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Guangzhou

A travel blog entry by ryness

... order. It didn't matter what we felt like, really, only what we could communicate. We asked, and I'll write it phonetically (ph.sp phonetic spelling), "yo may yo chow me-en". They looked a little unsure, so we tried again. This time they figured it out and corrected our pronunciation as there is a tonal change in the me-en which is critical to its understanding. This is fried noodle. "E ger" (ph.sp) we said. They acknowledged they understand. This means, one of. Next we ...

The Long Way Home

A travel blog entry by trish_paul

... about lunchtime on Thursday Nov 29 and arrived home Sunday Dec 2. Our itinery had been altered but none of us had actually realised until we arrived in Orlando ready to fly off into the sunset. We were not getting back for another 24 hours after our original schedule. Wow!! What a shock and the pain didn't stop there. Unlike our trip over, we hit a snag at each airport which found us spending quite a few more hours standing around waiting for things to be corrected ...

Feeding MY ZODIAC

A travel blog entry by annierose

... love and I know I can be intense about it. Whew! - that makes me territorial and possessive a lot of times. Tiger persons are often attracted by people with an independent character yet I am fully aware that fear is always conquered, if it’s for me to express my emotions and feelings. With these, I think I need a partner who shall remain steady and constant and quietly pursues plans, laid into the ground.

12 hours in Guangzhou

A travel blog entry by guykb

... the guidebooks but it is quite pretty in its alleyways and the river provides a focus. We strolled along the riverside towards a wharf where you can catch a ferry to the other side for the princely sum of half a yuan (about 7 cents) or to the university, which is a ten minutes ride upstream for 1 yuan. So that's what we did. It was a great trip and when we got to the other end we stayed on the ferry and came right back to where we started. It was lunch time and Guangzhou ...

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 ...