This is my last night here in Shenzhen. Tomorrow morning I will start my bicycle ride hopefully quite early to avoid the noon heat. I do not know where I will stay next night but it will be somehere in the outskirts of Guangzhou. I have been quite satisfied with my stay here, (Shenzhen and the hotel) so I have to force myself to leave towards unknown. The afternoon heat is worrying me a bit. Before this entry I added some new pictures from Shenzhen. As I have t...

Today I managed to buy a bicycle. It is not as good and not as big as I had hoped for but "when in Rome do like Romans do". It appears that most Chinese drive all too small bicycles, so I do the same. The bike was cheaper than I had budgeted so I might even leave it in Southeast-Asia when I (propably) fly to India some time next year. I got translation help from a university student selling Motorola phones in a shop. He was very delighted to be able to ...

Here I am at Shenzhen Holiday Inn Express Luohu. You may be able to find the exact location by Google Maps or some similar service. I arrived here yesterday evening. As it was raining and I knew that the hotel was a couple of kilometers from the railway station I took a taxi. As there were no legal taxis around I took a illegal one. I had to once again pay 100 Juan for the trip, although I would have expected it to be officially may be between 20 and 30 Juan. Th...