Marriott Guangzhou

... of traditional neighborhoods still moves at an age-old pace, with families and friends sitting outdoors enjoying tea and banter. Guangzhou also boasts the largest urban park in China, an island of refurbished colonial buildings and some world class ...

... OK to get her Visa.  Then, finally some decent shopping.  Tomorrow should be a good day for Mom, she has been looking forward to some good shopping. Take care, have a good day and goodnight from Guangzhou. Love,     ...

... Guangzhou because my dad and his siblings wanted to show me the place where they grew up. We stayed at the China Hotel, A Marriott Hotel. Guangzhou  was just starting to develop but we can see many of its old roots. In Guangzhou, I was able to see ...

... was my third time visitting there, normally a combination of business and pleasure. Now there are cheap direct flights from Manila-Guangzhou via Cebu Pacific but you'd be arriving late night around 11pm so there won't be anything left to do ...

Today was another big day.  We went to the Consulate General of Guangzhou.  There were 55 families adopting children today, where the familes were from another country.  We each were called up by them announcing "The Parents of Feng Xiu ...

... we started shopping we stopped at the famous White Swan Hotel.  It is the original place all people adopting would stay in Guangzhou.  All the babies adopted would have their picture taken on one of their red couches, so the few of us that went ...

... goal was to get my new little girl a Barbie Doll.  The traditional hotel that adoptive families stay in when they are in Guangzhou is the White Swan.  It is currently being renovated so our group is at the Marriot instead.  The White Swan ...

... as I was going to visit a school friend in Hong Kong. Decided that I'd use my Chinese visa and flew from Hanoi to Guangzhou. I was slightly apprehensive about China due to the language problem and it was really tough as I couldnt read any of the read ...

... will come into the studio the following day where he will be interviewed, and I will go out for another interview at the Marriott to be packaged in the segment documentary style. As I walk around the place I’m in disbelief at the amenities this ...

Today we did lots of shopping.  There was one man painting intricate pictures using only his hand.  No paint brush.  He just used his fingers, finger nails, palm, forearms and elbows.  It was very impressive. Several of the shops ...

We went to a Buddhist Temple today.  The Buddhist Monk chanted for a little while and then sprinkled water over all the parents and babies.  The blessing was for safe travels home and for the babies a smooth grove (which means good ...

Shilee passed her medical exam with flying colors.  Actually I think it was just a formality.  They didn't check anything closely.  I think it was just to see if they could break the parents down.  It was 89 degrees out; the building ...

... at airlines that decide to cancel flights a day before we're about to take them.  Try finding a way to get from Guangzhou to Xining within 24 hours in the middle of the night in Yangshuo - good luck a) trying to pronounce the previous sentence and ...

... taxis. The drive will be about 3 hours and then we will meet back up with holly and her family.  The other families leave guangzhou tomorrow for beijing and they fly home the 29th.  We head for home tomorrow morning.   Today we toured a temple ...

... as there were reclining seats in the terminal!   The next flight was an overnight, 6 hour flight from Delhi, India to Guangzhou, China.  We arrived early, at 5:30am and had to go through an international checkpoint.  The airport was hot, ...