Pearl River

Guangzhou · 珠江

Pearl River

The cheap version of the skyline is a public ferry. The scenic version is a night cruise from a real wharf. Both are fine. Know which one you paid for.

Photo: Azwari Nugraha · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Go after dinner, when the bridges are lit and the heat has dropped. An hour is the right length. The city does not get more interesting on a second loop.

Sit outside if the boat allows it and the rain does not. The glass lounge is a television of the same view.

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