Post Grande Finale celebrations, in Guangzhou again

Our flights were in and out of Guangzhou so we needed to go there for one more night before going home. We booked a (rather luxurious) hotel and took the train from HK to Guangzhou.
Our intention was to for once enjoy the hotel and the 18th floor views on the Pearl River, and only go out to get something to eat. To do this, we took a small ferry across the river (paid by a friendly local, since we had no 1 RMB notes or coins and it was totally impossible for the cashier to accept a 5 RMB note).
We found bar/restaurant which seemed to be nearly empty at the time, managed to order some food and while we looked away, the bar was suddenly packed with people.
Then some locals noticed us and wanted to welcome us to Guangzhou. This was done by bringing us beer and toasting, and shaking hands ferociously with everyone. And the correct way to toast, this was explained to us non-verbally but very clearly, is to drink the glass in one go. And the same with the next guy. And in a couple of minutes, same again.
This quickly lead to hand-shaking turning into hugging and promises of eternal friendship. This is only my interpretation, since the guy (a police office of some sort) knew exactly 2 things in English; "Welcome to Guangzhou" and "Happy New Year".
Fortunately we were forced to escape to catch the last ferry back across the river.

Taking the ferry somehow landed us in the middle of very early hour preparations of some kind of giant sea creature market. Most of the thousands of crates seemed to contain sea snakes (alive, of course), which were being sorted into smaller crates. Frogs' eyes were being popped out (also while alive) maybe to keep them from jumping away from their boxes.

On the next morning there was only the long way home to be made.
Now, at home, all that remains is to get my courage up and check the credit cards balance, and decide what I need to sell to cover them. Donations welcome.