After a fabulous time in Hong Kong and Macau.. meccas of shopping and culinary delights (or not, depending on your feelings towards intestines and small rodents) we were ready for the big plunge into Mainland China.
We hopped a bus to cross the border, taking us to the port town of Guanzhou. While the multiple border crossings (one to get out of Macua, and one to get into China) were a bit redundant, they were nonetheless, very efficient, zipping us through in no time.
After a rather pleasant 3hr busride, passing through some nice coastal cities, we were in the city of Ghuanzhou (the city formerly known as Canton). As our bus-ride to our next destination was an afternoon away, we spent the day exploring the port-city of Guanzhou.
We wandered the streets, experimented with the local cuisine and even ventured on the local subway system... here we virtually the only foreigners in site.
We wandered down one street with stall after stall of different knick-knacks (certainly destined for the US0 for less than pennies - zippers, buckles, chains, grommets, silly little toys, all at wholesale and ridiculously cheap.. we will certainly think twice before buying stuff retail in the states again.
Oh yeah, did we mention it was hot? REALLY hot and humid.... so after a day of wandering around through a virtual swamp, we were ready to get on our air-con bus headed west for the lovely township of Yangshuo.....
PS - we are flying a bit blind from here on out as our actual blog site seems to be blocked from the mainland.. I guess blogging is a no-no here. So while we are able to post, we can't actually see our site.. and no, it is not because of the perhaps questionable order of our initials!!
Also no pics.. blogger does not like my huge RAW files and Tawfik did not take any pics
