We’ve departed from Hong Kong to Taiwan, thus ending our adventures in China (People’s Republic of) so I thought it’d be a nice time to do a little summary of my observations…
The Good:
- Most big cities were sparkling clean, you rarely saw a leaf on the street let alone litter.
- Bathrooms too were very clean (well, I mean, relatively.)
- Safe country, never once felt like I was in any sort of danger to muggings or kidnappings (unlike say, Thailand.)
- Delicious food for very, very cheap.
- Not one single stomach problem from said delicious food.
- Stumbling over 500 year old buildings etc pretty much everywhere you went
- The kindness and help extended to us by many, many people.
- Getting to view a nation on the rise up close and personal
- Being able to get around relatively easy due to our ability to read Japanese.
- Cheap and abundant taxis (in mainland China, at least)
- Excellent tourist support an facilities (in Hangzhou)
The Bad:
- The weird sort of haughty snootiness coming from mainland Chinese who spoke English and worked jobs that required it.
- Having my cellphone messages censored..! No “diversity” conversations allowed, I guess.
- The kind of bizarre screw-you-customer attitude some businesses take
- Being stared at, hell, literally stopping traffic simply for being an Asian woman walking next to a white male. They weren’t “normal” stares either, very unnerving and annoying sometimes.
The Ugly:
- Spitting in public and sometimes even indoors
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From Chad:
*spits on your corpse*
From Queenie:
booo rude Chinese people…oh wait…hahaha. Man, people, no matter what nationality, there will always be those who act like they’re better than you.
I’m glad you guys are enjoying yourselves!!! ^-^ I’m waiting for the day when I can go to China with my family.. my mom hasn’t been back there for almost…30 years?!?! MY dad hasn’t been in Hong Kong for about that long too if not longer…hmmm
Be safe!!!!!!!!!
From Janelle:
Chad: /spit hater!
Queenie: Yah, rude people are everywhere… but it’s really weird going to a tourist office that says, “English staff helps you book train tickets!” and then when you walk in the staff rolls their eyes at you and tells you to do it yourself at the train station. LOL wtf.