Travelling to Guangzhou, China by Bus from the Hong Kong Airport

Recently we visited a couple of countries in Asia. One of which was China and we spent sometime there around Chinese New Year.

our trip coincided with the peak travelling days for millions of Chinese heading back home, therefore ,we were unable to get tickets to Guangzhou, our first destination in China. However, We found that there were a number of alternate routes of going to Guangzhou, one of the most popular tourist destinations in China. They were: 1. By plane - The most obvious route is to fly directly to Guangzhou. However, depending on the timing of one's flight, it could be costly. We were unable to secure the tickets during the Chinese peak holiday periods.

2. By train - From our recent experience, we dicovered that China has an excellent train transportation system taking travellers to many different parts of China. One can take the fast train into China from Hong Kong which is much faster or one can take the slow train which is slower but much much cheaper! We landed in Hong Kong, the gateway and hub in Asia, wowever, there is no train leaving directly from the HK airport for China. If taking the fast train, one will need to take a bus/ subway from the HK airport and then transfer at the proper bus stop to the train for China.

3. By bus - Since we were travelling during the busiest time of the year, all the train tickets were sold out. We decided to travel by bus into China. It was easy! The bus companies set up their ticket counters right inside the arrival section of the HONG Kong airport. With our luggage in tow, we walked for a few minutes to the counter, enquired about the bus schedule, chose a time best for us, purchase the tickets and boarded the bus taking us to Guangzhou, China. The bus took us across the border and we needed to get off the bus with our luggage and passed the immigration onto the Chinese side. The procedure was painless and fast. After passiging through the Chinese immigration, the bus was waiting for us on the Chinese side ready to take us to Guangzhou.

We boarded the bus at around 5:30 p.m. There were a number of bus drop off points inside the city of Guangzhou. By the time we were dropped off at our desired location, it was around 9:00p.m. The bus took about 3.5 hours including going through the immigration whereas the fast train would have taken us about 2.5 hours including transfers. Taking the bus was the best for us as we didn't want to get on/ off the bus and train. China, here we came! RT, HK Going to GUANGZHOU, China