Guangzhou

Hong Kong to Guangzhou.
Mitch came to Hong Kong and took us back to his place in mainland China- Guangzhou. In mainland China this blog is banned and that is why I am way behind on updates...
Mitch lives about 40minutes from the centre of the city. The central population is 10 million with a floating population of the greater Guangzhou area standing at about 25million- this is a big city. The estate my brother lives in is a massive gated community with over 100 000 people and a better bus network than Sunny coast Sunbus






Food
The Cantonese are known to eat anything- and yes they really dig dog, but there are mixed opinions about cat. Dog is actually on the menu at most restaurants and even 7 -11 has Dog in their hot pots (a stock broth that you cook balls of meat in), ironically, right next to hot dogs. While in GZ we had Yo-Yo cooking for us, she is an amazing cook and I don't know why my brother and Bull aren't fat. I skirted around the edge of the meat markets where even as late as 1994 you could apparently still get FRESH tiger penis, the cops have cracked down on it now. Even at some supermarkets the meat section has live turtles, frogs, jellyfish and a few other things I wouldnt class as staples.




White Cloud Mountain
When diving between Hong Kong and GZ you will notice the terrain is fairly flat, this is not natural, the government really loves flat cities and blowing up mountains. As you get further away from HongKong you will see half excavated full size mountains, it is crazy. They have left at least one mountain behind in GZ, it is very touristy and groomed at the bottom and gets a bit more natural towards the top...






White Cloud was followed by a touch of karaoke

Hong Kong

After a very sad, and busy, last week in the Philippines it was time to say good bye to the kids and go to China.First stop was Hong Kong, it is a wild looking Metropolis right on the water. We hadnt booked ahead and I was worried we would have to walk the streets. But Eve was right, we stepped straight out of the bus from the airport into downtown Kowloon and had someone ask if we wanted somewhere to stay, after a trek into the middle of the maze that is Chungking Mansion and a ride in a freight elevator we came to the Lucky House and it was good; free wi-fi, private bath room and 1/4 price of anywhere else we had seen on the net. I highly recommend staying in one of the guest houses here if you visit Hong Kong, globalisation in the flesh
Here is a nice vid I found on youtube that shows what its like inside Chungking.
and click this link for the whole story-
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And Eve also had Cup Therapy on our second visit