Sunday, June 29, 2008

Our Top 10's for China

WE LOVED

The Great Wall

Some of the food

25p pints

The hostels

The culture and the history (we've been a bit deprived in the UAE)

Quality public transport

Being in the minority as a tourist

The train trips

Efficient airports

The people

WE HATED

The hacking and spitting

The toilets - squatters, trenches and communal

Most of the food

The pushing and shoving on the metro

Stinky tofu

Pot Noodles (by the end)

Chinese cruise ships

The smog

Chinese wine

Out of date (supposedly current) Lonely Planets

IN OZ WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO

Putting toilet paper in the loo as opposed to a bin

Drinking tap water

Green men at traffic lights which actually mean you can cross safely

Quality wine

Steak

Decent washing machines

Western TV and radio (although it is not that great in Oz!)

Western non propaganda newspapers. The Shanghai Post was as bad as Gulf News

"Chinese" takeaway in the UK sense

Last but not least - seeing all our buddies in Oz

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