TripAdvisor Reviews New Mainland Hotel Guangzhou

Travel Blogs from Guangzhou

... had a lovely meal of tomato and scrambled egg; leafy greens; and rice with cooked dried bacon and spring onion. The lady picked fresh star fruit off the tree for us and showed us the "black' chickens (actually chickens with white feathers, but with black skin and flesh).

We then drove to the tiny town of Changsha, which had stunning architecture alongside the river.

We went to the Chen Clan Academy this mornng, stunning architecture. This was a temple built by the Chen family members where their youngsters could come and study for their examinations. A fabulous building going 3 courtyards back. There was a lovely museum with a reconstruction of a Guangzhou house and artworks.

... with a little park by the river. We had lunch in a the delightful "Orient Express" French Restaurant where the staff were lovely and helpful. Two old carriages have been made into dining cars. Weather permitting we plan to return for an evening meal during our stay.

... Not that we understand how or why things are done, but we just shrug our shoulders and say, "That’s life in China." We had another bad spell with our Internet service and had 2 service men to our apartment. Fingers crossed; it’s working better now, but that could chance in a minute!

We are getting out walking more in the pleasant weather and visited a new park that you’ll see in the pictures. The local people really use the parks which ...

... skip work and find any excuse to play hooky. As a result, I’ve become partially upset with them where on the one hand, I understand there is nothing to do in the office, but on the other, as a foreign teacher, we’ve signed a contract to work here at the stated hours. If you wanted to sleep at home and mope around, might as well not come to China. I don’t know, maybe I’m complaining about nothing. When it’s all said and done, I’m ...