Forum: Photography


Subject: China, The Adventure Begins

cryptojoe opened this issue on Feb 28, 2010 · 13 posts


cryptojoe posted Mon, 01 March 2010 at 6:56 PM

Thank you for your kind words. It has been a long time since I have posted here. I recall five years ago most of the members were from North America and Europe, so we had little if any views of Asia, much less Mainland China.

I have been very fortunate on my trip. I am not in a tour group. I am "Couch Surfing," that is; staying with friends I have met through China's version of MSN and Yahoo Messenger. The treatment by the Chinese is unbelievably kind and generous. I have been taken to places and seen things as if I were a traveling dignitary; car and driver provided by the cities I have stayed in, free entrance into exclusive areas of the parks, and so forth.

Once Chinese friend who is fluent in English told me that most Chinese children must take 12 years of English, and very few actually ever meet a Westerner in their lifetimes. So, I have been very fortunate and especially blessed by remaining isolated from other "Westerners," living as a typical Chinese in the poorer quarters, eating their traditional foods cooked in homes.

The main difference between Chinese and Americans, as near as I can tell, is the lack of lawyers. That could be a good thing.

Thank you again for taking the time to view and to read.

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