Guangzhou, shenzhen, HK trip
Day 1: Tokyo->HK->Guangzhou
Day 2-3: Guangzhou day 2&3
Day 4: Guangzhou day 4
Day 5: this thread
Day 6: Shenzhen (huaqiangbei) day 6
Day 7: Shenzhen -> HK day 7
Day 8-10: HK -> TYO day 8, 9, 10

morning visit some local wet market while hunting for breakfast..seems too early, not many stores open and not much ppl


tapao beef noodle go back eat, delicious af but no pic


today heading to Shenzhen, taking the high speed rail from Guangzhou south station
camera auto detect car that loiter too long at the passenger drop area, auto saman when want implement this in KLIA, etc.?


Guangzhou south station, once the world largest train station


the first time from HK Kowloon sit first class, this time try their business class


business class as usual got its own priority gate, empty, no need queue and go thru security with the mass


here u reach the security, the staff will take care of your baggage and lead u straight thru the dedicated entrance to the business lounge


check in here


free bread n snacks


drink corner


This post has been edited by quadcube: Aug 30 2024, 09:19 AM

then they will guide you to one of the business lounge hall to relax and wait for your train


waiting hall


some exp ceramics with supreme leader image


20 min before departure, they will come and escort you to the departure gate


super huge station, literally airport size


no need line up, use side gate they gaodim everything for u


and all the way down to the train


train sampai, the latest Fuxing Intelligent EMU CR400AF-Z model


china rail terbalik one, their first class = our business class, but their business class = first class
lie flat pods


juice and snack served

china rail >>> japan


each train got 12 business seat, 6 seat for the first and last car..very fast sell out, i booked the last 2 seat a couple of days in advanced for it


available functionalities


stowaway table at the side


comes with hot meal, they ask any restriction like spicy, etc., i told them not so spicy...
and holy shit, this thing is spicy af


makan2 while traveling at 300+km/h


a bunch of CR400AF-Z train set


sampai shenzhen


wait taxi to go Shekou


Shekou sea world

Moutai ice cream, didn't try, so exp


dinner at some random restaurant, craving some lup cheong fried rice, not bad


the Xiao long bao was nice, one was crab roe or something


some tang yuan dessert


waifu chagee fans


night show at sea world..locals said that it used to be like 30 min per show but now like 5-10min




shekou at night RGB banyak, very pretty

finance dragon


automatic turret style fire supression system


the mangoes sweet af, damn delicious and cheap


craving some supper, road side wok hey


that wok heiii


supper! char kuew teow bee hoon


the lay's cucumber flavour very nice, actually taste like cucumber


more night walk around the area to search for more food



that's it for day 5, stay tuned for day 6

fuxing train is best.

i think nanjing station is larger.. kaki i mau patah looking for my gate

Can survive if using cash?

maotai ice cream worth to spend and try, really infused with maotai and strong aroma. its better than u go buy the luckin x maotai.. taste like syrup.

that tang yuan dessert best during cold days

also, chagee is best over there

dafaq is cucumber flavored chips

yes, very nice more quiet than shinkansen

this one already big af IMO, syukur the staff bring straight to the gate, no need slowly find.

don't recommend cash except if you want to convert RMB to HKD..i convert JPY straight to RMB into my chinese friend Alipay, then they transfer it to my Alipay.
At one point i realised i have to much RMB and needed to change into cash for converting to HKD, it was a hassle. was lucky a nice auntie was willing to change with me 1k RMB to cash.

really? I tried before the other chinese liquor, can't say i like them at all

K/tards miss Kampung update on infrastructure

This dude got my shadow. Working in Japan but after boring with Japan, everytime got holiday / free time will go over China for Vacation.
China just too big and too many thing to try and see.

TS living my dream

go macau MGM got free maotai ice cream

Berapa ¥¥ mou tai ice cream?

Char kuey Teo they can cook mix ? Didn't they feel wired and look at you if you ask mix kuey teow and beehoon

This call 酒酿圆子
The soup taste sweet like terengganu tapai

Go MIX and buy one try

>inb4 quadcube datang lagi dengan tered photo nya
owai- topkek
Nearlee

Yes I miss him/her

Lobby see walking girls

This post has been edited by bereev: Aug 27 2024, 01:39 PM

i entertained the idea of balik tongsan a while back

then noticed i probably don't have enough money to last through my retired years

that one is in Lisboa

can but expect inconvenience lor.

unless you're the kind that sum up all your payments to 3.70, just take 5 / 12bucks, just take 15 / 80++ just take 100.

money burns fast in china.

dude, even I with no max cap spending sampai CCP will reconsider how many meal I could had before need to sell one of my studios lel...

Makan with wife in bund easily hantam 20-30k per dinner. that's like 2 to 3k pounds. masuk celah gigi punya meat also unwilling to spit out yo.

You one lucky dog, 😅 I want go back visit again asap but no time. South China winter or spring time better summer time too hot.

ikr, when i was specifically searching for some weird flavour chips, the one that really piqued my interest was the cucumber flavour.
like who would thought that cucumber is a great candidate for potato chip flavouring

turns out it's actually very nice, should try it if you have a chance

u mean mr kampung
yes, long time no infra threads hopefully this can scratch that itch

yea right, so bored of Jap, whether it's food or city..
my wife always ask me why dun want travel locally during obon holiday, i was like nooo..i dun want go compete squeeze with Japs on trains and hotels
rather buy flight tickets and explore somewhere not Japan

you can do it too

you should try it bro.

Im buying them in boxes here in the yewkay.

ts, china worth going?

here also can get no need go commies land

wtf man

typical for CBD equivalent area in tongsan?

shanghai bund area, where there's loads of spamming giler babee expensive lestaulants.

I recently baru pigi with wife to celebrate her passport birthday. hantamed kaokao just for her makan makan.

Bit sharing first, huehuehue










This post has been edited by AfraidIGotBan: Aug 27 2024, 02:47 PM

can just jalan in and eat?
i initially wanted to visit macau but when I see the trip macam too hectic if add another place, so skipped macau this time

i think it was like 60-80 rmb? i don't really remember

yes, I asked them first can mix or not, he said can
then they took so much mee, i was like chill bro..i just want eat for fun, dun give me so much..but still in the end a shit ton of noodle

yes, got many bubble tea, tarts and pastry. all free

can balik backpacking style, not too exp.. but need to do more homework because a lot of cheap hotel does not accept foreigner because they need to register your identification to the local police

very fast bladdy hell, initially i tot shit i convert too much JPY to RMB..then by idk which day, already start to regulate my spending because running low, no idea where all the money went

20-30k rmb majority alcohol?

depends.

try imaginashun telur oscietra champur peking duck skin, caviar campur fresh spiny lobster, wagyu, eels, this that bla bla bla.

Or maybe later in season can start hantam the pure mitten crab buttery noodle or rice, tulah baru burn money fast.

On yeah, also we're tasting baiju, so naturally expensive lor.

Yes, lucky af, before I went, I slightly regretted planning that trip during summer, because I was about to repeat the year before Taiwan trip in summer. Screw that weather.

A week before, the greater Bay Area everyday also kena issue extreme hot weather warning, until 1 day before I touch down, it started raining. It was pretty cooling all the time I was there, overcast or light rain. Even if heavy, just take DiDi to a mall or indoor stuff to burn time

Yes, bang for bucks!
Shopping not really, but for food and other stuffs, it’s great. Shopping head to HK I feel better, although a lot of things I felt Japan cheaper than HK

Fuuu nice, that room view so good, look like great for piap2 by the window

Where’s photos of ppl vera everywhere in China? Some ktard don’t believe China is this clean & think it’s like Bharat where they shit everywhere especially at the beach & mangrove areas.

What's the reason they did that?

Bro I was planning for 5 days Guangzhou and 1 day HK layover to HKIA
You think Guangzhou 5 days sufficient? Ayam foodie so rike to makan banyak

You're very fair

I shisha at Seaworld before xD

thanks for sharing bro, can share more on GZ and Shenzhen cause i planning go there for 1week.any tips?

Like Singapork or kl already, certainly better than penang or JB.

Ts, priest take selfie peekture and post here

Thank you 🤩

lul, if bring in the ccp mangoes, harum manis cap lap lor...lel

wow, thanks! next time i know where to get my tea time when i'm in macau

tak da, hak ptui got la in GZ side, SZ less..but public smoker way too many

local law, all require registration even for china citizen i think

yea, 5 days probably walk until your legs putus man my trip also 5 days guangzhou, 3 days shenzhen and 2 days 2 night HK..
even guangzhou 5 days, i feel like just gam can see some, miss a lot of things that I planned also
i miss every morning going out for food hunting

black liao give sun burn red red

wew, and listen to live jazz around the bar areas?

Yoooorrrr unker also want go China try their street food

Interested to go one day.
How much spend for how many day agak per pax

Wah you make me miss going to china

can check out the below threads, tomorrow I'll post another Shenzhen day 6 mainly on huaqiangbei electronic market
Guangzhou day1
Guangzhou day2&3
Guangzhou day4

u need to install Alipay international version, link a couple of CC to it because sometimes sot and one bank block the transaction, you can use another one..happened to me once when i was riding the subway in Beijing a few months ago

for public transport, make sure your alipay after initial setup (register passport, etc.), change the region to Guangzhou and select "transport" in the main page. from there, register for the guangzhou subway metro card, it's free. once you can see the QR code, you are good to go for train. do the same for bus.

for maps, if can read chinese, Amap is my go to app..everything from planning, ride hailing, etc.

for bike, you want both alipay and meituan app..alipay (blue bike) tend to be cheaper from my experience




for food, below is my prep list, I didn't visit all of them but drop by some random restaurants/street stores.

Milk coffee tea
鸳鸯YUEN YEUNG - milk coffee tea
鸳鸯YUEN YEUNG(永庆坊店) around 上下九商业步行街 near Bruce lee house https://surl.amap.com/l61ig0ov0xo
香港鸳鸯王(康王北路店) https://surl.amap.com/lcYru76Q85L
香港鸳鸯王(西湖路店) around https://surl.amap.com/lpS5Ntmdd3Z

Dim sum
广州酒家
广州酒家(环市东店) right in front garden hotel https://surl.amap.com/m0bNIAE1B7wv
广州酒家(文昌店) maybe under renovation https://surl.amap.com/1mq8joQi6jf

点都德
点都德(大茶楼店) nearer to hotel but one station away https://surl.amap.com/m3v3SruF7GG
点都德(荔红楼) close to Liwan museum https://surl.amap.com/m6KinCU1bBB

陶陶居酒家
陶陶居酒家 around 上下九商业步行街 https://surl.amap.com/osSxl3y159ZJ
陶陶居(北京路天河城店) around Beijing road https://surl.amap.com/7Ymsd7yQcwj

Claypot rice
超记煲仔饭
超记煲仔饭 near hotel https://surl.amap.com/pRsagbR2amP
超记煲仔饭(珠光路店) in Beijing road https://surl.amap.com/3gDhoD6t1yj

民记煲仔饭
民记煲仔饭(北京路步行街店) around Beijing road https://surl.amap.com/3FaGssU112AL

香港庙街煲仔饭 after Beijing road https://surl.amap.com/1pbl5lxIfaI michelin rated

Roast pigeon, roast pork
富鸽天下(南洲路星晖园店) 51 min away from hotel by subway https://surl.amap.com/l8SFzVCK7sn famous for roast pigeon, must try?

荔湖喜鸽 toward Lotus mountain side https://surl.amap.com/1pEuyfwdbyR (source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE0hrDxLlQQ) best to sit DiDi if from Lotus mountain

BBQ pork char siew
炳胜品味(海印总店) after Beijing road, maybe can eat there for dinner then head to party pier to see Canton tower https://surl.amap.com/5e6w5dhP38j Michelin 1 star

Roast duck
永兴烧腊 around 上下九商业步行街 https://surl.amap.com/f7UdWMwIgYY long queue

Random cantonese food
常来小聚(北京路店) around Beijing road https://surl.amap.com/6wH7F2n1k1gU cheap and good

Flying fish
海晏楼 https://surl.amap.com/3XLnkyCd9M

yea lol...ccp mangoes really

For those that can’t read Chinese and use iOS, I think can use Apple map to navigate. Google map is useless there.

China everything so advanced.

Ts did u go red light district? I wan to see whether it is also very advanced there.

Haters going to hate, but no doubt China has tremendously advanced in the past decades and really is at mid to high income status

Sei gay lou going yellow light, upstairs the restaurant

Ts need a China phone number to book didi? Any issue driver can’t find you and need to call? Or good enough buying data only esim?

Go go while health still go and still can eat

Er…this one depends on what u eat/stay. Me 2 pax breakfast, lunch either 酒家 or random spots, Michelin restaurant dinner almost every night about 1k rmb/day for food. Hotel 5-star there 1k/night. Transportation is cheap, metro literally like free (3-6rmb), taxi also not exp 15-30 rmb on average, the most I also paid only like 80 rmb that’s because it drove more than certain km and got extra 30% surcharge.

Realistically, a beef noodle cost from 18-30rmb. Wonton mee like 10+ rmb..these are like cheap joints and still great food, really good value.

Can start survey flight ticket already

Haha I remembered many people started to light their cigs once they get down the bullet train at Shenzen st. Lots of cigarette butts on the platform.

Deng... Me n wife both sudah old liao. No moar window piap lor...

Amap requires China number?

Yea. China some more cheap. Please share more photos ya

actually I have no idea where is the red light district, didn't search for it this time and didn't came across it
likely shady though, I think it's illegal.
u want "advanced", come Japan, with yen getting cheaper, u get more bang for your ringgit

yes, very big diff in such short time, ppl their also slowly catch up, you don't really see those stereotypes in the bigger city

nope, I use Amap for hailing taxi, it connects to a bunch of providers..and usually the taxi driver communicate via chat instead of call from my experience
I bought data only eSIM from HK, and use the eSIM number to register services that require phone number and supports HK mobile number (e.g. Amap)

nice

KEK yes...now u reminded me of every high speed rail platform so much smoke and ciggy butts

can one, whether want or not only

china, HK or Taiwan number works fine. as long can receive SMS which data-only sim can also receive SMS.

later i post day 6 huaqiangbei

they no district as is illegal. used to have some district and alley where they stand there, but now no more after covid.
china now so advance they all use app already. can look for "teacher" & "class schedule" hehe. now 00s teacher very hot. now still got traditional style that throw "name card" at hotel room or hotel front lobby.

u mean as in 老师 on WeChat? didn't see any throw name card or give name card in lobby during my stay, maybe atas hotel dare not loiter

Nice nice i rmb i drank shuyi milk tea 2018 at beijing street best and its not in malaysia until recent.. ya smoker alot sia i went for buisness trip with my cousin (i tumpamg nia lol) everytime meal/ meeting the laopan will offer u cigg and its more thin and quick to burn . Plus their beer has a special place in my heart haroooom

So did you use any cash at all?
Or all through Alipay?

atas hotel is outside hotel lobby, but usually get sweep by guard immediately one, i saw before when i stay at gz.

i felt so far Taiwan make the best milk tea..nothing I had in China/HK can compete with the ones I had in Taiwan
too much ciggy everywhere

in china, all use Alipay and credit card. I converted about 20k rmb to my alipay via Wise.
Alipay very convenient in China..there are some moments where they don't have alipay only have wechat pay, and my wechat pay isn't set up, so I just go other stores

for HK, i converted the remaining rmb in Alipay to cash for converting to HKD, you need cash for this.

Thanks!

hi ts how much is the first class and business class train ticks ler?

from hk - guanzhou
and guangzhou - shenzhen

HK->GZ 2nd class: 215 rmb, 1st class: 344 rmb, business class: 645 rmb

GZ->SZ 2nd class: 74.5 rmb, 1st class: 99.5 rmb , business class: 199 rmb