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    Until you see the chinese snacks in the 7/11

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    Rounding a bend we came across the pearl river and a nice esplanade, found a good seafood restaurant as well,







    wifes happy now





    A couple of drinks in a trendy pub and i was ready to call it quits

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yasojack
    Is the three storey restaurant in stanley with the balconies still there ?

    This one?


    It's a little more than a restaurant, although there are some restaurants inside it. Murray House used to be in central, but was on path to be demolished so that Bank of China could build their triangles. Some Gweilos got together and started a campaign to have it moved brick by brick to it's present location where is now houses The maritime Museam, and a very fine Pizza place.

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    Great thread makes me want to go back.

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    We walked right past it, thought it looked closed , nice building though.

    Anyway , thats me finished of to the airport and back to Laos in the Morning

    Mrs BLD having a bevvy


    We got lucky on the flight back, it turns out the wife went to school with the steward,

    Camp as a row of tents he was, but he kept the bevvys flowing , And the pilot done his bit by not crash landing in the Mekong, Good result all round i reckon

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    Jolly good thread - thanks for the memories (and effort).

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    Yeah another top job mate...was going over for a week next month but have decided to train it down to Singers for a week instead..cheers BLD

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    I think I've found the reason you booked that hotel in causeway bay, just round the corner.....

    Hong Kong: US bomb from World War Two defused by police


    For some reason the locals decided not to use thai defusing technique of randomly attacking the beast with an angle grinder.
    Teakdoor CSI, TD's best post-reality thinkers

    featuring Prattmaster ENT, Prattmaster Dapper and PrattmasterPseudolus

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    Shamien island is looking great- it sure needed a hose down and lick of paint. Nice to see they got around to it, much of what you see there now was crumbling and moulding 15 years back, way past being declared 'condemned' in the west.
    Surprised at the number of old Wanchai haunts that I knew which are still open, too (including the Makati). Causeway Bay looks much the same, but I didn't go there much, except for Friday curry tiffin at the Excelsior.
    Cheers BLD, and tanx for the memories. Well enjoyed it.

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    The View from your $120/night Guangzhou Hotel Room, provides insight as to why Mainland Chinese have (literally) invaded Vancouver and pushed house prices into the Std USD $1 Million price range. Driving thru Vancouver to Richmond (near (YVR), I saw very few Caucasian faces. Chinese confuse Richmond = Richman ... so they have bought virtually all of Richmond ... which bizarrely is in the flood plain of the Fraser River. Chinese real Estate Salesmen conveniently neglect to point out the Japanese Car Carriers sailing by, at a level well above one's head, along the Fraser River. I suspect a lot of the frantic Chinese House purchasing, is really "Front" Money, ponied up by the Extended Family Clan. I don't know why Canada Immigration is so incredibly gullible? At least the Philippine Guest Workers actually do some work, pay taxes and are exploited by McDonald's Franchisees.

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    Great thread as usual BLD, thanks.

    It brings back some memories, Hong Kong was also the first place in Asia for me, loved it, Guangzhou was the 2nd place after HK and after a couple of stays in central GZ always used to stay at Shamian Island, either White Swan or Victory hotels.

    I had a meal in that rail carriage restaurant you posted a pic off, it was OK.

    I recognised quite a few of the places in your pics

    Nice, cheers.

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