Category: Shenzhen
Public Holidays New Year’s Day: 1st January Chinese New Year: 1-3rd day of 1st lunar month, usually late January or early February Qing Ming Festival Tomb sweeping day: Usually …
MOBILE PHONES You can use GSM roaming on your own phone but as usual it’s prohibitively expensive. If you have a GSM phone that is not locked, go to …
HISTORICAL SITES It’s a new city but it also has a past, often related to the great Chinese migrations of the thirteenth century. See: Chiwan Scenic Spot Chi Wan: …
TO AND FROM OTHER PARTS OF CHINA BY TRAIN One of the odd romantic things about Shenzhen is that in theory you can go to the railway station and …
Cruise Inn Hotel This is the hotel in the Minghua cruise liner permanently moored at Seaworld under Deng Xiaoping’s calligraphy. We talk quite a bit about the history of …
SHENZHEN DAILY The local English language newspaper is the Shenzhen Daily and if you are staying in Shenzhen we strongly recommend that you buy a copy each morning, for …
PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE CITY This is the easiest way to get around for the non-Chinese speaker. Metro Stations are shown in Pin Yin romanisation as well as in …
Three kilometres of golden sand surrounded by wooded hills with a vista across the waves to Peng Chau in front of us and the mountains of the New Territories …
MISSION HILLS GOLF CLUB SHENZHEN When writing about Mission Hills Golf Club one rapidly runs out of superlatives. Until the opening of the even more ridiculously large Mission Hills …
ARRIVING AT SHENZHEN AIRPORT Most hotels will have an airport pickup service and you should enquire about this when you make your hotel booking. However, transport to and from …