Breakfast at Jianguo Hotel!

Day 1: Guangzhou is HUGE!

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March 31st 2012
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 t ... read more

Asia » China » Guangdong

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more