts filled our tea cups. Our lunch was a little different than the others we have had so far. We were given a plastic glove to wear while we ate ribs ...

Yesterday I played basketball against some Chinese kids. Team America won. 11-10. We went out to a really good restaurant yesterday and played pool and sang karaoke. My voice was cracking up though so I couldn't sing much. I need to stay quiet. Today at the clinic. We finished the socket. We attached it to the stem and foot and Papa tried it on. There were minor adjustments that had to be made but other than that he is really happy with it ...

Saturday

Awoke in the morning to a great view of Hong Kong from my bedroom window. Ate an early breakfast then took a local bus to Kowloon Station. Kowloon is the stepping off point for China and you do all the formalities before boarding the train. Lots of people in the crowded train station and took a while to find the immigration and departure areas. Went through passport control, checked my bags in and hung around for the train to leave. Once the train ...