A Road in ShenZhen

[tywy_99]

There's a road downtown in ShenZhen that is "off limits" to foreigners and children. Does anyone know its name? Has anyone, besides myself, had any experience with it?

[pkfops]

No; but I can guess it is an area of high crime i.e. drugs & prostitutes.

[Randy W]

There's a road downtown in ShenZhen that is "off limits" to foreigners and children. Does anyone know its name? Has anyone, besides myself,  had any experience with it?

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So, what was your experience??

[Guest ShaQuaNew]

There's a road downtown in ShenZhen that is "off limits" to foreigners and children. Does anyone know its name? Has anyone, besides myself,  had any experience with it?

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I know of no roads in Shenzhen that are off limits to foreigners....but, there are some areas that are less desireable to foreigners than others........Particularly Dongamen......PM me with specific questions....

[vibes1313]

Coming back from 18 months in Shenzhen, I never saw anything off-limits to foreignors. Maybe some that should of been like outside the Shangrila where the pickpockets are so bad, they don't care if you catch them in act or not. As long as their boss feeds them.

[tywy_99]

There's a road downtown in ShenZhen that is "off limits" to foreigners and children. Does anyone know its name? Has anyone, besides myself,  had any experience with it?

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So, what was your experience??

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It was when we were in GZ for my wife's interview that my wife had arranged a tour bus trip to SZ. She told me the day before about a bus to SZ but I thought she meant just taking a bus to the city. It was only early that morning to caztch the bus that I found out it was a tour bus.

Okay, I thought. This might be fun! I'll go along with it and play the meigua lao wai tourist.

So we traveled to ShenZhen. The firsst place we stopped was a gem and mineral factory and then we went to a 71 story skyscraper (I forget the name). I do, however, remember the ride up in the elevator. A nice spacious elevator with mirrored walls and it willed up quick with people. On the ride up I noticed out of one of the mirrors that I was the tallest one! My head looked like a duck on a black pond!...lol.

After that, it was time for lunch. The bus had taken our group to some seedy little eatery in a storefront building. It was there when my wife told me that the tour guide said this about the road. The tour guide was a little Chinese gal and she escorted me and my stepdaughter into this "hole-in-the-wall" eatery.

Well, they sat us at a really small table, my stepdaughter and I, and served us tea. My wife was gone for a long time. She was led to shops on this road and somehow they kept her away for a long time!

Meanwhile, I'm sitting in this place, the only foreigner, and being staired at by everyone. We sat there for a long time, maybe an hour. It was a bit unnerving and not knowing where my wife was.

After some time, she finally showed up. She seemed to be upset and even more so when she seen that me and her daughter havent eaten. She got into an argument with this little tour guide gal.

We finally got our meal, the three of us sitting at that really small table but we were given cheap, little, short bamboo chopsticks in paper, like the kind you get with Chinese take-out, while others had a nice full set of chopsticks. That's what got me mad.

After we left, we continued the tour. We went to a seaworld sort of thing and watched the dolphins jump and then walked around the park. After that, we headed back to GZ.

It was quite a trip but all in all, it was fun just checking out China with my wife and her daughter.

I never have found out why foreigners and children weren't allowed on that particular street.

While waiting a long time, in that rough-looking Chinese "bar&grill" for my wife to get back, I was thinking maybe they abduct foreigners and children!...

[whatsthehaps]

That story sounds a bit like me.

 

I ran into the wrong crowd over by the soccer stadium (especially at night). I would stay away from there. My tip would be not to look anyone in the eyes!

[Zingaro]

Interesting stories ...

 

I don't know of any road in Shenzhen that is officially off limits to foreigners and/or children, and I'm not even sure Shenzhen actually has a "downtown" in the pattern of most American cities.

 

That said, there are areas which seem to be more attractive to criminal types. As with any city anywhere in the world, it pays to develop some internal radar - and to use common sense.

 

I've traveled extensively (mostly Europe, South America and Africa before traveling to China) and I've always had a policy of living like a local as much as possible. I've never been a tourist. I've been remarkably lucky, despite a few really hairy incidents.

 

In China, I've had only one instance where my internal radar really set off alarms. Other than that one time, I've not had a problem. My SO is very cautious and very aware that poor people (of which China has more than a few) are capable of some pretty nasty things.

 

On the other hand, China is a fascinating and beautiful country, struggling to awaken from a very long sleep - and to recover from a very bloody, tumultuous century.