After a long flight of 18 hours I arrived safe and sound in Guangzhou. Getting off the plane at 11pm at night, taking a bus and taxi to the 小区 that my aunt lives in and then climbing up eight flights of stairs with my two suitcases was quite the experience. But alas, jetlag has allowed me to sleep for only a couple of hours (I woke up at 7am!!!).
So far, in the five hours that I've been in Guangzhou I've already learned quite a lot.
First, the people of Guangzhou love to "yumcha" meaning dim sum and can spend hours on end at the restaurant (my aunt told me that you can sit from 8am to 4pm if you wanted :O). The newly installed subway systems of China are so pretty AND nicely air conditioned, unlike the dirty New York subways.
The streets are really different from the streets of New York, some places don’t even have sidewalks, there are no lights for crossing the streets and most small shops don't have doors, it looks like a hole in a wall, kind of like the small shops in Chinatown on Canal Street.
Right now I'm already on a three hour bus ride traveling to Hong Kong! I can't wait to start eating all the 小吃 (snacks) that Hong Kong is famous for. I'll be in Hong Kong for the next several days and then on the 30th I'll already be off on a plane to 南京(Nanjing) to embark on my tour of the famous cities of China. Super excited to see the Shanghai Expo!
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