Wuzhou Guest House Shenzhen

... 5 days in Shenzhen and 4 days in Guangzhou. I won't bore you with all the details but in summary I ate, shopped and experienced China. LOL. Due to all the shopping I brought back with me an extra 10 Kilos which I am still trying to figure out how to ship back to New Zealand when the time comes. <br><br>Anyway I have a couple of photos - as you would have noticed I don't really take that many pictures but I hope there is enought to satify. <br><br>Over and Out<br><br>

... a few days we got used to the time difference. <br> The first day in Hong Kong we didn&#8217;t do much but the second day we went up to The Peak. The Peak was my favorite part of Hong Kong. You take a trolley up to the top of a mountain where you can see all of Hong Kong. It is a beautiful sight! After a few days in Hong Kong, going to the markets and seeing the city, we decided to go to main land China. <br>

... out fast through the "shop" before I got roped in to viewing and buying something I really didn't want. I had spied an Asian food shop next door and that was my priority. I found peanum M&amp;Ms, Mushroom Noodles, Crisps and a few other treats! I went to the gym again as it was raining hard and then caught the shuttle bus to the harbour to see the lazer light show. Unfortunately I was stood in the wrong place so didn't get to see all that ...

... Tsim Sha Tsuista katsoen on kerta kaikkiaan hieno! Herasimme aamulla kuitenkin kohtuullisen aikaisin, mika oli hyva asia, kuten pian saimme huomata. Heratimme majapaikan kaytavalla nukkuneen intialaismiehen, joka avasi lukitun ulko-oven ja paasimme aution Chungking Mansionin kaytaville. Yksi muslimiruokala oli jo auki, joten soimme muutaman lattyleivan aamupalaksi. Ja sitten Nathan Roadia ylos kohti Kowloon Parkia ja uintikeskusta. Ja meidan tuurilla oli ...

... back home to make her relax &amp; try to enjoy e holiday. after all, it's our virgin trip here &amp; if we didn't enjoy ourselves here, it'll probably cast a phobia of returning again. we ...

... of my stomach over dinner and walked out to find better food options. The streets were eerily quiet. All the music and liveliness of the previous hours had dissipated. No more street stalls, no more sandwich shops and brightly lite cafes. Instead, I meandered into the only source of light, the 7/11. The sandwich was exactly what I was craving. Where has all the people gone? And then I remembered, tomorrow was another work day for the regular working people.

Bon bin ça y'est, voilà voilà voilà, m'y voilà enfin, depuis le temps que j'en rêvais. Mais que dire? Le choc lors de l'arrivée à Hong-Kong fut violent. M'enfin, commençons par le début, le choc lors de l'arrivée aux États-Unis fut notable: j'ai pas fait 2 pas hors de l'avion à Chicago (ou j'avais un transfert) et voilà-t-y pas que j'entends une Américaine faire une crise parce que Madame voulait pas monter dans l'avion et l'autre Madame qui était avec ...

... the Chinese character for visitor (a man with long knife) tells you that the stranger has always been mistrusted, but has it always been the case that people would ignore or at best fight to be ahead of him? I don't think so. After all, social etiquette also demands that remarkable acts of generosity are accorded to visitors and strangers. Perhaps social doctrines, not least those of Confucius have always placed the family and a rigid hierarchy at the centre of everyone's ...

... at one time but it was just too hard!!! So as we ate, everyone was trying to figure out whatelse we could order! Okay..one crab for everyone. There weren't very big so that worked. But as the dinner went on it became evident that this was going to become painful. Fifteen dishes later it felt like a painful final exam...here's the proof. (click photo for more..) China Oct 25 2006

We arrived back in Hong Kong ready to go.....shopping!!! We had checked our packs through to Toronto when we boarded for Hong Kong so all we had to deal with was our small packs and the goodies we might pick up.We found some food after taking care of our hotel and then went up the road, Nathan Road, to the Temple Street night market to shop for bootleg watches. It's a shopping bonanza filled with clothing, watches, toys, electronics ...