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  • BabaEtAl

    City of the Affordable Shoe and Every Other Manufactured Thing | Dec 20 09'

    by BabaEtAl a 36 year old male traveling as a couple, on vacation in Canton

    "Arriving from our hotel at the relatively charming island towards the hard trading core of the city, we came across some shoe stores. And when I say some, I mean around 20 blocks of them."

    Took more than 24 hrs to get from home to Guangzhou. The financially wise route is not necessarily logistically clever; about 9 hrs after leaving h... Continue reading »

  • Arvind and Marilyn

    First stop | Sep 14 06'

    by Arvind and Marilyn a traveling as a couple from Hong Kong, on vacation in Canton

    "This city defines urban sprawl"

    The day began as usual with a mad scramble to get get ready. We had to leave the hotel about 05:30 in order to catch a 08:00 flight as the tri... Continue reading »

  • chrisandkatiewolf

    Get me outta here | Oct 17 01'

    by chrisandkatiewolf a real traveler, on vacation in Canton

    So we woke early and checked out of our hotel in Macau and headed for the border with mainland China. We got through customs with no problems and j... Continue reading »

  • Niamh and Cathal

    Going Gung Ho in Guangzhou | May 20 06'

    by Niamh and Cathal a 34 year old traveling as a couple from London, on vacation in Canton

    "Guangzhou is an interesting place and very famous for all the wrong reasons"

    We arrived by sleeper bus in Guangzhou. The sleeper bus was actually air conditioned but poor Cathal was still too hot. I slept fairly well apart f... Continue reading »

  • Beats working!

    Guangzhou | Jan 22 07'

    by Beats working! a traveling as a couple from Hitchin, on vacation in Canton

    We took a rather smart train from Hong Kong, a bit flasher inside than the bullet train. We stayed on Shamian Island which is the old colonial, qui... Continue reading »

  • Johanna & Martin

    Guangzhou | Dec 15 06'

    by Johanna & Martin a 30 year old traveling as a couple, on vacation in Canton

    16.12.2006Autor JohannaAlso, wir sind gestern mit dem Bus von Hong Kong ueber die Grenze nach China angekommen.Also als erstes muss ich sagen, dass... Continue reading »

  • MattHartzell

    Guangzhou | May 22 06'

    by MattHartzell a 26 year old male from State College, on vacation in Canton

    Express train from Shenzhen lasted 90 minutes. Guangzhou used to be known as Canton. After Hong Kong, it is the other major historical city and por... Continue reading »

  • Jess

    Guangzhou | Oct 21 05'

    by Jess a 27 year old female from Poole, on vacation in Canton

    argh, i have started to write this part of my journal twice and got a fair way into it when the computer dies which is beginning to upset my chi so... Continue reading »

  • Sandra + Joe

    Guangzhou (China) | Dec 30 07'

    by Sandra + Joe a female traveling as a couple from London, on vacation in Canton

    Moved on to Guanghzhou in China where we spent New Year in an Irish pub and where we had a good sing-song with the locals. We particular liked... Continue reading »

  • LisaLucaThierry

    Guangzhou (on the way to Vietnam) | Oct 09 07'

    by LisaLucaThierry a male traveling as a family from Brussels, on vacation in Canton

    En fait, pas grand chose à dire ici. Nous avons pris le train pour Guangzhou (ex. Canton en Chine). PS: pour ceux dont la géographie est un lointai... Continue reading »

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