Location: Guangzhou Date: Saturday 31 March 2012 Boy, what a day! I'm really impressed with Guangzhou. If I had to sum it up in one word, it would be MASSIVE. The city is big, the buildings are big, the population is huge. There are 11 million people in Guangzhou, which is about half of Australia. It's a cross between the grandness of Las Vegas, the sprawl of London and the scrunch-togetherness of Hong Kong. I began the day taking advantage of the free breakfast at the Jianguo Hotel. It was included in the great price of $61 per night I got on Agoda. The hotel is high-class, with a 5-star rating but in other countries it might only be 4-star or 4.5-star. The breakfast buffet is delightful, with a mixture of Asian food (congee, noodles, dumplings, ... read more