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May 15, 2017

Interesting Park Signs in China


November 23, 2016

Walking the Huashan Plank Path With No Safety Equipment


Yes, this is really the trail..

                                                                                 



June 12, 2016

Beware the Tea Scam!

Nobody fucking warned me. So now I'd like to warn you because this apparently happens a lot.
I was gullible for several reasons. 

I had only been in Shanghai for a couple of days, having just arrived from Taiwan.  Being a foreigner in countries like Taiwan and China can be a little bit difficult if you don't know any Chinese. 

I mean they have a symbol for like every word, it's a much more visually complicated language compared to Almost any other.   



 If any girl walks over and starts talking to you while in The Bund area and if she asks if you want to get tea/coffee or food.. Then immediately tell her to fuck off!
  

February 6, 2016

China's People Oceans

China's massive crowd's overwhelmed me. However, after travelling around Asia a bit more, I learned there are other "people oceans" in other countries as well. But It was more common in China, The most populated country on the Earth! and After I got there, it was my first time to have seen so much concentration of people!

Below a few typical crowded sites around China.


January 1, 2016

Yummy Brain Soup


My Taiwanese friend led me into what looked like just another restaurant out of many among the overwhelmingly busy and bustling night market. Nothing was written in English, so I would not have discovered this dish there on my own. Though, someday I'd like to have a lot more symbols memorized. 
Taiwan was a culinary thrill ride for me. I had tried lots of delicious desserts and teas and a few unusual things like blood cake (not the sweet kind of cake) and chicken feet. But brain was my highlight of unusual dining. 

December 23, 2015

Check Out This Amazing Bubble Foam Party



That night I was pleasantly overwhelmed by a magical bubbly paradise!  As you can clearly see. 

December 10, 2015

3 days in Hong Kong is not enough


I really was unsure at first how to title this post. Sometimes it's hard to organize and categorize the memories that I wish to write. but perhaps at least partly, that's because I'm not usually a very organized person. 

Hong Kong is a place I really need to go back to to see more of! 
My Western Ignorance of the orient was beginning to fade as Hong Kong was my first introduction to a China but not China place. There seems to be quite a bit of those. Seriously, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Tibet. In China's point of view, China owns them. Yet Many people really seem to want to be independent from China particularly. 
I once thought Hong Kong was just a major city in China, but was surprised when I learned they have different visa requirements than mainland China and a different currency!
A very colorful currency.