Geo: 22.3488, 112.507I thought that by visiting Unesco sites I would stay on the beaten track. Well, no! I am so glad I got help from Echo (the girl I met in Xiamen) to book the hotel, and also write down the direction for me. I would have never managed without her! My hostel was in Chikan, about 30min bus from Kaiping. I arrived there after nightfall and the bus dropped me at a cross road, near a bridge. The town was really dark, only few lamp post and I had to ask for direction. Thanks god I had them all written in Chinese. The hotel was very close. Good.The next day I went to see the Diaolou. They were mostly build by successful overseas Chinese and incorporate architecture from China and the West. More basic
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