Tag: White Swan Hotel

China Trip – Guangzhou, 28 November 1993

28 Nov Guangzhou – Half day tour in morning – Temple Of Six Banyan Trees & Pagoda & then Chen Family Academy with rice-sized carvings etc.

View of Guangzhou, I think from our hotel/hotel room

Temple of the Six Banyan Trees

…and Pagoda…

Chan Family Academy

Child prodigy

I honoured the guide on our (Sally’s) coach in Guangzhou, who had the unfortunate name of Dhung, with:

The Neil Kinnock Award For Repetitive Speech

No photos from the latter half of the day.

Dim sum lunch at Friendship Restaurant followed by free afternoon – we just rested – then banquet in evening – food good and fun – went to local bar afterwards and then home.

I honoured one of the waitresses at the Friendship Restaurant with:

The Mr Bean Award For Dexterity

I suspect it was at the end of tour banquet that my “awards” got their airing. Here is a link to a facsimile of all four pages I wrote out:

1993 China Tour “Awards”, 28 November 1993

All the photos we took on that day – by which I mean all 16 photos – can be seen in raw form in the Flickr album below:

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China Trip – Guilin To Guangzhou, 27 November 1993

27 Nov. Guilin -> Guangzhou. Lie in / late start. Went for walk around Guilin then early lunch…

Nice views of Guilin – from our hotel or even hotel room, I’m guessing

…outing to reed flute caves (via a hill climb). Caves stunning – wandered around market after and then on to very early dinner (tea) & off to airport.

The notes don’t say so, but I recall that Janie and I were feeling much better this day.

Short flight to Guangzhou – several of our party were nearly run over by a passing plane – straight to hotel – White Swan – wandered round a bit & then early night.

No comment on the near death experience yet again in the hands of early 1990s Chinese domestic airlines.

I did give that China Southern flight second prize in the:

Claustrophobics Anonymous Award For Comfort.

I also honoured that airline/flight with the:

Gatwick Handling Award For In flight Catering for its crunchy water-chestnut drink and Darkie Mints…

…I remember the latter came in distinctly politically incorrect packaging.

All the photos we took on that day – by which I mean all 24 photos – can be seen in raw form in the Flickr album below:

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