"Visit to Guangzhou" Patgower’s photos around Guangzhou, China

A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Guangzhou, China by TravelPod blogger Patgower titled "Visit to Guangzhou" Patgower’s travel blog entry: "Wednesday, January 23 Guangzhou We took off for Guangzhou so that we could do some sightseeing and then get Melissa on her plane home to Shanghai. First we checked into our hotel-the Nan Yang King's Gate. It is a brand new hotel and is very impressive-very Victorian with lots of gold and fancy trim and marble. The lobby is just gorgeous and we were really happy to have gotten the rooms at a great price. You even get a free breakfast. We checked and the young lady led us to our rooms-we were a bit surprised when she led us outside, through the parking lot and around to another building. But the rooms looked great with huge bathrooms and nice large beds and all the extras of a high quality hotel. More on that later. We left the hotel to go walking-and found a Papa John's-much to Travis's satisfaction. He's always defending GZ against claims (from Melissa) that Shanghai has more attractions. It seems that whatever Chinese city you get to know first, you become loyal to. There is lots of comparison. So far, I am neutral, like the Swiss. But the pizza was good and then we were ready to go looking for things to see. We decided to hit the Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family or the Chen Clan Academy first . We got there and took some pictures of the lovely grounds around the site and some of the really neat statues. Then we ...

Channel: YouTube Video Length: 2m 38s Date Found: Wed, Feb 09 2011 8:34 AM Category: Travel Date Produced: Wed, Feb 09 2011 7:41 AM View Count: 0