For those who saw the pictures as they were still uploading, they now have more captions, and show up “in order”. 27 October 2007 North East Beijing Territory Some people from work were talking about a Great Wall Hike. I was reluctantly invited to go along, after being told many times that it would be a lot of up and down, and it’s very strenuous… Gubeikou The group starts off at a break-neck pace, and I become winded almost immediately....
23 October 2007 8 Gate Shopping Mall So I go alone to the KFC. I look at the choices, and the cashier gets the picture menu that they bring out for illiterates, and I point to it with two fingers and very haltingly say, “Wo You Er…” The kid behind the counter looks at me like I’m an idiot and says, “Yeah, you want two… I get it”, in a perfect ’lost youth’, American accent....
Check out my photos. Right now there aren’t that many, but the set will grow soon. Most of the posted photos have been mentioned in previous blog posts. I’m excited about getting a place to share them, so I’m posting about it before it’s well populated. I promise I’ll get more photos out there soon. Credit Due… Special thanks to Vital Systems Support for setting up the photo hosting.
October 19 Adventures with Hairy Crab A group of people who are working in the office, none of whom are from China, decided we’d do dinner as a group. Singapore girl (whom was part of Thursday’s dinner) heard that Hairy Crab was in season and that this particular restaurant had it. A quick search on the internet wasn’t very promising, but I promised myself I’d keep an open mind. So, off we went in two cabs (there’s a four person limit per cab, and we were a party of 5)....