Adrian's Journal

17 March 2010, 3.00pm:  Shopping in Zhuhai China. No need to travel far from where we were. Shopping centres surround Zhuhai's Guotai hotel. We hopped from one store to another. Eating and shopping along the way. The biggest mall was just opposite the hotel. It is comparable to the size of Carrefour. Impressive range of food products. We used local currency RMB (Ren Min Bi).   Don't you think the photos look impressive? I think they are fantastic. I took them myself. Enough shopping! Let's conquer the next attraction of Zhuhai! Let's go dine on live seafood! NEXT...

Day 3, 17 March 2010, 11am: Zhuhai Checked out of Macau Venetian Hotel. Left behind a large luggage of souvenirs for collection later. Took the free Venetian bus to Gongbei barrier gate. Crossed the border customs to Zhuhai China. Zhuhai! A totally different world compared with Macau!  Unlike Macau, no information was researched on Zhuhai. So we desperately hunted down tourist maps. In the midst of touting tour agencies, we stride to our Hotel. Thank goodness, the Guotai Hotel staff were outstanding. The rooms were equally impressive with super king size beds. The bed is so huge it could sleep six adults side by side.   Again we requested for non-smoking high floor joining room. From our 10th floor (the highest in the hotel), we could see the checkpoint. It's only a 3-minute walk from the customs checkpoint to Guotai Hotel.   We had the back view of the hotel though. So the nearby building look a way bit shabby. Here's a better view of Guotai hotel. Zhuhai is famous for...