March 17, 2012

Play Hard on Weekend - Feel the Prosperity in Guangzhou


Work Hard Play Hard is my survival principle. This time, a friend who is familiar with Guangzhou City showed me its latest development.

A farm in the Mainland China area on the way from Hong Kong to Guanzhou East Station. Hope the crops grow healthily and naturally.


















Traditional Chinese paintings at Guangdong Museum of Art. I like the bright-color goldfishes swimming freely in the water. My friend prefers the shan shui picture because it is peaceful.


Western art is also available in the museum. Awaiting for something? Good news I hope.












Daily life can be part of arts or arts is part of life? These Tibetan people looked almost 20 years older than their actual age because of the harsh climate in their living area.



Busy traffic on weekend along the Pearl River. Busy is probably a synonym of prosperity.


Residential area in Tianhe District is for those rather well-off and expatriates. Both the cake and coffee were excellent in a cafe there. The price was far beyond national average, a bit higher than that in Hong Kong.


A poster in a bookstore @ Taikoo Hui. The books reminded me university life. Besides of selling books, the bookstore also serves as a cultural hub by organising cultural events from time to time, like Eslite in Taiwan. The guest of the day was a Hong Kong intellect who attracted numbers of people filled up the entire shop.


Yummy Korean dinner at reasonable price in Taikoo Hui. It is a cousin of multiple-use complexes in Hong Kong developed by the major shareholder, Swire Property. In Hong Kong, you can see many people queue up outside brands but this phenomenon did not happen in mainland. Weird.



The lighting on the podium level recalled me the night view at Roppongi, Tokyo.


This poster is fun. But the reason of its birth is not.


Famous night view with Canton Tower in the background.


My friend recommended Leeden Hotel Guangzhou which is really a good choice for the room is spacious, clean and comfortable.

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