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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

Nov 26 - Dec 2 We still had many things to do and people to catch up with that the next few days was all gogogo!!! So in between Joe's continued tour guiding duties, he managed to get in a couple of ocean fishing trips and a quick bit of snook fishing off this rather high bridge. We ate the 'pompano' fish he caught and it was delicious. Emma and I had a girl's night out organised at 'Bone Fish' where they had martini happy hour and some very yummy nibbles. One of the ...

Feeding MY ZODIAC

A travel blog entry by annierose

... my tact….(well, life truly begins at 40)!

It is not that simple to interest the tiger, though. First-hand experiences for us matter so much. I may be usually open ...

12 hours in Guangzhou

A travel blog entry by guykb

So, we had this rather long layover in transit in Guangzhou. We could have chosen just to sit around the airport for 12 hours but hey - there's a place to explore we've never been before just waiting for us. I wasn't sure whether they would let us through immigration because you normally have to have a visa already before you get to China but in Australia they gave us an application for a 24 hour visa. They told us we might be allowed in. As it turned out we didn't need ...

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 ...