Comments on: First Trip to Zhuhai China

By: Sai

Sai — Mon, 01 May 2017 00:59:18 +0000

Can some one please help to tell me.. Where is go karting?

GO KARTS – Not far from the border gate is a Go-Kart track in the basement of a building.

By: billy

billy — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 21:26:03 +0000

hello, i’m local people in Zhuhai. Its very interesting comments about Zhuhai from foreigner sight. In fact, the local people will not steel sth from your bag, they are friendly, warmhearted. Don’t buy anything like luxury brand in Zhuhai except in the Shopping mall. The local people such like me always shopping in Macao. In my opinion, HK, Macao its cheaper than mainland because of the taxes. We have heavy taxes when impact goods from other places. If you want to have trip here, islands, hotsprings and there will be an ocean park in Hengqin,Zhuhai. You can search the info in goole like Changlong,Hengqin. Oh, about the money askland mentioned that RMB it means REN MIN BI(it means:people’s money). I like the weather here also the foods. (Maybe im Chinese, i like the Chinese cuisine.)By the way, Zhuhai is a safety city, i never been stolen sth from others.Today, they are a lot of foreigners to choose Zhuhai to live in.

i wish my tips can help you.

By: Lizzy

Lizzy — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:09:25 +0000

Hello,

It was really great to read all comments and thanks for the tip. We are planning to visit Macau and would love to stop over at Zhuhai for a couple of days. Last year I was in Macau but just for a day trip. This time I would love to stay for 2 nites. Can someone let me know the names of locale travel agent that can provide us with package deals. Any help will greatly be appreciated.
Have a great one!

Lizzy fr Toronto Canada

By: huseyin Y.

huseyin Y. — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:22:29 +0000

Hi all i read your comments totally . Zhuhai is nice small city, closer to Macau and HK. Otherwise they have delicious cooker on road my favorite is aubergine. Zhuhai is more safe then shanghai about thief. only be carefull when you go KFC and Mcdonalds !! thief choose crowd place for steal womans bag or your wallet.

By: peter

peter — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:48:06 +0000

im just read all comments from American people ,witch is visit Zhuhai.i realy dont know what they espect in Zhuhai.i was been in Zhuhai last month,and i was realy enjoy.People is realy friendly/some american is scare,i dont know why?/everywhere is clean,/not like in America, dirty/shopping center between Zhuhai and Macao is realy clean and you can found there everything what you need ,for cheap price.restourant is realy nice with good food.Nobody steal from me anything and not try,american watch so many crime movies i think.i like so much Zhuhai and im feeling so good in that city.im not rich but im not looking for room for 12 dollars when you have hotel with five star for 40 dollars per night.Zhuhai,beatifull city with frendly people,clean and with more than 100 islands,,people come and enjoy.Peter from Melbourne ,Australia

By: Joyce

Joyce — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:38:55 +0000

Hi Conrad,

Thanks for sharing with us your experiences in Zhuhai.

We have crossed over to Zhuhai from Macau twice before but so far, we’ve just restricted ourselves to the huge underground shopping centre at the Border Gate.

We want to venture further for our next trip, and maybe stay over for a day or two. Can you please recommend a good hotel near the Macau Border Gate, restaurants, what to do etc for a short 2-day trip? Would you advise that we book with a local tour agent? Or are taxis safe and reasonable?

Would appreciate your advice and recommendations on which restaurants/hotels/tour agent to go to. Many thanks.

Regards.
Joyce

By: askland

askland — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:03:20 +0000

Hi Cyndi,
Well now, I’ve lived in China for another year since this original post and have been to Zhuhai another 10 times since then, so I can add a little more info. And now I go to Zhuhai with friends that are Chinese, and I speak a little Mandarin – so the experience has a different flavor.

Same warning flags around Gongbei border gate: Pickpockets and beggars everywhere, so carry your bags in front of you. Be on HIGH alert.

But away from the border area and traveling with mainland Chinese – I have found Zhuhai to be an extremely charming city. You can get a one hour massage from a TRAINED masseuse for 30RMB (4 dollars USD). (In my initial post I called the currency “RNB” I guess I was confusing it with “Rhythm and Blues” – It’s “RMB”, or Renmenbi.)

There are quite a few Western English teachers in Zhuhai. I found that when I can speak a little Mandarin and am out of the border gate area, people are VERY nice and try to make you feel welcome. Westerners have a reputation here for being very friendly, honest, and of course lots of money – so merchants are very nice.

Some things I’ve done in Zhuhai that were very fun:

BEACH – There’s a public beach area with restaurants and you can rent various crazy and zany watercraft to putt around in, including funny little paddle boats that have water pistols attached.

WATER PARK – In English it’s part of the “LOST CITY” – It’s not on the world scale of water parks in Disneyworld Florida or the water park in Ghuanzou, but it’s very fun, inexpensive, and includes a cheezy haunted house which amused me to no end. Make sure you wear a swim suit. I wore shorts with a zipper and was not able to ride the more turbulent rides.

SPAS – There are massage parlors and spas everywhere in Zhuhai. Very inexpensive, 30RMB (4 dollars USD) for one hour massage. They also have facials and everything else you can imagine. Very clean and legit places. Also when you get a haircut in Zhuhai you can get a body and head massage before with a facial. Very fun stuff.

FOOD – I don’t like the food so much in Macau. But the food in Zhuhai is AWESOME. Lots of spicy food that’s very easy for Westerner’s to eat. And so cheap you’ll be in heaven. I ordered 5 main dishes, drinks and two gigantic desserts at a restaurant and paid $150RMB ($20USD). You can have a GREAT meal in Zhuhai for 50RMB ($7USD).

GO KARTS – Not far from the border gate is a Go-Kart track in the basement of a building. It’s very fun for about 40RMB for 15 minutes. I’ve also heard there’s an outdoor racetrack that has little sports cars with MAJOR cc engines – a real sports track that people test cars on. Have to find out where that is.

BAR STREET – “Bar Street” is the street with all the lights on the sidewalks and a mix of Western style restaurants and bars. On this street includes the 88 Club and the Red Bar – you have to check both those out, especially the 88 Club.

HOTELS – You can get a nice room in Zhuhai for 100RMB ($12USD). Most of the beds in China have hard mattresses and the showers are a little funky to get used to – but there’s no bugs so it’s all good.

Of course, when I go there with Chinese I have no problems at all and nobody scams me. I have found it a great place to practice my Mandarin – and if while practicing Mandarin you are also buying goods or services, they are more than happy to help you along.

I think you’ll love Zhuhai, and hope that you pop over the border to say hello to us in Macau, and Cirque Du Soleil at the Venetian!

By: Cyndi

Cyndi — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:37:42 +0000

Very interesting. I am visiting Zhuhai in October for a “look see”. My husband and I may be moving there for 3 years for his job. I’m excited and scared at the same time. We are applying for letter of invite and visa at the moment. The company will provide us with culture and language training. I would love to be able to hook up with some americans who can show us the ropes. Husbands company has people there and they will be taking us around for 10 days, we will be visiting HongKong on our own. Any advice would be great. The pickpocket thing bums me out but its nice to know and be aware of. Thank you for that.