19 April 2019
More of the same
The interconnected skyscraper city of Guangzhou
I decided to heed the warning of terrible weather and go somewhere where I knew I could head straight underground into a huge shopping and dining connected series of very long corridors if it started to rain. It did rain at times, but before it rained there was time to go outside and take some more shots of very large and interesting buildings doing things in the fog.
Before that, as I was about to leave this evening, without warning, 6 cleaning ladies burst into my room, they were shocked I was here. Minutes earlier they would have been more shocked as I was laying nude on my bed after getting out of the shower. They wanted to know if I had just checked in, no, I checked in a few days ago. Then one of them starts re supplying my room, I explained it had already been cleaned today, bed made, new towels, water bottles, empty bins. She looked at all this very suspiciously. Phone calls were made, confusion continued. Eventually they agreed to leave, but I had to be persuasive. So the question now is, who cleaned my room? And who will burst into my room next?
Tomorrow is my last day in Guangzhou, I think I will probably stay around the city in range of the subway! I dont fancy being trapped for hours by aggressive lightning again. That means probably photos of shops and related things tomorrow. I BET IT WONT RAIN AT ALL!
Brace yourself for lots of photos of buildings. Out the front of this building a woman charged over to me and told me she was the CEO of the company who owns this building. She went on to explain CEO is chief executive officer, which means boss! She had surprisingly very good English. She followed me, explaining that this evening only was a one time amazing investment opportunity, they need foreign investors for regulatory approval, and I can make 10x my money in a month, all I need to do is follow her up to the 20th floor and arrange an immediate transfer! I asked her if this has ever worked even once? She did not answer, I told her she was no better than a guy selling fake watches or a teenage girl inviting me to try some tea with her. She got mad and stormed off.
Rain briefly, into a mall. This is an above ground fancy one, with giant birdcage for no reason. Where is the giant bird?
Around this area of town there are lots of highways that go underground to go under the large public green spaces. A lot of money was spent.
A rather boring photo except for the massive old new style bank building.
Here is an exploding testicle, with two smaller shinier testicles supporting it.
Just another cool photo of buildings, the bottom of these are all shops.
There are walkways over the roads, I am standing on one, they make for better photos.
I wandered into a residential area, theres a square in the middle with nightclubs (KTV) around the edge, but strangely, an art exhibition in the street, in the rain.
This is residential area. Very new, I believe it is an upmarket part of town. I am sure it is, its right next to the very tallest buildings.
It may be residential, but the bottom two levels are all restaurants. Probably the basement too.
You can walk along these bottom levels inside the buildings, its like a long corridor of continual restaurants. You can spit in peoples food as you go by. Many restaurants have big lines. Then the buildings are joined up by overpasses over the road. You can go for many miles without going into the rain, very handy.
Dinner was in an underground mall. I think I chose poorly. I wanted to select a few small things, but many of the items I saw on the menu out the front were unavailable. I was committed at this point, so ended up with lotus root, bok choy, pickled veg with tofu. It was all quite oily. I think some of it was many many hours old! Food poisoning perhaps? Just in case I had an ice cream afterwards so it comes up smooth! Thats all for now, whoever has been doing the rain dances, CUT IT OUT!