Best travel mode for getting from Hong Kong to this destination in southern China?

[RSD]

That's the main ones.
Shanghai is a bit different with
Shanghai Hongqiao being the main station (and kind of West of the city). There is a future East station under construction next to Pudong Airport.

Cheers! Its a bit of a headfull down south with Dongguan in Guangdong etc - throw in the wacky offset in google maps and it is a bit of a learning curve for newcomers!

 

[moa999]

throw in the wacky offset in google maps

Assuming android. Download Amap (by Alibaba). Fully in English these days.. just ignore any prompts to login (still needs a Chinese number).
For apple, Apple Maps works ok.

Can Favourite locations (hotels, train stations easily).
Also MetroMan is a good English app for public transport once you know where you are going.

 

[RSD]

Assuming android. Download Amap (by Alibaba). Fully in English these days.. just ignore any prompts to login (still needs a Chinese number).
For apple, Apple Maps works ok.

Can Favourite locations (hotels, train stations easily).
Also MetroMan is a good English app for public transport once you know where you are going.

I've just downloaded Amap now and will check it out tomorrow (yes I'm an Android kinda guy)

Will take a look at MetroMan tomorrow too - cheers!

 

[RSD]

Bing Maps seems like it is useful when planning China trips. Like google maps it has an offset - from what I have seen during a play around the offset in Bing Maps is pretty consistent in distance however the direction varies - for instance in Shenzhen you need to look 500-600 metres northwest of where the location is given when you type in the address or location you are looking for, but in Yantai you need to look WSW the same distance. Overall though Bing Maps seems to be another useful tool in the toolbox for China.

 

[RSD]

Any recommendations for things to do on a Sunday afternoon in the area around Shenzhen North/Shenzhenbei railway station? In about three weeks I'm taking QF29 on the Saturday to HKG, then staying at the Regal that night and training into Shenzhen on the Sunday, and I'm going to have the Sunday afternoon free - will be staying at the Pullman Shenzhen North right by the railway station.

 

[elanshin]

Bing Maps seems like it is useful when planning China trips. Like google maps it has an offset - from what I have seen during a play around the offset in Bing Maps is pretty consistent in distance however the direction varies - for instance in Shenzhen you need to look 500-600 metres northwest of where the location is given when you type in the address or location you are looking for, but in Yantai you need to look WSW the same distance. Overall though Bing Maps seems to be another useful tool in the toolbox for China.

The tldr is that any western mapping service is always off because of security reasons (similarly in korea).

The chinese maps are the accurate ones. The only exception being apple maps because iphone is such a popular status symbol in china.