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Today we jumped on a public bus and went to Liuzhou which is a "typical" Chinese city and definitely off the tourist trail!! On the way there we went through the most modern city I have seen, every building (no exaggeration) was less than 10 years old and the amount of building work that was happening there was crazy, cranes littered the sky!
Another thing that I have learnt that is different here is that youy count with your fingers differently and you have to be really careful when you are bargaining because what you may think is a two would actually be seen as a six to the locals and ten could be seen as 55. Two of the girls are vegetarian in the group and it is turning out to be abit of a problem because China just doesnt do Vegetarians. Even the vegetarian dishes contain meat because not having meet is seen as a sign of poverty (and the Chinese like there meat alot). One of the girls doesn't eat Vegetables (which is a little wierd) and is pretty much surviving off cakes which Im sure cant be healthy (not that im an expert on food nutrition). After wandering around the town centre trying to find a western restaurant for those two we settled for a buffet style Chinese restaurant. Here you go around to all these different booths that serve different food and pick stuff and they cook it for you and bring it to the table. The food was really good.
After we went to Soho Bar which is a chain of nightclubs. You cannot order spirits by the glass so after a couple of beers we all split on a bottle of whiskey. As we were drinking away the place livened up and filled with locals. Very few people in this part of China speak English but I spoke to a couple of people who spoke a little english.
Throughout the night they had live singers, a DJ and dancers and later in the evening a few of us (with the encouragement of the dancers) in the group started a konga line around the club which was a little random. After a little more dancing (and alcohol) we headed home in the early hours. Tonight was really great and the Chinese definitely know how to party!


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