Lychee Bay Scenic Area - One of Must See Places of Guangzhou City

Knowing that our trip in China was coming to an end and this was our last evening in Guangzhou. J.  called  to take us out at 5:30 pm. We went to his place and finished helping him with some decoration.


He took us to the Lychee Bay Scenic Area - a beautiful place with traditional buildings and houses

A huge traditional Chinese lantern placed  in the Lychee Bay scenic area

This is not a man made heritage village specially built to attract tourists and lure them to spend their dollars, but a genuine place where people have been living and working for generations and hundreds of years.

Entrance to the famous restaurant in the Lychee Bay area

Off course we had a meal at the very famous restaurant where well known political leaders and celebrities have frequented!

We had a great meal and conversation in the restaurant! 

We enjoyed a very nice meal and great conversation. We had not seen J. for a long time! I couldn’t remember the last time when we had such a good conversation with him!

A beautiful place with old heritage buildings

Buildings in the Lychee Bay Scenic Area

After dinner, we strolled around this pretty traditional place, with a small river winding underneath old bridges.

A beautiful night view in the Lychee Bay area

Old houses and buildings lining both sides of the river, some were decorated and lit up with the unmistakable traditional red Chinese lanterns.

A beautiful place for an evening stroll!

We must come back during the day  as we could not take too many pictures or see the place clearly.

J. was mesmerized by the traditional Chinese buildings and the beauty of place. The awesome scenery of the restaurant facing the river took our breath away. I said to J. that this would be the restaurant where his wedding reception should take place. He agreed happily!

Though it was well past 9 p.m. there were still people walking around and some shops were open. We bought some tea at the tea shop which offered a pretty good selection of local herbal teas.

We went back to our hotel where we watched a little CCTV  program together. Later I shared a passage and prayer with him. That was a long time since we shared a bible passage with him; we prayed together too. Amen!!!

We hugged and said good bye. I was sad that we had to leave Guangzhou the next day!

R.T.
Last night in Guangzhou
China