Guangzhou and Zhuhai are both one of the largest cities in Guangdong Province, is also a highly developed economy of the city, can play the project is very rich, so you have a kind of ultra-modern futuristic world in the sci-fi sense, the following to share with you Guangzhou Zhuhai parent-child tour guide.
In the blink of an eye, a year has gone by, and I said I would take my baby to more and more distant places.
In the beginning of March this year, I planned to take my husband and my baby out for a long trip. Because I thought it would be significant to take a long trip before my munchkin's third birthday and before he started kindergarten. So I finished a masterpiece, "2018 Travel Planner with Munchkin" especially fast, and it simply excited me more than work.
I quickly planned the time of the trip, positioning the end of April the week before May, can be consecutive to the May Day vacation, play back there is time to rest, simply too resourceful. I initially made three programs:
Program 1: Guangzhou
Main attractions: Changlong Safari Park
Program 2: Shanghai + Hangzhou
Main attractions: Disneyland, West Lake
Program 3: Sanya
Main attractions: beaches, rainforests
Me and Moe's dad asked for Little Mengmeng's opinion, she said she wanted to go to the zoo. In the end, after discussing with Moe's dad or decided to go to Changlong, but not only to go to the Changlong in Guangzhou, but also decided to even Zhuhai Changlong also go together, can think, the expenditure will be a! Big! The company's website is a great source of information about the company's products and services.
Finalized program:
D1:Beijing-Zhuhai 10:40-14:20CA1157
Check in to the Penguin Hotel in Zhuhai
D2:One day of fun at Changlong Ocean Park
D3:Half day of fun at Changlong Ocean Park, check out, take a free bus to Changlong in Guangzhou (2.5 hours)
Check in Panda Hotel, watch the big circus
D4:Changlong Safari Park for one day
D5:Bird Paradise or Amusement Park for half a day, check out, go to Shamian - Haixinsha - Night Tour of Zhujiang River
Check in Liwan or Haizhu District Hotel
D6:Sleep in until you wake up check out and go to Baiyun Airport-Beijing 11:55-14: 55MU5182
D6:Sleep in until you wake up and go to Baiyun Airport-Beijing 11:55-14: 55MU5182
D6:Sleep in and check out 55MU5182
After confirming the itinerary I started booking flights and hotels, a month and a half in advance. The next step is to give the little mengmeng infinite indoctrination, so that she must be good, must be obedient, otherwise will not take her to the big plane.
I had been watching the weather forecast constantly before we left and it showed rain in Zhuhai and Guangzhou, so I bought raincoats for all three of us. (And didn't use them)
The day before I left, I booked a pickup service on Ctrip, which eliminated a lot of the transportation hassle.
The day before we left, I especially hoped that Mengmeng would skip her nap at noon, and then she could go to bed earlier in the evening, however the truth is that it was almost 4pm before she fell asleep, and then she was so excited to stay awake in the evening. It really gave me a headache.
Finally the day of departure came and I woke up early. Don't look at the airfare time of 10:00 or so, but we had to leave at 7:00 a.m. Luckily, I had my almighty dad, who came to our house before 7:00 a.m. and waited to drive us to the airport. Moe's dad gently clucked little Moe to wake her up, then I took her for a quick wash, breakfast, change of clothes, and we were off from the house by 7:10am.
The morning rush hour on a work day is predictable, all the way to the traffic jam, after more than two hours finally arrived at the airport. The little munchkin pushed his suitcase by himself and was so happy. Because I have a child, I can't check in at the kiosk, but only at the counter, but there was a foreigner family in front of us, and the check-in time was exceptionally long, so we got to the security checkpoint at almost 10 o'clock.
I particularly do not like the capital airport security personnel, the child so small security check I can understand, but actually separate me and the child, and then to the child security check actually let go of the matter, I went to pull Mengmeng, security personnel actually also dragged me. This point let me really some angry, but out to play I do not want to hate people image my mood.
The moment I boarded the plane with Moe in my arms, she was scared, and I don't know why. It was her first time on an airplane and I wanted her to not cry. I had prepared delicious food and picture book stories in advance. The three of us didn't have seats together, but we switched seats with kind people on the plane and then the three of us sat together and thankfully, Moe Moe's emotions calmed down. The plane waited in line on the runway for quite some time and by the time it took off it was already more than half an hour behind schedule.
Before the plane took off, Mengmeng wanted to pee, and the stewardess said it was about to take off and the bathroom was closed, so she brought us a plastic bag. The plane flew up to high altitude, bumps when Mengmeng is very scared, into my arms. Lunch she did not eat much, in my body putty not long fell asleep.
Zhuhai Airport
While the flight was late, it arrived on time. The plane landed at Zhuhai airport, it had just rained, the ground was wet and the air was humid. The pick-up driver called me and was already waiting for us. Along the way, we basically drove on a car-free road with tall coconut trees on the side of the road. The driver master introduced Zhuhai and my husband climbed into conversation with him. The master said that we could take a boat from the pier to Macau, which aroused the excitement of Moe's dad, who can't leave the country because of his work, so it would be good to have a look around Macau. So we decided to take a day and night to go to the boat.
When we arrived at the Penguin Hotel, we started taking pictures. There is a courtyard on the first floor of the hotel where peacocks are kept. Our room was on the 6th floor and we booked a polar room with twin beds. I had the concierge deliver a bedside enclosure and install it for us.
We went around the hotel to see where to eat. For his first meal in Zhuhai Moe's dad wanted to eat better, so we chose the Fountain Plaza Restaurant where we could eat outside while watching the fountain. Want to eat a little better no problem, the problem is that Moe dad actually want to eat lobster, I'm just lol. Where to eat lobster can not, not in this upscale hotel upscale restaurant to eat upscale lobster, not waiting to be slaughtered and so what! But I did not say, after all, out to play well is a happy, take him as a child on it. Lobster really nothing to eat, meat is not tender, little Mengmeng ate a bite, chewed half a day feel chewing on the spit. Or the gift of hairy beans delicious.
Dinner is not much to eat, in the yard to see the fountain, which can be excited. The water column with the music spray high spray low, the ground colorful light mapping, especially good, fountain every 20 minutes spray, Meng Meng super like. To eight o'clock, the Ocean Kingdom float night show, I do not know how wonderful, anyway, we just look at the fountain is enough. Later on, the sky was filled with fireworks, which were very beautiful. But little Mengmeng was actually scared because the sound was too loud, so I carried her back to the hotel lobby.
Musical Fountain
Early in the morning, we went to the Penguin Restaurant for breakfast, which was very big and had a great breakfast, but the bread with the blueberry sauce was the favorite for this little kid. There were lots of penguins in the restaurant, and all of them were very cute and cuddly.
Mengmeng is a short-haired girl who doesn't like to wear her hair in pigtails, but with her hair long and the weather hot, I gave her a pigtail. She was fine when we were eating, but when we got to the hotel lobby, she pulled out her pigtails, and she was a real lady.
I rented a stroller at the front desk of the hotel to save me the trouble of carrying the baby.
The Penguin Hotel is the closest hotel to the Ocean Kingdom, with a walkway right up to the park entrance. I bought my tickets online in advance and exchanged them directly at the self-service ticket exchanger, which was very convenient. Luckily, we arrived early and there weren't too many people. The most comforting thing to me is that the munchkin is almost a meter less than a meter tall, which simply saves a lot of money.
After entering the park, there is a large canopy overhead, but the little mengmeng is not too interested. The park sells things really super expensive, a balloon actually want 60. we did not buy, but still can not escape. The first thing I did was to look at a bubble blower, which plays music and sprays bubbles at the same time, and it cost 80 bucks.
Ocean Kingdom
We watched the pink dolphins swimming around in the water, the light pink color is very soft, swimming in the water is very gentle, but the pink dolphins are not many. We looked outside for a while and then went down to the ground to look at them, the light was not good and the pictures were not too good.
The little mengmeng has been playing with blowing bubbles, a small bottle of bubble water is quickly blown out. The park's amusement rides are too small and many of them can't be played on, so you can listen to the screams of the audience and feel stimulated enough. I would like to go to the whale shark museum, in the fountain has been taking pictures, until almost walked to the whale shark museum when I looked at the table, has almost to 12 o'clock, the dolphin show is about to start, so we turned back to the dolphin theater.
The Dolphin Theater is huge, and the strollers were all over the entrance. Luckily we had a pretty good spot, and not long after we sat down, Moe had to go pee. It's a real pain in the ass to carry a baby. I carried her out to go potty again and came back okay, it hadn't started yet. I suddenly remembered the last time I saw the dolphin show, I was alone with Mengbao to the Beijing Oceanarium, it is not easy to have a seat, she had to go to the toilet, I had no choice but to be big hearted and put the bag on the seat.
The dolphin theater show is very wonderful, not too much warm-up, the beginning of the start, up is a wonderful show. I think it's much better than the one at the Beijing Oceanarium. (Forgive me for not taking a single photo)
After the half-hour show, we went to the Ocean Street restaurant for dinner. Eating delicious food is what makes Mengmeng happiest, she can be uninterested in everything, only delicious food is king. We ordered the children's meal, and the set meal included a bread made to look like a whale shark, which was very tempting. Moe was enjoying her meal and even volunteered to have her dad take a picture of her, "Daddy, take a picture of the little foodie!"
The ticket I bought was for two days and I could come and go anytime. After dinner, we went back to the hotel to rest, Mengmeng said she was sleepy and wanted to sleep. As a result, back to the room she actually did not sleep, tossing and turning until 2:30 before falling asleep. This sleep can be a long time. I was thinking of entering the park after waking up from an afternoon nap, but this child slept for three hours at once, and halfway through, she fell out of the bed into the gap in the middle of the fence, and it took me and my dad to get her back into bed, and just like that, she was able to fall asleep again, and I was drunk.
My afternoon field is out of the question, Moe's dad said to go on a night cruise, I checked, there is a Hengqin Bay pier at 4:30 pm on the closure of the pier, can only go to the farther Wan Chai pier, I bought a good boat ticket online. Mumbai woke up and went straight to dinner, after dinner we bought a puppy Woof Woof snack at the store, she can be satisfied. Out of the hotel lobby we took a taxi to Wanchai Ferry Terminal.
The ferry tickets are for adults, but children's tickets need to be exchanged as well. It was time to board the boat. There was the same situation as when we boarded the plane, and Moe was yelling that he didn't want to go on the boat again. It's a real headache. The ship is not big, there are three floors, we sat down in the second floor of the room, very hot and stuffy. The decks were a little cool and there was a very heavy motor oil odor. Two hours of boat ride, the shore of all kinds of neon lights, little mengmeng not too interested, but we still saw Macau, saw the Hong Kong-China-Macao Bridge, truly feel very proud as a Chinese.
The return trip, I and Moe's father hugged the little Moe on the deck, blowing the sea breeze, singing, although Moe sleepy can not raise interest, but I think this moment is very happy.
On the third day, we continued into the Ocean Kingdom after breakfast and went straight to the whale shark museum. It was indeed shocking to see a guy that big swimming right in front of your eyes. The little mengmeng obviously still do not feel, then big whale sharks and more fish is not as much as a lot of bubbles to the excitement.
Whale Shark Museum
Because the hotel has penguins, Ocean Kingdom penguin museum we did not go, the polar bear museum is just so, the rapids can go through the bear mountain I think it is still quite exciting, but with the baby, I can not play anything. What walrus mountain seal museum we did not go, hurried back to the hotel, ate lunch, and then pack up and check out. Penguin hotel check out is very convenient, directly throw the room card into a mailbox. There is a bus stop at the hotel, and I forgot to mention that the free bus was booked the day before. On the way, Moe took another nap.
Rolling from Zhuhai to Guangzhou is about a three-hour drive. Luckily, the first stop in Guangzhou Changlong was the Panda Hotel where we would be staying.
MengDa thinks that the Panda is a little bit LOW, not as atmospheric as the Penguin Hotel. I booked the Meng Meng room, and my little Meng Meng a name, into the room can like, pink pink.
We must leave immediately to eat, and then go to see the big circus. Panda hotel below the food street I think not too satisfied, although there are many varieties, but need to be separately in a different window to order, and need to order on the machine, and then WeChat scanning code or redeem the panda card, and then take a sensing flying saucer, especially troublesome. Ordering food delayed us for a long time.
After a quick meal we walked to the Changlong Grand Circus, it was already late and I guess the seats for the hotel guests were already full. The circus show was recommended by many people who said it was quite shocking and a must see. The show started at 7:30, we went in when it was already more than seven o'clock, and sure enough, the hotel area has no place, the VIP area is not allowed to sit, so we sat in a very remote and very upward position.
The parade went around and the cute panda figures passed us by. A little while later, a man climbed up onto a cannon on the stage and got into the barrel, a countdown started on the screen, the whole audience counted down, and then the man was launched out of the barrel. There were also very small fountains around the stage, with a mix of water and fire. Not even five minutes into the show, Little Moe actually cried and said she didn't want to see the big circus! My little ancestor, I had paid good money for this, and we rushed to carry her out, so a few hundred big dollars went down the drain.
She said she thought it was too loud and she was scared. Maybe it's still too small for this kind of show, or maybe she's just too timid. Ai! Time for her to practice her guts. We eased her nerves by shopping at the circus store. I do want to let her see and play and learn more, but everything should also be more respectful, so it doesn't matter if money is wasted, what matters is that little Moe Moe is happy. Think about it, the circus show is actually traded for cruelty, not to see it.
While I didn't get to see the circus I'd been waiting for, my little mengmeng was able to remember what she'd seen when she got home, and she told her family and the children in her parenting class about the cannon firing scene. She was so happy that she couldn't tell how scared she was.
We carried a giant lollipop back to the hotel.
Lollipop
On the fourth day, it was drizzling, and it was still a bit of a distance from the Panda Hotel to the Changlong Safari Park. There was a free bus from the hotel, but we had to wait for it, not to mention the fact that we had a trolley, so we tried to save ourselves the trouble of taking a cab at the entrance. The trolley at the Panda Hotel was a bit inferior to the one at the Penguin Hotel. Luckily, my husband asked the concierge to replace it with one with a small awning. Some of the Guangzhou cabs are not metered, especially in the Changlong tourist area, basically the driver asks for a price and you leave when you feel like it, there is no such thing as a meter.
We took a taxi to the north gate of the safari park, a large group of schoolchildren lined up at the door, literally blocking the door tightly. I really do not know why there are so many elementary school students to the safari park, in Zhuhai is also, the Ocean Kingdom is full of elementary school students. Safari park entrance line, security check, elementary school students accounted for more than two thirds of the visitors. As soon as we entered the gate, we didn't know where to go, so we followed the elementary school students. I said that the zoo has a cable car and a small train, we are in order to take the small train to the north gate. But bar one kid said before entering the gate, no cable car no mini train. This not ride, we followed the big wave of students up the Qinglong Mountain, Jurassic Forest. I actually especially do not like, I want to go to see the swans, that how elegant, but ended up on the mountain, and elementary school students crowded in the narrow mountain road, I also pushed the car.
The weather is hot and stuffy, so many leaves on the mountain did not feel cool, but because of the crowd, the humidity makes people can not get up. The forest is infested with dinosaurs, do quite realistic, and barking. This call does not matter, little mengmeng and scared. There are also some small animals in the forest, I can not name them, because I have to take care of Mengbao I did not take any pictures, some animals I did not have time to see what they are called. There was a dinosaur that could spray water and scared me and Moe too much to go forward, the school children screamed and it was a thrilling scene. Further on, there was a cave with a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Before we even went in, we could hear another wave of screams from the elementary school students, and the light in the cave was a weird red color, especially scary. I stopped at the door and didn't dare to go forward, I don't know how scared my Moe would be if he saw it. When Moe's dad came over after taking pictures, I asked him to push the cart, and I hurriedly hugged Moe tightly, letting her head rest on my shoulder as much as possible without looking up, and I quickly passed through the cave. As for what a Tyrannosaurus Rex looked like I had no idea.
After the dinosaur area there were also mastodons, which I didn't know what kind of mastodons there were, and pythons, which I didn't dare to look at. Of course, this time it was I who dared not look, and hurriedly walked past. It was hard to get down the Qinglong Mountain, finally can calm down the mood. Sitting down for a drink of water to rest, just as we got up to be ready to see the giraffe, we saw that next to the drink of water is the White Tiger.
The giraffe has always been a favorite of Moe Moe because it is very tame. We bought leaves, it seems to feed the giraffe this thing little Mengmeng to any zoo has done.
Giraffe
There were Asian elephants that we didn't feed, but little mengmeng seriously saw the whole process of elephants eating bananas.
Then we went to the koala garden and saw the koala's sleeping skills. Just in the branches of the tree a save, is a furry meatball, and sleep. The docent said that koalas sleep 18 to 20 hours a day, so enviable. Then we bought clothes for Moe Moe and a belt for Moe Moe's dad at the koala store. (Reminder to those who want to buy souvenirs must buy what they see! I looked at a dress at the Penguin Hotel in Zhuhai, hesitated, and then tried to buy it the next day and it was gone. I looked at a book at Ocean Kingdom, thought it was too heavy to carry, and bought it when I arrived in Guangzhou, but it turned out that Guangzhou Changlong didn't sell it). Had lunch at the Koala Restaurant.
Next, we went to the panda village. The three pandas are named Mengmeng, Cool and Handsome. The first thing we saw were some other pandas, naive and adorable. Some pandas were sleeping, some were eating bamboo, and some were turning their backs to the tourists, probably thinking about life. It was the three star pandas that were the last to be seen. One panda had been sleeping on the ground, sleeping soundly. One panda kept eating and eating, and I later learned that this one was named Mengmeng. She kept eating bamboo and when she was done, she pooped next to the sleeping panda's head. Little Mengmeng laughed ah, and could not help but laugh when he went home to tell.
After seeing the panda, we were ready to head for the south gate. I didn't get to ride the train, I didn't get to ride the cable car, I didn't get to see the swans, the zebras, the kangaroos, the snub-nosed monkeys, the alpacas, the camels, the African lions, the leopards, and I didn't get to see any of them.
Flamingos
Fortunately, I saw flamingos when I was approaching the south gate. Some of these flamingos are brilliant red, some are flesh pink, and some are just white. Flamingos are mostly found in Africa and South America, and it's not easy to see them in a Chinese zoo. The signage says that flamingos are called lucky birds, which I guess is the meaning given by the Chinese. My husband thought the flamingo was a good symbol, so he bought me a flamingo bracelet in the hotel store, which was red hot.
The peacock is directly across from the south gate, and unfortunately we didn't see the peacock open its screen. I think it's hard to take a good picture of Mengmeng, but she didn't cooperate with my dad when he took a picture of her with his cell phone, so I didn't get a good one. The state of this child, I basically feel that the ticket loss again, no choice but to go out of the south gate. In the south gate of the store, the little Mengmeng play crazy, a little sleepy, in the store kept running, but also and I hide and seek, sweaty also do not mind tired.
Mengmeng's father bought an animal flying game at the store, and we played it in the hotel room, where Mengmeng learned quickly. However, she still liked playing with the curtains in the room the most, and I was helpless.
On the fifth day, we took our favorite souvenirs from Changlong to the city, and stayed at the Maple Hotel on Huangpu Avenue. From the hotel, we took a taxi to a street whose name I forgot, and listened to Moe's dad, and we played scratch-offs on the side of the road. In another unfamiliar city streets, with the mengbao scratching music is also have some fun.
Then we went to Beijing Road, which was so crowded that we didn't even want to go inside. In Benny Road to the little Mengmeng bought a piece of clothing, purely because it is too hot for fear of clothing wet no change to buy, I do not want to shop in this, it is simply suffering. From Beijing Road, we took a taxi to Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street, which is also very crowded, but the style is different from Beijing Road. We ate in a small hutong beef noodles, Moe dad actually think than halogen cooking delicious. We also ate taro ball dessert, to the small Meng happy.
Beijing Road
In fact, this kind of pedestrian street is to eat snacks, shopping small stores, so many people are really not too high interest. My heart and soul is Sha Mian.
We went straight from the Walking Street to Sha Mian, and the people we asked said it wasn't far, but I think we walked a long way. On the way, we bought fruit, little Mengmeng sat on the side of the road and ate it. It was raining, and a cell phone vendor on the street was very kind, letting us sit down to get out of the rain, pouring water for us, and chatting with us. In fact, Guangzhou people are really quite warm.
We walked for a long time and finally reached Sha Mian, at this time the little Mengmeng has fallen asleep on my shoulder. I had no choice but to take a taxi back to the hotel for the sake of the child, so I just passed by Shamian.
There are always regrets in the journey, and the regrets are for the next goodbye.
In the evening, we came to Flower City Plaza, in the IFC there is an authentic Cantonese cuisine especially want to try, but the result of the door queue waiting for the number of too many people, because it is already more than seven o'clock, afraid of mengmeng starvation, we only have to choose the side of the Italian restaurant.
We ate and drank enough, we came to the Huacheng Square, the lights on the ground is Mengmeng favorite, she was excited about a variety of chaotic step. Jumping and laughing all the way, we were getting closer and closer to the Little Barbarian Waist. The small savage waist is really quite beautiful, we all kinds of photos.
Small Barbarian Waist
Meng dad also said he wanted to go up, I said it should not be interesting to go up. The reality is that we are still separated from the Little Barbarians by the Pearl River. Little Mengmeng has already been on the boat, and there is little interest, we will not night cruise Pearl River. We're going home.
When we got back to our hotel room, we started to pack up our stuff, because we should really hit the road once we woke up. Tossing and turning until late, I was still packing after little munchkin fell asleep. I still booked the drop off service on Ctrip and picked my airplane seat. It was a big plane going back, with a row of four seats in the center, and the seat chosen was pretty far forward.
On the way to the airport, Mengmeng yelled that he would not take the big plane, and Mengmeng's father said, "We can't go back to Beijing without taking the big plane," he said.
Baiyun Airport, small children can also run crazy. I have to say, I think the security staff at Baiyun Airport is much better than the capital airport, especially gentle to the little Mengmeng check, but also make her laugh, let her sit on a chair and wait for me. I would like to express my gratitude to such a staff, if everyone can meet such a staff who can treat people gently, it would be so nice.
Meng's father bought a book at the airport bookstore, "A Man's Style Determines His Ending". I hope he will take a good look at it and learn from it. I bought a mangosteen for Mengbao, super expensive, walked to the gate and sat down, I broke it open to see that it was actually bad. I threw it away after Munchkin took a couple sips. She wanted to go to a store for a while, but she had already started boarding and was actually ahead of schedule.
On the plane, Mengmeng drank three cups of apple juice, and she said "I want apple juice" to the flight attendant, and went to the bathroom three times. It's a little gross, but I have to go on record as saying that Moe took a high-altitude stinker on the plane.
Mengmeng never slept, and she fell asleep as the plane entered Beijing. We woke her up when we landed and she was lying sleepily in her airplane seat in a particularly dazed state.
Returning home, I was exhausted, this child is still excited, to grandparents and grandma and grandpa to tell their own see the fun things, to see her so happy, my heart is particularly satisfied.
This trip was not as good as I had hoped, and there were times when I wasn't happy, but overall it was wonderful. I hope this trip will leave an impression on little Mengmeng. Two days ago, I just gave Mengmeng his third birthday, may this little friend grow up happily, and take you to more and more faraway places in the future, may our family always be close and warm.