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soul glo
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 Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:20 am Post subject: guangzhou, china (and other side trips from Hong Kong)? |
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i am going to be in hong kong for a week and was thinking about getting a visa for china and doing a side trip into the mainland.
what authentic chinese cities are close to hong kong (4 hours or less by train) I would like to see some traditional chinese stuff
is guangzhou really my only choice? someone told me that shenzhen(sp)?
isnt that interesting
thanks for all the help |
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soul glo
Joined: 16 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:40 pm Post subject: .. |
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| please help me out guys |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:10 pm Post subject: Re: guangzhou, china (and other side trips from Hong Kong)? |
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| soul glo wrote: |
i am going to be in hong kong for a week and was thinking about getting a visa for china and doing a side trip into the mainland.
what authentic chinese cities are close to hong kong (4 hours or less by train) I would like to see some traditional chinese stuff
is guangzhou really my only choice? someone told me that shenzhen(sp)?
isnt that interesting
thanks for all the help |
Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zuihai are the only real choices on the mainland and they are nothing more than factory towns for HK. HK gives you the blend of true Cantonese and old colonial British anyway.
Enjoy HK and if you want to spend a day or two away from HK then go to Macau. It is a 1 hour jetfoil trip from downtown and is worth the trip. In Macau you get the Chinese alongside the Portugese. There are some great restaurants, the Casinos are different, there is the old fort and lighthouse, the islands of Colone and Taipa (they are different from the city of Macau), the temples and the OLD churches from the Portugese era.
Lots of great culture in both, enough to keep you busy for a week. Skip the factory towns. Not worth the effort.
If you REALLY wanted to you can WALK from Macau to Zuihai (get a visa/pass at the frontier). Alternatively you can use a pair of binoculars and look across the river and see what it is like. It is only about 100 meters across the river from the maritime museum in Macau.
The next best thing you will get to this is if you to take a trip to Beijing on your next holiday.
Enjoy HK. You get a great blend of the old and new, Chinese and the west. The mainland down there has nothing to offer. |
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weatherman
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:40 am Post subject: Re: guangzhou, china (and other side trips from Hong Kong)? |
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| The mainland down there has nothing to offer |
Just back from shenzhen half on business and half on holiday. Very nice city, but you have to enjoy cities to like shenzhen. Lots of vibe in that city, feels like the wild west of capitalism, but what a cool place to enjoy a few days. Sure Hong Kong is so much more, but don't count the mainland out. |
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