The memorial hall, situated on the site of Guangzhou’s presidential palace, was completed in 1931, funded by local and overseas Chinese people in memory of Sun Yat-sen, a Chinese revolutionary, statesman and political philosopher who served as the first provisional president of the Republic of China (not at that time but now present-day Taiwan).
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We went on a day tour from Hong Kong to the urban district of Panyu, situated on the Pearl River, and the city of Guangzhou, both part of China’s Guangdong Province. The trip was a disaster since Tim was sick for most of it and our tour guide switched places with another guide but took our group’s visas with him, as a result of which the authorities at the Guangzhou train station refused to let us leave the country, which was pretty scary. We finally got it resolved with the tour agency but insisted on leaving China that night, only possible on a ship heading for Hong Kong since the trains didn’t run overnight.
‘Area closed,’ posted earlier:
