Nile Villa International Hotel Dongguan

i knew it would happen, but only four days in and sarah has chinitis, all the smells, tastes and intruguing aspects of CHina have resulted in symptoms including vomiting in front of a chinese family in Qingping markets. we walked through a really really fascinating marketplace full of kittens, puppies, tortoitses, so many fish, salamanders, chip munks, every manner of claw, dried lizards, mushrooms, fungi and bunny ...

We caught a train from HK to Guangzhou on the 4th. Its a very hectic city. Lots of people, bikes, cars and buses. people riding bike on the road with ridiculous things tied to the back. we are staying on an island in the city named shamian. its very pretty, but a true tourist hub. our hostel is lovely. we thought that we were truely livinh the high life until we visited a hotel across the road that ...

... we took a short dinner with them. Another monk who we had met upon arrival at the mountain and who had made all the arrangements for our tour, showed us some other spots around the temple such as a spring and some views of the temple from higher ground. I did not have a translator for the hike, as not everyone in the group came to the temple. But I can read body language pretty well and I know enough Mandarin that I could figure out most of what our guide was talking ...

... 251 52;" -（《科学ਲ 2;报》 2005年9月7日 A4 王丹红 ）

"现代మ 5;学的前沿̵ 2;—从《复੓ 4;》和SFI谈起" -（ 陈禹 ）

Enjoyed our meetings and colleagues. Went to dinner at a typical Guangdong/Canton restaurant. Menu was very creative. Plenty of exotics - baby pigeon, sting ray, fish guts, beetles, snakes, chicken feet. Was a bit naseous, but likely because of jet lag.

... doesn't speak English nor does the lead of the sim-card mafia, but he jumps in the front seat after I negotiate 200 yuan for the ride into the city using the hotel's chinese character address. Guess he just made commission on me. 30 minutes to GZ city center

... to the restroom. They don't really exist. There is no toilet but a porcelain hole in the ground, no paper, no soap, and no towels...even in some of the nicest nice buildings. I can't aim with this body, it's just not easy, so I'm simply drinking less water. This is what food tastes like. Bones. Rice. Chopsticks make me laugh. They really push meat on us, it's too late to try and tell these people I'm a vegetarian or I'm practicing ...

Wednesday, October 25th Arrival in Hong Kong Stay on the train today until just before 12 noon when arrive in Shenzhen. Shenzhen is border town to Hong Kong (was developed initially by Chinese as parallel rival to Hong Kong in pre capitalist China). Get to see the Special Economic Zone outside the windows on way in. Chances are you have a customer item 'Made in China' it is made around here. Farmers around here richest in ...

... aside though, I'm really not sure if I want to come back. Anecdotally, the place is becoming more lawless, and there are signs that the stunning growth that supported the influxes of migrants might be slowing a little and absorbing the newcomers less generously. 24 hours was enough this time!

... what you do, and don't, hear from Chinese mouths differently to Westerners offering opinions and ideas. Saying all this, I'm often stunned that apparently worldly, articulate foreigners in China so totally miss the cultural and communications differences around them. To talk quickly and to freely throw ideas around or to dictate when you don't have authority in this environment serves only to make the speakers feel more important! It has ...