Crowding during holidays in China - Just say NO

Chinese, like all human beings, love to travel and love their holidays. However, given the population density in China, it is advisable NOT to travel during holidays and try to time your travel and vacationing when most of the 1.3 billion Chinese are working.

Then again, if you want to experience foot-to-foot crowds as dense as in the planet Gideon in Star Trek, then by all means go to China during their holidays.

This photo says it all:

Friday afternoon stroll through Shenzhen

A random walk through Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China on a Friday afternoon.

Street vendors at night in Shenzhen

Street vendors at night in Shenzhen.

It's a real tree!

Ah! Summertime in Confucian North Asia! This scanned in cartoon from the China Daily newspaper speaks volumes!