Guangzhou - Day 6
We checked out of the YMCA this morning and headed across the Hong Kong border to our next destination: Guangzhou, China.
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| Somewhere in Guangzhou |
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| Somewhere else in Guangzhou |
After a quick stop at our hotel, we took the bus to the Li Wan Qu Hua Qiao Xue Xia: a primary school for children ages 6 to 13. It's a state run school that was originally funded by overseas Chinese. The school is gigantic in comparison to elementary schools in Vancouver.
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| View from my hotel room |
At night, we had dinner with post-graduate students from the Guangzhou Foreign Studies University. I conversed with a young graduate student studying translation in hopes to become an interpreter. She told me a lot about city life in this area. We discussed about the use of money as a leverage in China, traditional parenting, discos, the proper age for marriage, minorities in Guangzhou, the disadvantaging of women and even on how she thinks Deng Xiaoping is cute. I was extremely surprised at how open she was, especially when we reached more sensitive topics concerning her country. Maybe I'm judging too quickly based on the stereotypes I've been told.
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| After a happy dinner at the university's restaurant |
After dinner, a group of us went back to our hotel to try out a cheap massage parlor. Several days of continuous walking convinced us to get the foot massage packages with prices ranging from around CAD$10 to $20. Half way through the massage, one of the young masseurs started showing an interest in our male classmate. I'm not sure if she was joking, but he left the place in a rush just as a precaution.
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| Having a drink before the massage |
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