That difficult decision- you have 7 hours at Guangzhou - Do you slum it in the lounge, scrapping for the last comfy seat, or risk getting a 144 hour visa, heading to the domestic terminal and booking into the hourly pod hotel! I'm still not sure it was a good idea, but grabbing 4 hours of sleep, getting a shower and hopping back on a plane for the second leg was ace.
Would I advise running the gauntlet of a post-covid dash to domestic terminal? Maybe only if travelling solo & sprinting to the front of the visa line, with all necessary paperwork printed off and ready.
No toilet, unless you cross the corridor and you'll need to pay via WeChat or in local currency. But the bed and the pod hotel concept is a wonderful treat mid-journey