Going to be in Shenzhen for 2+ weeks for work in Nov. Its my second time there and while I'm familiar with the SeaWorld area I've never checked out the night life at Coco Park. Just wanted to know where I can go to meet people and hang out after work, especially with my very limited Mandarin skills. Am in my mid-twenties if that is useful info.
Posted Oct 27, 2014, 7:49 PM UTC
Shenzhen is great for small hikes and chilling in the park. If you're interested in meeting girls then either go out to bars or download okcupid or badoo and line up some 'dates'. Best advice: arrive and chill around your hotel. Walk up and down the streets. Then after a day go explore the metro with nothing in mind yet. Take a random stop and walk around. Eventually lookup tripadvisor or lonelyplanet for stuff. Take a day trip to guangzhou Maybe stay the night at a cheap 7 days in and climb baiyunshan.
I agree with everything here especially the random walking about.
The OCT loft area is nice as well. That is, comfortable and clean. Nothing like baishizhou. Lots of coffee, art, and music.
Opposing viewpoint: I found these areas to be plasticy and artifical, and preferred the utter madness of the various markets, and their artifical joys.
Agree with that as well.
Ah I see. I doubt I'd have much leisure time actually. If my last trip is anything to go by its going to be a work hard play hard party into the night kinda thing. That said, maybe I could squeeze a weekend in.
If you like microbrews, go to biotic brewery. Theyve got some kickass pumpkin ale. Rose cafe right next door got some awesome falaffles, sammich and pretty good fries
If you wanna go to like a college bar that is like a local place,look up "hellen's cafe"....... almost everyone speaks decent english and they have free beer til 11pm on fridays if memory serves me and theres some chugging contests too.
So I'm having trouble obtaining details about Helen's Cafe, such as a website or just where it is. Any help? =P
https://foursquare.com/v/helens-hangout/50d1b52ce4b0935b09581224
when you go to the website click directions and you should be good
Thanks!
Thanks! I'll check it out!
I recommend checking out Huaqiangbei Area is full of shopping centres mainly focused on electronics but be careful of fakes
Central Park is very nice
Shekou is worth a visit.
I'd kinda turn Bolt & Nuts' recommendation on its head: I'd head down to HQB and look for the coolest fakes, knockoffs, widgets, gadgets, whozawhatsits and thingamajigs. DO make sure that you hit up the land of tablet PC's and the land of phones, and not only SEG.
Land of Tablet PC's = SED.
Land of Phones = directly across the street from SED. In both of those buildings, make sure that you go all of the way up the escalators. I found the scenes you could see on the 3rd, 4th & 5th floors to be entirely unique.
Haxlr8r has a great HQB map.
THe people in Shenzhen are overall very friendly and approachable. If you need help, ask. If you're geeky at all, don't miss HQB. It's like a temple of nerd.
If you want to learn more about the city and its ways, I do suggest the Badoo route.
Have a great time man, Shenzhen is the Gem of China.