On our last full day we decided to explore Guangzhou’s modern financial district of Tianhe, so took the metro to Pearl River New Town. On exiting we went into a More… →
18th was dull but much warmer than it had been since we landed in Hong Kong. After topping up our cash reserves we went to find the Bright Filial Piety More… →
Thursday was still cold and wet, and we spent part of the morning making arrangements for our return to the UK – we had booked two nights on Airbnb a More… →
Although we set an alarm for 09:00 it was still after 10:30 by the time we got out of the hotel, after a breakfast of coconut tarts that tasted unpleasantly More… →
As Tuesday dawned dull and drizzly an indoor activity seemed appropriate, so after a breakfast of egg custard tarts we took the metro to Yuexia Park, near the snappily-named Museum More… →
On our first morning in Guangzhou we slept in very late – it was so cold that we just didn’t want to get out of bed! For breakfast we tried More… →
After a leisurely breakfast of egg custard tarts we checked out at 10:00 and soon picked up a taxi outside the hotel. There was no need to check that the More… →
Getting a Chinese tourist visa in Chiang Mai I originally planned on getting our Chinese visas in Hong Kong – it was supposed to be quite easy. But then I More… →