First-time Travels

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Guangzhou Youth Hostel

First-time in Guangzhou RiverSide Youth Hostel (Jiangpan)

I’ve never experienced hosteling until I went to Guangzhou, a city in the southern part of China.  I thought it would just be another small[…]

Guangzhou

First-time in Guangzhou: Exploring this Southern Gem of China

While the neighboring autonomous regions of Hong Kong and Macau enjoy a great influx of tourists, South China’s Guangzhou and Shenzhen wouldn’t want to be[…]