7 Days Hotel Guangzhou

.. It really hurt and was not relaxing. People do funny things in the park- Bollywood dancing, Thai chi, singing. Mom does yoga. Another thing we did was rent bikes to see the lights of the Canton Tower. We rented two two-person bikes and played Downtown on mom's iPhone. We also took the subway to a place called Shamian Island. Many people get wedding pictures here. I saw white dresses and one blue...

... USA, and from there he called his family. At that moment, the cultural revolution was at its peak. People were arrested at random, forced to confess counterrevolutionary crimes, tortured, sent to "re-education camps" and the red guards were terrorizing the country. "Please don't call us again. If they find we receive calls from the USA we are dead." After 40 years the borders opened, and he met his family again. He even bought an apartment in his ...

... luxury. The room in the Charlton was not available and from said room, which would have cost ten times our usual room cost, we are now placed in a luxury suite. Bath, shower, second bathroom, living room, second living room, sort of kitchen with standing bar. Well, we can survive here, on the 22nd floor, overlooking the brilliance of a city of highrises below. After a short night we go to the office of Sisi's friends. Top floor of ...

... it was just like fright night at Thorpe park. Our favourite we went on 6 times in the last half an hour before it closed, we kept having to run all the way round the queue as they wouldn't just let us stay on. Yet again we walked about 10miles :o. Today somehow we slept in until 12! We must have been tired. Having a chilled day, trying to save money today. Doing some laundry and taking advantage of all the activities in the hostel, movies, pool, table football and loadsa wii ...

... stopped off briefly at a memorial to Dr Sun Yat Set, who was the first Chinese Prime Minister and overthrew the last emperor. It was a short pit stop while we did a lap of the park. We were left with 2 hours at the shops, Beijing Road - fairly uneventful. Back to the airport and a 9 hour flight to Sydney. Another 2 hour wait in the airport and a bus home to ...