Shunde and Panyu

For a more relaxing holiday (and to save money as travel this holiday is expensive), I visited friends, Amber and Michael, in Shunde. Our holidays don’t always coincide and I have not seen them in months. We met at brunch and then I traveled to their place in Shunde.

We watched movies, walked around a local village and found great food to eat.

Okay, these are rats. We didn’t eat them but this is some of the original Cantonese food in the area.

I then went to panyu to participate in a bike tour. We started at the Shawan ancient village and visited a local artisan who carves wood.

The side of the house has oysters embedded in the concrete to help with cooling and to deter insects.

From there, we ride on Phoenix bikes reminiscent of old Chinese bikes (but safer). We traveled to Baomo gardens, approximately 16 km.

Another short ride and we ended at an old sugar processing plant that now has art installations and some artists in residence.

A great mini vacation with friends and fresh air visiting ancient towns.