Went to Guangzhou this time to attend the Canton Fair. I was actually quite excited as I have heard so much of the world renowned expo. Arrived at the new Baiyun Airport and I was impressed with its great architectural design. We stayed at a 3 star hotel called New Mainland Hotel and guess how much it costs us. One night stay is RMB900.00, that’s RM450 per night!! It is indeed not worth it but all hotels in the city during this fair will increase at least 3 times the usual price. They are really good in doing the right things in the right time. Anyway, 1st day of arrival we did nothing much as the expo will only begin the next day. We walk around the city, had dinner, a few beers and call it a night. Oh, another thing is Guangzhou is full of haze (air pollution). Not so comfortable while walking around.
The next day went to the fair which is located at the new building at Pazhou. There were a lot of people indeed but not as packed as I was told. Anyway, we did our business and purpose there and off we went to Fangchun. Fangchun is an area where there is at least 5000 shops selling from tea leaves to tea accessories. I was amazed by the size of the place. I wonder how they could survive with so many competitors. We purchased some tea accessories which then took us the whole day. Went back to hotel to bath and suddenly got a call. A friend of mine (Yik Siong) is also there in Guangzhou. So we went for dinner together and later on went to a KTV for some beer. Yes, we did take some GRO’s with cost RMB110 per lady. We sang some songs, played some games and downed our beers. At 1am ++ as the night is still young, my friend ask us to go SPA (a decent one). Haha. Reach there, strip ourselves and dip into the hot pool. It is really a big SPA but lest customers. Maybe it is late already. We then went for some food which is included. Have a 30 minute foot massage and then a 90 minute full body massage. It was really relaxing and I fell asleep a few times. It cost us RMB378 per person. We left the place at 4am++ and slept till 11am the next day.
This business trip, we went from Guangzhou to Wuzhou, Guangxi, and from Wuzhou to Zhaoching, Guangdong to see the tea factory. All these places have serious air pollution! U cannot see more than 100 metres away. During this trip to China, I have tasted scorpion, sand worms, lizards and wine soak with wild bees. Really an eye opener for me. Will bring my wife there next time.
2 comments:
wei, dun simply say bring ur wife go there go here wo... later too many place need to go lor.. haha..
we are still young so sure got lots of chance to go travel in the future.. only matter is only CASH!!
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