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Horking, chicken feet and being the freakshow
... pictures and watched the chinese tourists posing in front of absolutely everything. I find people-watching entertaining and informative, so I did that and Mum recounted what her audio guide was telling her and we all enjoyed the impressiveness of the place.
13) In Beijing, which must have less foreigners living here (compared to Shanghai or Hong Kong especially) if you aren't asian you will be stared at a lot. Sometimes people will take your photo, or ask you to ...
Five Funny Chinese Culture Shocks
... an extremely awkward endeavor as I struggled not to get any water on the ground.
Well, just this past week I found out from my host mom that getting water on the ground is actually the point. See, many Chinese bathrooms have drains built into the floor, and the one in this particular bathroom was hidden beneath the tub. You're supposed to shower while standing on the floor directly in front of the shower -- not in the tub.
The next time ...
A weekend of parks & stadiums
... stalls Tracy decides she can’t be the only one without a shirt with Guoan on it. So a hard bargaining began and achieved a nice green polo shirt for 40RMB, which is equal to £4.
We entered the stadium via the tight security ring which makes UK policing look soft and found our seats not far from where we sat in the pouring rain. A young local lad turns round and gave us paper to put on our seats before we sat down. Very nice of him too, and ...
A lazy Sunday
... in the future!!
On the way we saw the Bentley garage, what Andy aspires to..... and a cool mini outside, you thought mine was covered in union jacks, check this one out!! Even the seats were union jack!! As well as the door handles, windscreen wipers, everything......!!!
Came back to the hotel & skyped for the first time - wicked!! Talked to Mum & Dad, as well as Ian. I've only used Skype once before - ...
Summer Palace on my last day in Beijing
... full of gardens and parks, sprinkled with some palaces and temples. It was really nice to walk around in for a while, and it didn’t hurt having such great weather. I spent a couple hours wandering around aimlessly (only because they don’t give you a map when you go in), and got some pretty great views of the city over a huge lake. It was a really nice spot and ...