Asian Football Confederation Under 19 Qualifiers

Group F matches for the Asian Football Confederation Under 19 Qualifiers are to be held in Liuzhou Sports Stadium from the 6th to 14th of November 2007. The group consists of DPR Korea, China, Malaysia, Macau and Singapore. Fixtures area as follows:

Walking On Water

Longtan Park (see below) have enabled the masses to walk on the waters of the lakes. You hire a large plastic ball, zip yourself inside and off you go. ¥10 for 10 minutes.

Great fun. I'm told.

Now also available in Liuhou Park in the city centre. (March 2007)

6th August 2006

Swimming Pools

Thanks to everyone who supplied info on their favourite swimming pools in town. I deliberately asked people of the Laowai persuasion who are either here now or were here in the past, rather than ask my Chinese friends or wife, as I wanted the Laowai perspective.

Favourite seems to be the pool  in Que Shan Park (). The park is in the north of the city, at the end of the No. 19 bus route. (See map below.) However, it seems that it is easier to reach the swimming pool by taking the No. 5 bus and getting off just after it crosses the railway track. From here you can enter the park by the north gate which is much nearer the pool. It costs ¥12, but a monthly season ticket is available.

Second favourite is Long Tan Park ( see map below). This is quite a way out of town, but the park is pleasant and the pool is good. This is at the south end of the No. 19 bus route. (So if you get the bus in the wrong direction you'll still get a swimming pool!) No definite info on price yet, but you can count on it being around ¥10 -12.

Honourable mentions also goes to Ma'an Shan Park ( see map below) pool. More central and to quote "Costs Y5 (plus Y1 for a locker).  There are actually 2 pools: one in the sun, for children (but adults can also wallow there), and a roofed one for the general public.  Apparently it gets very crowded in the evening."

Liuhou Park is definitely not recommended. Nor is the river!

If you know of a good INDOOR pool please let me know. I keep hearing rumours but...

Ten Pin Bowling

There is a ten pin bowling rink on the 8th floor of Wuxing Department Store (see map). 

Cost varies from ¥6 to 12 depending on time of day.

There is another bowling alley on the third floor of the building in front of Tian Tian Jian (The large Jia Yong Supermarket) on Fei E Lu, near the railway station.  It is cheaper than Wuxing, but there isn't such a good selection of balls.  

Indoor Rock Climbing

Guangxi's largest indoor rock climbing wall is in Que Shan Park. The 10 metre high wall has six climbing paths and they have all the necessary protective equipment. No information on price, so if anyone makes it there, please let me know. For directions to the park, see swimming above.

Park Map

Here is a map showing the approximate positions of the parks mentioned here. Click on the map to see full size.