Transit: Sleeping in Baiyun Airport
Guangzhou Baiyun Airport
Here’s just a quick post on my first leg in China. Am Currently still in the middle of my trip here in South West China where the regular temperature is around 12-15 degrees. My entry point going here is from Guangzhou where I would be meeting a friend of mine who would be joining me on this trip. It’s my first time to enter China and my transit in Guangzhou’s Baiyun airport is quite an experience itself already.
Sleeping at 1st floor common area
Upon entering, I realized that Baiyun Airport is huge. And also I learned how strict the security here in China is. A fellow Filipino was taking pictures of themselves along the immigration section and immediately, security told them that there are “No Picture Taking” allowed. The guard asked them to “Cancel” or delete the picture immediately. I managed to take pictures from my phone but I think I won’t post them here.
Waking up at the departure area
We were supposed to leave early 8am the next day for our flight to Chongqing and since it was really late and I arrived here around 10pm, we decided we’ll just sleep here at the airport to save cost. Going to the city is 30-45 minutes away and we still have to pay for accommodations which we’ll only use for a few hours which isn’t cost effective. We stayed at McDonalds there which have a free wifi and was up even until 12 midnight. By 1am we decided to squat at the common area where some folks where already sleeping at the benches but shortly security directed us to the 3rd floor departure area.
Morning smog at the airport
Baiyun Airport doesn’t operate like our airports, they close at a certain time. We found a nice spot at their huge departure lounge and was able to catch some sleep there for a few hours. By 5am the lights went up and the airport started to wake up. I washed up at the restroom there and soon we tried to find a nice place to eat breakfast. But first we found the Checkin for China Southern Airlines already open so we checked in first. There’s this Chinese attitude where these people just cut in line. Good thing we were able to check in properly and looked for a place to eat. We did try to look for a place but most of them were expensive so we ended up back in McDonalds for breakfast. We also took a peak outside the airport and all I can say it’s really smoggy there. Pollution probably? everything’s white and misty.
Crowded Baiyun Boarding gates
Now I understand why Baiyun is so huge. It may be possible that around a million people transit here each day. The boarding gates was chaos and filled with people. And again, even using only my camera phone to take pictures one of the lady guards told me picture taking is not allowed there so I just stopped.
Depature Lounge Hall
We breezed through the departure lounge since it’s only a few minutes left past our boarding time. We wished we had went there earlier seeing it looks really nice but the plane was about to leave so we went off early.
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March 17th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
wow!! i think china’s pollution is really worst right now, they been talking that on reader’s digest.
have a nice and safe trip ferdz
March 17th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
wow, it’s turning out to be one exciting trip bai! have a safe one! will look forward to your next posts
i echo jhenny’s comment, must be the pollution that’s been a subject of many a news article. but the airport looks swell.
March 18th, 2008 at 12:59 am
Have a good trip. The airport seemed relaly nice
March 18th, 2008 at 8:16 am
waiting for more to come. enjoy your trip.
March 18th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Bon voyage ! Enjoy the trip!
Take care.
March 18th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Really interesting!
This trip is a work-related trip or just to explore China, Kuya?
(:
March 18th, 2008 at 10:45 am
ang strict noh? grabe. enjoy your stay in China!!
March 18th, 2008 at 10:59 am
you have an awesome blog. i am lovin’ the theme/skin so much!
will read more of your posts. have a fun trip!
March 18th, 2008 at 11:32 am
mukhang exciting ang trip na ito ah…
March 18th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Wow..another exciting international adventure of an Ironwulf…this year…..hope you can post more of pictures here…we’re anticipating..good luck on your trip there…ferdz
March 18th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
They sure sound really strict about picture taking. I don’t see how they can enforce it though with so many camera phones out there. Happy trip!
March 18th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Wow, airport pa lang, adventure na! Here in Cambodia, the airports close at a certain time too… but then, it’s because the flights are so few.
Enjoy your adventure in China Ferdz and take care! 
March 18th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
astig! China is a dream trip. Ill keep in touch for new pictures and features.
March 18th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Nice. I like sleeping in airports. This one looks new and huge!
March 18th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
now that’s a real spacious airport. Looking at the street signs is even more confusing
Since China is the most populous country in the world, I won’t be surprised at the sizes of their major airports.
March 19th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Hi Ferdz! Enjoy your trip! Good Luck in taking pics!
March 19th, 2008 at 9:05 am
uy, you’re off to china pala, ganda ng airport ah. sige intayin namin mga susunod na posts mo…:)
March 20th, 2008 at 1:01 am
wish i could do the same. travel. eat. sleep. travel…and the cycle goes on.!
March 20th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
ah, your airport photos remind me of my arrival at Pudong International Airport taking in the first whiff of air — man, it was awful! did you have the same experience? haha.
but i really enjoyed the trip to Shanghai; the city is great. enjoy your trip dude!
March 21st, 2008 at 6:52 am
Hmm…they didn’t spend much in aesthetics did they? Very functional…but at least it’s spacious…
March 21st, 2008 at 1:32 pm
haba ng pila sa immigration. have a safe trip ferdz.
March 25th, 2008 at 7:07 am
enjoy your trip! you have such a nice website and the photos… amazing!
March 26th, 2008 at 10:45 am
natulog ka pala sa airport. parang naalala kita tuloy sa The Terminal