Noticing that everyone’s going to just lounge around for the afternoon, I decided to rally up the troops for a little walk. I did a quick 5 min search online to see where the locals go for some cheap entertainment in Guangzhou.
Beijin Lu is in the center of old town Guangzhou. The thousand year old road has had many names through the centuries. Some of the old layers of the road are preserved and can still be seen. Today the road one of the two major pedestrian streets in the city and is full of traditional and modern fashion shops. You will find 30 year old Chinese desert shops next to KFC and McDs and small clothing stores next to multi-floor department stores.
We took the subway to the area. Since it is Saturday afternoon, the streets are full of people. Of course Dickson had to stop by McD for a happy meal, it’s just got universal appeal to kids. The adults stopped by one of the old local eateries. We all ordered a bowl of roast goose rice noodles (about $2.30 a bowl) for afternoon snack. Very tasty.
We decided to head home around the same time as thousands of others. The subway was packed like rush hour in Tokyo. It was more fun and sitting at home and surf the firewalled internet all day.
