First, a link to photos from Zhuhai here.

After Zhuhai, I took a ferry for one hour to reach Shenzhen. This city is a bit of a miracle; the first SEZ created by Deng Xiaoping in 1979, the population went from 4,000,000 in 2000 to 14,000,000 in 2009. Shenzhen is the fastest growing city in China, and has been for the past thirty years.

Shenzhen is the manufacturing capital of the world. Indeed, most iPods and all other "made in China" goods probably originated here.

Even in the dead of the winter, it was hot here. I cannot imagine what it is like in the summer, and everyone I spoke to agreed that the summers are treacherous.

I met a guy in my hostel with a Boston Red Sox T-Shirt on; he was in Shenzhen trying to find an apartment and start a business. He was about 24 years old.

Paul Lopez hopped the border from Hong Kong with his girlfriend Kelly and we went to a famous amusement park. Check out the photos here: Photos from Shenzhen.