Heya, Kamalope! What a great trip it sounds like you had. I'm pea- green with envy.
By the way, Happy New Year. How is Missy Kazee doing? On Jan 25, 9:46 am, Kamakazee <[email protected]> wrote: > Xi, > > Hope things are well with you. I didn't know you were still > around. > > I finally made it to Shanghai and Nanjing last Sept. I was there for > a week and really enjoyed it. The flight over from Barcelona was a > bit errr..... "bumpy" but I found the Chinese people to be wonderful. > The food was amazing and right off the bat I learned the general rule > that if you like it don't ask what it is. I honestly didn't find an > instance where I didn't like was I was eating. And I tried > "everything" be it feast, fowl, fish or even if it...errr... wore a > collar at some point. > > I was a bit paranoid arriving in Shanghai, and instantly thought I > could even taste the pollution. After 6 hours or so I didn't notice > it, so either I was imagining it or simply got used to it. Shanghia > is a stunning city, particularly at night. I think there are more > lights in Shanghai then in Las Vegas. > > Nanjing was just a delightful, but in a different way. The industrial > site itself was pretty much as I envisioned. Much haze/pollution, but > Nanjing itself is very green and fertile appearing. I was there only > 2 days, but did get to see a few things. > > Afterwards when I was doing my expense reports I was almost stunned at > the prices of the cabs. Nothing was over a few bucks or so USD! I > paid 40 rmb for a diet coke in a restaurant, but yet like 20 or 15 rmb > for a cab ride! > > It was very interesting talking to the Chinese consultants. Most had > been in China all their lives. We compared stories we were told > growing up; i.e., I was told that the commies were going to conqure > America and take my toys basically. They were told the same thing!!! > > Overall it was a great trip. I'll be back in April or May and I'm > very much looking forward to it. > > sheing sheing (I know I butchered that but hopely you can decipher) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
