I made it to China!! Guangzhou!!

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November 8th 2006

Published: November 13th 2006

Yes I made it to China, to the city of Guangzhou, or Canton as it has been know in the west for some time. It is quite interesting that this city has three million inhabitants, Greater Guangzhou has six million inhabitants, and still so few people have heard about it back home. Anyway, I immensely enjoy Guangzhou!! OK, like my guidebook says very accurately, the city is not exactly pretty, but it... Read Full Entry

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Jacob

JacobRTW

24 year old Swedish expatriate who has lived for the past four years in the UK and France but who will now go away on a two months graduation trip (actually double graduation trip...;) around the world for a well-needed holiday. My two months trip will take me to countries like Canada, US, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Belgium and the UK, and I will have the pleasure of doing it in first class with Star Alliance!! So it will be an absolutely fantastic experience, like nothing I have ever done before. Enjoy my blog!! [b... full info

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Guangzhou

Shamian Island in the late afternoon.

Guangzhou

Pearl river at night seen from Shamian Island.

Dong Fang Hotel

My hotel during my visit to Guangzhou! Five-star Dong Fang Hotel, awesome hotel, newly refurbished and great service as well!

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The entrance to the hotel (actually one of three main entrances).

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The lobby

Dong Fang Hotel

The beautiful lobby again! They even have live piano music in the afternoon to make newly arrived guests feel welcome!

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The west lobby, as I said there are several entrances.

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My "Deluxe Business Room" in the Dong Fang Hotel, more like a minisuite. Very nice place but unfortunately I could not get a king size bed.

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The room again.

Dong Fang Hotel

The room a third time. Watching Discovery Channel with Chinese subtitles. Lots of amenities in the room and the red Chinese mini bar wine (Dynasty wine I think it was called) was quite good!

Dong Fang Hotel

The view from my room on the 10th floor.

Dong Fang Hotel

The view from my room on the 10th floor.

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The lovely Chinese garden inside the hotel!

Dong Fang Hotel

The Chinese garden inside the hotel again! Very nice!

Dong Fang Hotel

They had a shopping arcade inside the hotel where I was up for a little surprise. A souvenir shop for Ostindiefararen Götheborg, the ship that sailed from Gothenburg in Sweden to Guangzhou! I saw it when it was built in Gothenburg, Sweden.

13th November 2006

Franco
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Great pictures. Glad to see photos of a basic non-tourist city. Was there 20 years ago. Big changes. I guess people stared when you took pictures in the market, much as if you would, if you saw someone in our supermarket snapping photos, there.

27th November 2006

Peter
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Shaiman Island
Back in the day, Chinese were NOT allowed on Shaiman island. The "foreigners" (Caucasians that is) were allowed anywhere. But that was the past when bigotry was more common everywhere.

23rd October 2007

simon
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great blog.!insightful and ineteresting to read

28th November 2007

Carol
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This is the place I am originally from although I am living in a wertern country now. Love Haizhu Wholesale Market, bought a lot from the market for friends and colleges when I visited the city for holiday last time. The Dongfang Hotel was really an up-market hotel when I was little.

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