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
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