Yesterday, Angie sent our guide a list of places we'd like to visit. Prior to this adoption, our agency spelled out where we were to stay, how we were to travel and where we were going to visit. This agency is different. Harbin is new to us, but Guangzhou is not. We have been there three times, as well as Beijing, which we are skipping.
In Harbin, they have a lot of places of interest. In the winter, they have the festival and snow and ice related activities. Since we are going in the summer, we will miss out on those activities. I hope to visit in the winter one day. We put the Siberian Tiger Park, the Unit 731 Museum and a map to get to places in walking distance from the hotel. I believe there is a shopping district close by. We also want to visit Sophia Square and Stalin Park. It will be interesting to see the buildings and eat the food. As for hotel, we had one to choose from. It is the Gloria Hotel. It looks nice.
Guangzhou is our other stop. It is a big city. We will be staying at the Victory Hotel. The reason why? It was the cheapest and had decent reviews. Not only that, but we know the area really well. It is right up the block from the White Swan on Shamian Island. We know where a shopping area is and we are close to a subway station. We have asked to visit Baiyun Mountain. To get there, we will take a cable car from a near by park. After that, we hope to visit the Noodle King. Besides that, we feel we can do the travelling around without much assistance. I do hope to visit an opera house in the city. They have a couple of places of interest nearby.
We picked a van to take us to Hong Kong. That might allow us to see more of the city and countryside that we drive through. On a train, it goes by really fast. I don't know if the driver will make a stop or two. Hopefully they will speak English if the guide does not come with us.
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