Hyatt Guangzhou

A quick layover trip in Guangzhou let us see a little of the city. We were there during the Asian Games so of course lot of bright lights and advertising for the games. Unfortunately, we arrived in GZ a little to late and didn't get to go out and explore ...

... comes about 5PM there isn't much to see along the way. Our bullet train experience is a bit of a bust! As we reach Guangzhou North station and are gathering our things to make a quick exit, our seat mate notices our ticket (thank goodness) and explains ...

... los edificios cubiertos de luces de neón que vigilan las tranquilas aguas. Tal es el desarrollo y la transformación que está sufriendo Guangzhou que nada va a envidiar a Shanghai en lo que a ciudad financiera se refiere. Para que os hagáis una idea ...

... I needed to.  I got the metro over to Hung Hom Station and joined the long queue for people boarding my train to Guangzhou.  It seemed pretty unorganized, but I think I’m still comparing things to how they’d be done in the States or ...

... ! Tomorrow we leave for flight #7 to Beijing- one of Chris' customers is meeting us at the airport and taking us to the Park Hyatt which will be amazing I'm sure. We will eat at one of his restaurants, pack up, and get up about 4am for our journey back ...

... that there is no such thing as a "Chinese toilet" As we finally made it to Hangzhou ... uau ... that was NICE - the Grand Hyatt is cosy and warm, with a nice club lounge - it was not as businesslike as in Shanghai and not as sterile and tight up. More ...

... however to blag our way past 4 security checkpoints to get us to the Cloud 9 bar at the top of the Grand Hyatt hotel. - the tallest hotel in Shanghai. I think Karl was pretty impressed and I felt well chuffed! (Saved a few quid too, which ...

... mijn maag helemaal bomvol en een zakje met dumplings vertrok ik, wederom met een nieuwe lijst recepten. Morgen vertrek ik naar Guangzhou in mijn uppie om de dag daarna China in te ruilen voor Maleisie. Zonder Bas heb ik ...

... ;referring to the beliefs that Suzhou was renowned for its beautiful and highly civilized and educated citizens, Hangzhou for its scenery, Guangzhou for its food, and Liuzhou (of Guangxi) for its nanmu wood coffins which supposedly halted the decay of the ...

... to get ready to go to the pier and meet my tour group for my 6:45 MWR (Navy rec program) tour to Shekou and Guangzhou, China! Sunday, 7 March 2004 I walked to back to the military pier half-asleep at 0615, and hung out in the main space of the ...

... stay in Guangzhou for a couple of hours before heading to the train station for our first overnight train journey of the tour from Guangzhou to GuiLin. It's a long journey so a few of us start drinking on the train. Very easy to do when you can ...

... city (Beijing will always be China's first love and Hong Kong is lucky to out-rank far less impressive places like Xian or Guangzhou in the minds of most Chinese) is the large to-scale model that the government has erected to represent the future of ...

... in fact there really wasn’t anything at all; only a café charging American prices for a Vietnamese breakfast. We arrived in Guangzhou and cleared Chinese immigration without so much as a question or a second look, and checked in for our flight to ...