China, Part 2: Guangzhou
There's an old Chinese adage that says a person should live in Hangzhou, marry in Suzhou, eat in Guangzhou, and die in Luzhou. I think Suzhou girls are supposed to be pretty, and Luzhou has got forests full of trees perfect for building coffins apparently. The rest of our trip was spent in Guangdong province, which encompasses Guangzhou, Jiangmen, and Hong Kong. Guangdong's anglicized name is Canton: hence, Cantonese dialect and food and people - represent! We flew from Beijing down to the city of Guangzhou. We were picked up at the airport by another of my mom's friends, who was also a classmate and current employee of the illustrious Mr. C. We were also given a chauffeur, the company driver of Mr. C's company. Wild! Our first dinner in Guangzhou was in a fancy restaurant near the Pearl River. We had a lot of tasty food, which were much more familiar to us. Whole boiled shrimp, fatty pork belly, steamed fish, roast goose,...