Guangzhou – China Day 10

Nov 19

This is our 4th and final hotel of our trip and it’s by far the best. The breakfast buffet is on the 27th floor of the hotel with spectacular views of Guangzhou.

Our first stop today was Canton Tower. It’s a new landmark in Guangzhou and ranks third highest building in the world at 600 meters. It’s reminiscent of Willis Tower in Chicago or the Space Needle in Seattle. The views of the city were amazing.

At the bottom of the tower, there was a McDonald’s. The kids had fun ordering chicken nuggets and taro pies. Here, you order and pay at these screens and then pick up at the counter.

For lunch, we drove to an old part of town called Chen Chun and had special local dishes. One particular dish – fried milk – stood out for us. It looked like a Twinkie and tasted pretty good.

After lunch we went to “Beijing Lu”, a boulevard lined with shops and eateries. Several of us picked up some souvenirs here.

We closed our evening with a lovely dinner cruise on The Pearl River. Night time views of Guangzhou with all the buildings lit up were very pretty.

Favorite part of the day

Me: enjoying the views of Guangzhou from the cruise

David: Canton Tower

Nat: dinner cruise

Tyler: dinner cruise