Nick, we can't thank you enough for all the wonderful information! We have printed your message and it will definitely travel with us! It's great to go to a new destination with some real hands-on advice and information, we don't rely at all on travel books and such. For this reason, we too like to go to 'off the beaten path' places and explore new adventures. When you mentioned 'dining at the markets' that is exactly what we were planning to do. Certainly we will do a few more elegant nights, but we want to have a real taste of Cantonese and everything else that they offer, so we will be hitting lots of those market spots. We are not big on shopping (my wife and daughter already do enough of that here), we may pick up some piece of art or something of significance for our home, but we are not into the knick knacs. We would rather spend out time visiting temples, taking tours, exploring the sights and learning all that we can about the culture and the region. We are looking forward to this new destination in our travel log. Thanks again, and, if you ever need anything from WN (loads and such), just drop me a line. Have a good weekend.

J. Melian