This is my blog of my travels in China. I'm coining a new word: micro-blog. That's what this is. A short, single purpose, blog that is used for something small, say a trip or maybe even your pregnancy. After that, you move on, and quit posting.
I'll try my best to post each day along with a pic, but no promises. I'm here to work, not blog.
It's 7:45pm Guangzhou time. That's in Southern China, a short hop north of Hong Kong. I'm here for the trade shows. The one I went to today is the largest trade show on Earth. You can get anything you want here, from french ticklers to fork lifts. It's seriously massive. The last time I was here I wore a pedometer and walked 13 miles in one day. Like I said: big.
Oh, think the smog in your city is bad? See the pic below. Taken today.
What are you eating, you may be asking. Not much. Appetite has been next to nill. I think it's the jet lag. I've eaten McDonalds once (yes, I flew 13,000 miles for special sauce lettuce cheese) and even here, it's gross. Today at lunch I had some chinese food, but people here have never heard of "boneless" meat. They just cut the meat up (duck, chicken, pig) bones and all. Add to the fact that I'm using chopsticks, and well, it's hard. At least spitting is cool here.
I'm at a coffee shop right now. None of this was here two years ago. Tonight I passed 4 coffee shops on the way to this one. The olympics definitley changed China. Lots of new places to spend newly made money. Today we paid more for coffee at Starbucks at the trade show than we did for lunch 100 yards away. Same price as the USA. Scary.
That's it for today. Just a heads up, it's 8:00pm Saturday as I post this. Hope you are all enjoying your morning.
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