Most of the maddness you may be viewing about travling in China during the Mid-Autumn Festival is true. Yes, eveyone schlepping boxes of mooncakes through bus stations and shouting at ticket agents, and well, the usual holiday nusences. It's advised to stay put if you're in Guangdong and looking for peace and quiet, my mission yesterday was to transpant myself from the heart of Guangzhou to a beach. I wanted to drink beer, read books, listen to music, look at women, and be disturbed by noone. Mission accomplished! It was easy and now I'm back, refreshed and ready to take on the remaining 3+ months of 2011. I did this at Da Mei Xia in Shenzhen. The hour and a half travel plus train tickets were well worth it. I didn't go to Zhuhai. I lived
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