soonbethere: A Trip To Shenzhen #1 Huaqiang North Road

SHENZHEN BACKPACKING TRIP #1

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Shenzhen is not far from Guangzhou. The journey is expected to take about half an hour by bullet train. Our intention to spend a day or two in Shenzhen to check things out in Shenzhen.

We take a break from our visit to Guangzhou because we see the opportunity in Shenzhen being a popular location for wholesale center for electronic items such as smartphone accessories, LED, CCTV, etc. We expect great things out of the visit to Shenzhen.

GZ South Train Station 广州南站

We took Metro Subway Train Line 2 at Memorial Hall Station (纪念堂站) and arrived at Guangzhou South Railway Station (广州南站) at about 6.30 a.m.

We left Metro Station from Exit I1 and followed the direction signs until we arrived at the Tickets Counter. The Train Tickets were sold from the ticket counter on the 1F level of the main building of Guangzhou South Railway Station.

- Bought Bullet Train Tickets to Shenzhen Bei Station, Train ticket fare about 75元 per person.
- On board Train G6503 at 8.40 a.m.

We make sure that we need not get hungry during the journey, so brought along munchies for meal.

As soon as the train leaving the station, I opened a small plastic bag of bread for breakfast and wash this down with mineral water bought earlier from a grocery store on Baohan Straight Street.

On the train there was also trolley or food-cart service selling packed meals and drinks. We can buy mineral water here.

During the journey through the train window we can see the landscape is more or less the same as we can see in Malaysia, except in Guangdong the vegetation is not as dense. Outside the train window the were Farms, Trees and Hills, the panorama was quite interesting.

SHENZHEN

- We arrived in Shenzhen at around 9.40 a.m.
- Exit Train Station and walk to Shenzhen North Metro Station.

SHENZHEN MUSLIM HOTEL

- Took Metro Subway Train line 4 and interchange at Civic Center Station to board Metro Subway Train line 2. Got off at Hubei Station.

My wife already got across the road

We intend to stay in a hotel located just across the road from Hubei metro station, it took 5 minutes to walk there.

- Checked in at Shenzhen Muslim Hotel 深圳穆斯林宾馆 located on Wenjin South Road (Hubei Metro Exit A). Since we didn't make room booking earlier, the hotel rate for Twinbed Room at 238元 per night. Can get cheaper hotel rate if we had made the booking.

Muslim travellers visiting Shenzhen would favour to stay in Shenzhen Muslim Hotel 深圳穆斯林宾馆 located on Wenjin South Road because it's convenient to find halal eating place, there is a mosque on the 7th floor of this hotel building and nearby Yahya Muslim grocery store.

Lunch at Muslim Hotel Restaurant on the ground floor

Yahya Supermarket located next to Muslim Hotel

Stopby at Yahya Supermarket 伊哈雅

- Walk to Hurun Building about 10 minutes to get there.

- Hurun Building, We went into a shop in this building to make an order for goods for sending to Kuala Lumpur. Paid the deposit of around 30% of total order price. The shop need time to prepare our order. They will contact us tomorrow by phone.

- Took Metro Subway Train to Huaqiang North Metro.

HUAQIANG NORTH ROAD

- Huaqiang North Road (Huaqiang North Metro exit B). Visited SEG Electronics Market 赛格电子市场, Manhar Digital Square 曼哈数码广场 and surrounding to look around for handphones, smartwatches and electronic gadgets.

Huaqiangbei Commercial Street is renowned for it’s electronics markets. The area is reported as being the largest electronics market in China, take note that Shenzhen is the major producer of electronics goods, and it’s a city where many big brand tech gadgets are produced.

The electronic gadgets, they have much more choices here to meet the customers requirements. The gadget casings are decorated with different colors and unique designs and patterns that you may not find it anywhere else. They are also equipped with batteries that the specifications are of wider choice.

They also sell those one-wheeled and two-wheeled battery-powered personnel vehicle. So many choices of segway like things, a lot of designs, and they have multiple-colours to choose from.

Manhar Digital Square

Time to leave Huaqiangbei Road and to go next on our itinerary, to have dinner.

We took Metro Subway Train to Hubei Station.

- Strolled around the area near to Muslim Hotel. We found one halal restaurant located on Chunfeng Road 春风路 and there was another located on Xiangxi Road 向西路.