Ten years ago, traveling to Shenzhen City is an experience you won’t forget where you have to race to the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Louhu border to beat the kilometer queue where locals either block your way or cut your line. If you have not visited Shenzhen for years, you will be amazed of the changes.
If you are arriving at Hong Kong International Airport, you got several options to take.
1. Take a shuttle bus directly to Shenzhen via Huang Gang port.
2. Take a ferry transfer at Hong Kong International Airport avoiding the immigration queue. Ferries sail regularly to Shekou and Fuyong port in Shenzhen.
3. Take a bus to the MTR station in Sheung Shui which is the nearest station to the Louhu port then take the MTR train to the border.
4. Take the Airport Express train to Kowloon or Central Hong Kong then transfer to an MTR train to the border.
If you are flying directly to Shenzhen City, you will be arriving at Baoan International Airport which is located at the northwestern part of the Shenzhen suburb. You can call your hotel to pick you up from the airport, take a taxi, or take a shuttle bus to downdown Shenzhen.
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
Hello World!
Hello World!
China has opened its doors to the world very recently. It welcomes visitors of all kind. But any first time traveler to China will wonder how to endure the trip to the cities of Chengdu, Ningbo, Dongguan, Nanning and even to the bigger cities such as Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou. While anyone can go around the cities in the west such as NY, LA, Vegas, Paris, Madrid, or London without any need for a guide, this is not the case in China.
How to survive in China is a dilemma for every foreigner whether they are travelers, businessmen, or job seekers. What is there to find in the cities? What kind of food to eat? Can people speak and understand English? Where to go to get help? These are common questions bothering the minds of people who plan to visit China.
Unknown to many, life in China is simple. It is so much simpler than living anywhere in the west. The Chinese are a bunch of friendly people as friendly as anyone else you will find. How to befriend a Chinese is the big question we need to find answer to. Understanding Chinese culture is a prerequisite. We may need to put aside our own sophistication and embrace their way of life. Eat what they eat. If you are from Rome, you can’t be a Roman in China.
China has opened its doors to the world very recently. It welcomes visitors of all kind. But any first time traveler to China will wonder how to endure the trip to the cities of Chengdu, Ningbo, Dongguan, Nanning and even to the bigger cities such as Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou. While anyone can go around the cities in the west such as NY, LA, Vegas, Paris, Madrid, or London without any need for a guide, this is not the case in China.
How to survive in China is a dilemma for every foreigner whether they are travelers, businessmen, or job seekers. What is there to find in the cities? What kind of food to eat? Can people speak and understand English? Where to go to get help? These are common questions bothering the minds of people who plan to visit China.
Unknown to many, life in China is simple. It is so much simpler than living anywhere in the west. The Chinese are a bunch of friendly people as friendly as anyone else you will find. How to befriend a Chinese is the big question we need to find answer to. Understanding Chinese culture is a prerequisite. We may need to put aside our own sophistication and embrace their way of life. Eat what they eat. If you are from Rome, you can’t be a Roman in China.
Monday, September 8, 2008
The Dragon has awakened!
I first set foot in South China ten years ago when it just started to convert its landscape from farmlands to factories. Hills were cut to give way to superhighways and industrial parks built over swamp lands. 
When I arrived in this place I expected to see brick houses, folks in their old Chinese costumes, and Kung Fu kids as I saw in Chinese movies. But what struck my view were the countless towering cranes building high rise apartments and offices.
One of the longest suspension bridges (the Xihoumen, 1,650m) crossed one the the longest and widest rivers (the Yangtze). The biggest hydro-electric power was built with the biggest dam (the Three Gorges).
Cities sprouted in the hinterlands!
That same year that signaled my adventure, I found the first McDonald outlet in mainland China at a busy peddle street called Dongmen near the Hong Kong border. This was established in 1990.
The sight of bicycle overcrowded streets amazed me. Locals on the go, the young and not so young and even the ladies in their formal attires. The bicycle was a way of life then. Today, the crowded streets are turned into an eight-lane boulevard. Though bicycles are visibly gone the roads are now flooded with cars and the traffic has remained as heavy as before.
The street shops are transformed into classy shopping centers. Bars, western-type cafes, discos, beerhouses and live bands are all over the place. Modernization happened overnight. While folks hold on to their deep-rooted culture and traditions, they try hard to catch up with modern times. The dragon has awakened!
When I arrived in this place I expected to see brick houses, folks in their old Chinese costumes, and Kung Fu kids as I saw in Chinese movies. But what struck my view were the countless towering cranes building high rise apartments and offices.
One of the longest suspension bridges (the Xihoumen, 1,650m) crossed one the the longest and widest rivers (the Yangtze). The biggest hydro-electric power was built with the biggest dam (the Three Gorges).
Cities sprouted in the hinterlands!
That same year that signaled my adventure, I found the first McDonald outlet in mainland China at a busy peddle street called Dongmen near the Hong Kong border. This was established in 1990.
The sight of bicycle overcrowded streets amazed me. Locals on the go, the young and not so young and even the ladies in their formal attires. The bicycle was a way of life then. Today, the crowded streets are turned into an eight-lane boulevard. Though bicycles are visibly gone the roads are now flooded with cars and the traffic has remained as heavy as before.
The street shops are transformed into classy shopping centers. Bars, western-type cafes, discos, beerhouses and live bands are all over the place. Modernization happened overnight. While folks hold on to their deep-rooted culture and traditions, they try hard to catch up with modern times. The dragon has awakened!
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