I went to Guangzhou during this winter break. I arrived in Guangzhou at noon on December 29th, and Neky picked me up at the train station since it was his hometown.
After I checked in the hotel, we went to have lunch together with Nikko and Stanley, who is Neky’s friend. We had boiled fish with pickled cabbage and chili for lunch, and it was actually my first time to have this. It tasted really really good. (It looked spicy, but to be honest it was not so hot)
In the afternoon, Nikko and I hanged around in Zhengjia Square, which was right in the downtown and was very busy. It was a really big shopping mall with tons of stores, restaurants, and entertainments.
We spent a lot of money to try some entertainment in order to get a prize, but we failed every single one of them. It was fun and frustrating at the same time.
I had to mention when I was trying to take the metro to go back. It was insane.
I was surrounded and pushed by people, and it was even hard for me to breath. The station was full of people, as well as every metro passed by. It was evening peak, and the metro stop happened to be in the center of the city. I waited for about 20 minutes when I finally got inside the metro. But I was still pushed by the crowd. I felt lucky that I was only two stops away from my hotel, and I swore I would never take the metro like this anymore.
On the next day, Neky and I went to have dimsum with tea, which was a very Cantonese-style brunch. I loved it so much that I could not wait to try the authentic food here in Guangzhou.
There are so many food choices, and I tried to eat as much as I can. After brunch, we went to iceskating because Neky was crazy about ice skating.
Later we took the APM, which stands for automatic people mover systems, to Flower City Square. The APM was really cool(The picture could not really show how cool it was) because it was a driveless metro with windows on both ends. We can literally saw everything outside the window. I did not get the front rows since it was always occupied by children.
Guangzhou looked amazing in the night with lights on. Flower City Square was mind blowing when I saw it. It was so beautiful that I almost lost myself in these lights.
I immediately fell in love with this city, and words could not describe the beauty of it.
On the third day, I went toSun Yat-Sen University to visit two of my old classmates. We had dimsum with tea again and milk tea.
It was a really beautiful campus by the river, and they were the best tour guides. They told me about the stories, histories, buildings, and their own college experiences.
Then in the night, I went to meet Neky again because it was December 31st, and we planned to wait for the new year together. We had barbecue around 10:30pm with Stanley and Jack, and then we were walking on the streets while Stanley shouting random stuff because he was really excited.
We walked towards Flower City Square because a lot of people chose to come here to welcome the new year, and it felt great to wait for the new year together with so many strangers.
When we walked back to the hotel, it was already around 1:00 am. This was such a fun experience.
Guangzhou is a really pretty and happy city with delicious food and lots of entertainment. Having a friend during visit is much more fun and excited than I thought. I would definitely come back to Guangzhou to enjoy its beauty.
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