Sunday, August 26, 2007

China

The good
  • Amazing ancient history and culture, when preserved!
  • Dim sum, mountain noodles and moon cakes
  • Chinese tea and beer
  • The Beijing Olympics - the national pride this has created is evident across China. Their Olympic logo is also a little stronger than ours!
  • The outdoor dance and Thai Chi classes
  • The majong, domino, card and chess games that entertain folks on street corners around the clock
  • Natural beauty of the Yangzi River gorges.
  • The awesome Yangzi Dam project. Parking the moral and green issues associated with the project, the dam will create hydro-electric power equivalent to that of 14 nuclear power stations.
The bad
  • The big Chinese tom cat that appears to have sprayed urine over the entire country
  • No peace and quiet, why talk when you can shout?
  • Lack of vacuum cleaners and carpet stain removal products
  • Babies outfits with a hole cut out of the bottom for easy defecation, anywhere, anytime!
  • Chinese mops - any visitor to China will know what I mean
  • With a population of 1.3 Billion, not surprising that it is difficult to avoid crowds
  • Trying to sleep on a long-distance train
The ugly
  • Hoicking and spitting
  • Pollution hanging like a yellow blanket over major cities
  • Public toilets where ladies go about their business freely with doors wide open!
  • Industrial wreckage blotting the landscape
  • Queuing, or lack of it. Elbows out and watch out for the 4ft tall grannies
  • Angry, Chinese women. Avoid at all costs! More scary than the average Sunbury bird.

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