King Garden 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.

Arrive after 11 pm and my company screws up the pick-up. 20 guys trying to sell me sim-cards are chasing me around baggage claim because I'm clearly not moving out. After an hour and deciding I won't be picked up, I bee-line for the first cab in lineup. The ...

... 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!

... na me nekdo diva, je zajimave jak v 10 mil. meste je i v dobe konani veletrhu malo belochu, vetsinou se divam mimo, ale vyzkousel jsem zacit se jim divat do oci a usmat se, coz ma za nasledek bud, ze rychle uhnou, ale u devcat to zacalo fungovat, smejou se na me, rikaji Hello.
Kazdopadne mam za sebou dalsi pro me novy zazitek pri aplikace pohledu do oci, ale bohuzel ne u zen, ale kdyz jsem ...

... mid night. So Bus Number 24! Even though it frustrated the hell out of me, wasted most of my day it also gave me a wonderful yet unplanned surprise adventure. When you are travelling go out of your way to see the 'out of the way'. Beers N Noodles toya.....shane _______________________________________ ____ The soundtrack to this entry was by The Black Crowes The album was 'Amorica' _______________________________________ ____

... manufacturing regions. Local people speaks Cantonese language similar with Hongkong. The weather was very hot in October (early) and very crowded as it was China Golden Week. Night cruise on the Pearl River is beautiful and attractive. The sparkling lights on both banks of the river and the moon reflecting on its waters create a magical atmosphere. Night cruise start from the White Goose ...

... and plug it in-nothing! ACK! Travis, who had gone to bed, heard me and came out to help-I'm pretty upset about this turn of events-that's an understatement, of course. I'm also a bit tired (understatement). Bless his heart, he works with it-takes out the battery, puts it in, takes It out, rearranges the plugs-the charger is working but the computer will not even come on, has no lights-it is dead. I told them I was going home. One last battery removal and ...

... a strange man! Got to see a series of caves with stunning stalegtites which was just ruined by UNESCO's terrible lighting display which made them look like a chill-out room in a drug den (or so I imagine). Did meet a comedy group on the boat from Yorkshire - Pam and Bobby (how Dallas??) and Simon, who we taught how to play ********, and then met up with on our last night in Hanoi in 'Le Pub'. I left Gemma and Hareth in Hanoi as I was ...