Quzhou, China

... good if not better than at home and to a certain extent it is. There's always some sort of sport on any one of Quzhou's 60 TV channels. NBA Basketball is the big one, along with European Soccer and of course Ping Pong - the Chinese love to watch it ...

... in most cases just kid) the Chinese version of fresh air. In the mornings though the place is overrun with the elderly. Quzhou's retirement villages are deserted and every wheel chair, walking frame and pair of denches in town is down by the riverside. ...

... sollution to long periods of bordom - getting pissed. But I chose a different tack. On the trip back from Shenzen to Quzhou, decided the tight confines of the train was the perfect environment for me release my inner casanova. I was gonna pick up ...

... , but becomes almost intoxicating after a while. I struggle to reconcile the fact that at home i'm a complete nobody who came to China through lack of anything else to do and here it seems the only person who's more admired than me is Chairman Mao! ...