Taking a Direct Bus from Hong Kong to Guangzhou, China

Day 1 of Our Trip to China

We landed in Hong Kong!

Thank God! It was an uneventful fifteen hour direct flight from Toronto to Hong Kong.

 We boarded the 10:30a.m. plane and I was afraid that it would be a long day ahead sitting in the plane. It wasn't so bad. I watched three movies and had a dinner, snacks in between and a nice breakfast and we arrived in Hong Kong!

An exhibition in the HK Airport

The Hong Kong airport is modern, efficient and well serviced to serve travelers from around the world.









There were a lot of staff personnel around to help travelers arriving at the airport with their questions and transportation needs.

The day we landed in the airport we saw  a display of how some used bike wheels could be turned into art work. It was interesting!

We enjoyed a concert at the Hong Kong Airport

In the other side of the hall, there was a concert going on entertaining travelers who had time to enjoy it!

Tourists can take a direct bus from Hong Kong Airport into mainland China

Our destination was not Hong Kong, but mainland China. We went to Terminal 2 to catch a bus to mainland China.

We didn’t have to drag our luggage too far. For 180 Yuen per person, we could buy a ticket on a coach from the Hong Kong Airport going directly to Guangzhou, a southern Chinese city.

The bus waiting area was spacious and comfortable

The waiting area was spacious and comfortable. The bus ran frequently, every half an hour. We bought our tickets at around 2:20pm, and waited for about 15 minutes and got on the bus.

Leaving the HK Airport and going into China on a bus

The coach left at 3pm. This was our first time taking a bus into mainland China and it gave us a chance to enjoy the nice scenery along the way.

A nice bus ride for us to enjoy the scenery of Hong Kong

I  never realized Hong Kong was so hilly. It was a smooth bus ride; the bus was not crowded, only about three quarter full.

However, there was no washroom facility on the coach. We were forewarned by some friends and were prepared for that therefore we avoided drinking too much water before boarding.

Our first custom crossing at the Hong Kong border

About 30 minutes after leaving Hong Kong, the bus stopped at the Hong Kong custom where we had to bring everything down from the bus and cleared customer there. That didn’t take long at all.

Our second custom inspection at the Chinese border before entering China

I thought it was easy crossing the border. Little did I know that the bus stopped at the Chinese border and every passenger had to unload every piece of their  luggage for the second time.

This time it took a little longer to clear at the Chinese border as the border officer looked at every detail of our Chinese visa and passport. It took longer but we all cleared without any incident.

The bus trip from from Hong Kong to Guangzhou was from 2:45pm – 7:30pm, about four and half hours, longer than we thought. Since we were not in a hurry to get into China, we considered it a sightseeing trip and we enjoyed the ride.

The bus stopped at a number of designated stops to unload its passengers in Guangzhou, China. After it dropped us off at our requested stop, we took a taxi to get to our hotel, it cost 30 RMB ( about Can. $6.00, not bad at all!)

Our hotel is comfortable!

We called J. and told him we arrived at the hotel. He said he would come over next day and meet us. It might as well as we were really tired. I had been up for almost 48 hours.

Our first dinner in Guangzhou, China

We had dinner at the hotel restaurant and went to sleep after that. I slept like a baby for the first night in mainland China!

R.T.
Guangzhou
China