Zhuhai (English)

This city or is it a village? Well, whatever. It is nice here. Not so big, not so busy. But you have all you need. Zhuhai is another 2 hours by bus away of Guangzhou in the direction South. It is a harbour city with connections to Macao and Hong Kong.

I will fly to Shanghai from the local airport here tomorrow and will spend the night here.

I walked around downtown for a while today and made some interesting discoveries. First off all, they do have a pedestrian area here. You know what that is, right? No cars allowd on the road, and little cafes or shops in the middle of the street. But yet different from a nightmarket in Taiwan, as the roads are broader and there are trees. A really unique discovery for me in China until now. The pedestrian area actually reminds me a lot of German cities, yet a lot more lively and noisy.

Zhuhai is also a paradies for people from Hong Kong and Macao, as there are good connections to the two cities and prices are a lot cheaper then there. Prices for what? Well, I got a massage, they washed my head, haircut and beard cut for 25 yuan, that is about 2,5 Euro. One hour massage? How about 30 yuan. A meal for one person, don't think you would need to pay more then 20 yuan.

And there is another attraction, interesting for mostly the male visitors with certain desires. I cannot talk about prices, as I did not more then getting name cards from attractive young women, but as I have been told....a forget it.

Guangzhou (English)

The past 3 days and 2 nights were spent in Guangzhou. The city is located about 2 hours North East of Shenzhen by bus. The bus system in China is really good, buses are frequently available, clean, with airco and VERY fast. The last element must not certainly be an argument pro bus here. The bus drivers are the FASTEST in the whole country. Buses are taking over the role of sports and luxus cars in other countries and race on the highway or downtown. The breaks are only used when no other solution is open anymore. Really a scary experience.

But that simply also describes how China is, and how a lot of people think here: The bigger, the better and the more rights you have. Especially compared to weaker ones!

Guangzhou left a decent impression on me. It is yet another huge city though, with a lot of buildings. Guangzhou is the capital of the "business province" Guangdong. This is the province that makes everyone think and talk about money and profits, maybe more then in any other place on this earth.

We visited another few companies there and I got some nice impressions on how business in China works. (I won't publish it here, please wait for my book...).

After having a cold for a week now, I decided to get some advice from a docter and some medication. This has to be done in one of the plenty hospitals. The doctor subscribed me some Chinese medicine, which had to be infused. It took about 2 hours, to wait for the whole liquid to enter and revitalise my body. But it was worthwhile the time, I feel a lot better now.