China

Since the Chinese government blocks a bunch of internet sites, including this blog, I was unable to write my daily experiences as I had hoped. Pero bueno, aca va entonces un pequeno resumen de lo que fue la locura de China. I guess the firstt thing is that China is on a whole other level of magnitude. I saw buildings that I thought only existed in movies like I, Robot. ANd everywhere you went in teh Big Cities (HOng Kong, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Beijing) there were cranes so the construction is non-stop.

It really is quite the culture shock to be in CHina. I guess I just wasnt used to feeling like such a minority, but you really feel it there. There were even a couple of days in some of the small villages that we didnt see any western people outside of the hotel. ANd the Chinese get a kick out of the westerners too, we were stopped a couple of times in the street and asked if we could be photographed. Una vez vi una familia de puras ninas monas, y habia unan fila de de Chinos esperando pa tomarse fotos con ellas! Also the CHinese have some habits which I found quite gross.. THey spit everywhere, and all the time! ANd not just a little spit, IM talking Leo in Titanic type loogies, the ones that come from deep down in the throat. So every 2 minutes you hear that distinctive sound of someone bringing one up. And everybody spits, even old women!

Also little kids pi in the middle of the street and its no problem. Inclusive, los pantalones de los pelados tienen una raja en la parte de atras pa que les quede mas facil y ni tengan q bajarse los pantalones! Even the girls do it, they just pop a squat and go in the middle of the street. Me sorprendio bastante el poder del chorro de las ninitas, me ha hecho pensar seriamente en bajar al pozo. La comida es un video completo. Yo llegue penzando qu iva a ser aventurero y probar de totdo, pero ese plan quedo descartado muy rapidamente. Comen de todo! Tortugas, ranas, escorpiones estrellas de mar, intestinos de todo, pies de gallina. Y es una fritanga constante! En cualquier esquina y cualquier punto turista tienen su olla llena de aceite. Como que uno baja la montana mas linda del mundo y de una en el gift shop, hey you want some dried yak meat or some yak yogurt!