Shenzhen Hotel

... display. At night scores of large red paper lanterns that are hung from street lights billow gently in the warm night breeze, and vigilantly watch over vast stretches road. Chinese flags and '60' badges are toted by young and old alike, and just in case you had any reason to doubt the fervour of an individuals patriotism some place flag stickers on their cheeks or paint them on.

The media circus frenzy that ...

... in the late 1800s. Here there are fruit, vegetables, meat and fish being sold on street stalls and in a somewhat decrepit building. The fish is sold mainly live which can be quite funny as when they are put out on display they flap about and jump up, sometimes over a meter from the trays! This is also no place for the squeamish as men with incredibly sharp cleavers cut the live fish heads off (these are sold as well and are ...

... und lehnten dankend ab, woraufhin der Afrikaner verschwand und der Inder ziemlich sauer wurde: "now **** off. you can take the stairs. go away!" diese freundliche verabschiedung wurde von uns auf ähnliche Weise erwidert...anschließend klingelten wir gegenüber bei Toms Guest House, woraufhin uns eine chinesische Dame schlaftrunken im Nachthemd die Tür aufmacht und uns ein sauberes, aber super kleines Zimmer (ca. 6 qm) zuweist. Diese kleine Koje erwies sich im Nachhinein ...

Have been to Hongkong on two occassions before. Both times had come alone. The first as a 24 hour transit halt while returning from Chicago to New Delhi. Landed late at night, took a citybus from airport to the flat of a host. Was totally zapped by the hitech and the high rises to the point of feeling claustrophobic, felt i was within a sci fi movie. On the second occassion had come to execute an assignment over a leisurely 5-6 days. Had plenty of time to ...

... up. We where invited for dinner at his parents place, met the whole family and had some great homemade Chinese food. There was another couchsurfer we met - Andy - went for a drink with him and Kevin and him had a good music session playing songs from "Once". All in all we had a good time here, but we are looking forward to Beijing and mainland China now and a bit more of a culture shock.

We have come back from our overland tour of China and met the ship in Hong Kong. We flew 3 hours from Beijing airport to the Hong Kong airport. Although Hong Kong is technically part of China it is treated as an international destination. We had to clear both immigration and customs to leave Beijing for Hong Kong and go thru immigration again when we arrived in Hong Kong. The territory of Hong Kong was seeded back to China in 1997 but ...

... customs don't accept any bottles bought in duty free at all. Felt vaguely hungary, as as it was technically lunchtime here (although 1.30am for us!) we tried our luck with a noodle bar. I had basic stir fried noodles with shredded chicken and Pauly had yang chow fried rice. OK, but to be honest, Wagamama's back home is better I reckon :) I'll try to upload some photos later

... him in Space Prison so I got my mug on screen as being wanted by Space Patrol. The remainder of the day was spent riding Space Mountain until it closed. We then walked/ran outside to the Hub to see the remainder of the fireworks. As we ran the fireworks exploded above us as the high winds were blowing them way off-centre. Limited shelter was available under a tree and in the rain shadow of the park information board. In light of the extreme weather and the cancellation of the ...

... but still Shenzhen steamed ahead. If you don't believe that, look carefully around Shenzhen, and you'll notice that from a big business point of view it's not a place of international significance. Nonetheless, the city continues to boom, largely on the back of the activities of large Chinese companies. Today, I heard a story that might just explain why Shenzhen is here: To begin with, it is necessary to consider the development and ...

... flee the communist victory on the Chinese mainland. · He sacrifices himself to the communist cause, serving in the anti-imperialist Korean war. · He makes a devoted friend who is in love with him but he refuses to give up on his true love in Taiwan. · He continually suffers emotionally, but sacrifices himself for the cause going to serve in Xi'an and then Tibet. · Finally, he falls in love with his ...