My first visit to southern China. This was a two week work trip to familiarize me with the factories that my company currently uses, their capabilities and the people in our China office. It was quite informative and somewhat exhausting as we had a very packed schedule. The landscape was more tropical and hilly than I had imagined. We were primarily in the Guangdong province, which is right across from Hong Kong.
View from factory roof
View from factory roof
View of the hotel pool from my room
View of the city from my hotel room
View from the backside of the hotel in Chang'an
View from the Hunan Bridge
We also went up the coast by train about four hours to Xiamen for a night. Xiamen is an island and very scenic. They had just had a major international conference here and it was very green and clean.
View from my room in the Hilton on Xiamen
Dinner at the hotel. Dry ice created a dramatic presentation of these shrimp.
Food was always served on a big lazy susan and everyone shared. These were some sort of salted fish rolls. Didn't try them myself. Next to it is some sort of pickled fruit that was quite good.
Duck in ginger sauce. Pretty good. The Chinese do believe in eating the entire animal.
We also went a little further north to Quanzhou for one night. Walked around outside the hotel a little bit, the hotel was next to a mall. Actually went through several malls while I was there and ate a lot of McDonalds.
View from the hotel in Quanzhou at night. Lots of dramatic lighting in neon.
Same view the next morning.
Note the restuarant with the Kung Fu Panda characters in front of it.