I am going to Guangzhou next month.
What is the taxi rate?
Meal how much per pax now by average?
Where to recommend to get shopping for cheap but fashionable and good quality clothes for women?

Considering Air Asia GO offer of free flight if book hotel, even only if one night! Anybody stayed in those hotels before? Is the AAGo rate reasonably close to walk-in?

(Above on my own, later...) I would like to spend a week wandering around slowly with elderly mother. Can anyone recommend an apartment type place for 2-4 persons, located in the older centre of the city, near metro station?

China Unicom was a problem for me on a previous trip that continued to other parts of China (see my earlier long post). What is the best deal for SIM now? I will need all GD province but not elsewhere.

2yrs ago I went to the Western Han museum. It was small but well presented. And to think the stuff there is HAN - almost 2000 yrs OLDER than the touristy sights in Beijing. Maybe expanded by now.

High speed rail really great, up to BJ or around the coast to Xiamen & even onwards to Shanghai.

other than Pearl River , Canton Tower , Beijing Road...

any other place i must visit? biz trip ...but i have Sat/Sun free to walk around.

I stay near Tianhebei street area

Yea i want to know as well, going to gz next month, gonna be there for 5 nights, but i check online the attraction is not mich, safari,canton tower, shamian island, beijing road, pedestrian road, baiyun mountain. Is that all?

you will spend whole day if you are going to safari. canton tower is nice to go during night time. You can take river cruise as well but not sure on the pricing. Baiyun mountains, parks, shamian islands I didnt manage to go last time. But if you are about to go shopping, then you should allocate at least 2 days because the area is widely separated from one another.

Hi. Any cheap place to stay in Guang zhou?

Guangzhou to Dongguan need to take how long by bus travel?

Anyone know any recommended WiFi MiFi services or Hotspot able Sim Card in Guangzhou China with VPN Services?

Flying on 22 December

Do you know that you can actually buy a Hotlink / Digi prepaid sim card only cost you Rm8-10. Then purchase add on Data Roaming pass which cost you Rm25/ 2GB for 3Days (Digi), Rm20/ 3Days (Hotlink which come with unlimited social media access for Whatsapp, Facebook + 200mb internet surfing data)

No need any VPN you can access facebook.

This post has been edited by yoonyin: Dec 21 2017, 09:35 AM

can anyone tell me which wholesale market to go if wanted to buy clothes and shoes?

im leaving this wednesday..in the midst of preparing my itinerary, once im done maybe i will share here and feel free to advice

Why taking bus? Take the the train at east station, you will be there in 20mins.

Alamak, I thought can visit The Great Wall if I go Guangzhou

Looks like I have to re-route my plan.

Original was something like this... 10 days
GZ --> Dongguan--> HK --> Macau --> Zhongshan --> GZ (take flight)

or, is it too idealistic to execute the plan?

Or, should I plan .... go upnorth?

You should put HK and Macau at first. then China at last or all China part at first then HK & Macau at last
Once you leave China you need Visa to re-entry again. Unless you got multi entry China Visa

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Feb 21 2018, 09:28 AM

Any reliable tour agency that offers ground tour package in gz?

You no need Tour for Guangzhou.
Guangzhou are fully cover by Subway.

All attraction location are closed to Subway station.

Reason why I need tour is that my parents cannot really walk far, hence the need for a tour so that they don’t have to take subway

Worst, just take those tours package provided by your hotel. If you stay at low-end hotel, normally those 3rd party agent will install a booth/ left some leaflet in the hotel, or hotel will sub all the tour package to their partnership agent.

Else, sometime there some drivers with 7 seaters MPV for you to hire. In China, there always a way! Chinese just too smart in doing business, just scare you dont have money to pay. hehe!

This post has been edited by yoonyin: Jun 8 2018, 05:25 PM

Take note not all hotel accept foreigner guest, except those 7-days inn hotel or watever la.

I'm joining a private historical tour to a less visited part of Guangdong with 40+ others, some Westerners. For the part I'm involved, the suggested driver's gratuity is 200 yuan for the two days. Also the same for the guide-interpreter, so 400 total per person. I'm also covering for two young relatives.

Is this amount too much or too little? I have not been on a China tour for over a decade so would appreciate your opinions.

China tour guide or driver no need pay any gratuity.
Because they earn commission from restaurant he bring you and tons of shopping stop.