CHINA ROCKS!

by the way i DID go to Guangzhou and Kunming for 2 days 2 nights.

you did not reply my email.

Cool. You went to China. What an exciting experience.

I have wanted to go to China but will probably never get the chance to do it.

OBVIOUSLY... we should all go to CHINA.

Except for that communism thing.

Sevatonic I did not receive any email from you.

I am in Kunming right now. Beijing and Harbin sound cool....

Jason

Dunes runner, believe me you should go because:

1.CHEAP ORIGINAL BRANDED STUFF (Mind you that most of the brands are 'made in China', they are made expensive outside the china mainland because of the tax implied by your and our country).

I didnt buy any clothes because it would become useless as all they sold were THICK AND PACKED jwinter jackets and gloves. I did buy a REAL PLAYBOY BROWN LEATHER SHOES + ITS BELLY = for only 210 RMB yuan = U$24 and so. And I bought a Rolex Omega unbelievably for U$12 = 100 RMB yuan in the black market (probably a second hand or stolen omega, but still... the original first hand stuff is also way cheaper than the ones found in your watch shops in america)

2.CHEAP FOOD CHEAP FOOD (Can u imagine im saying this? even indonesia lost to china for pricing). McDonalds PACK BIG MAC MEAL (bigmac+large-cocacola+large-fries+sauce) = 17 yuan = thats barely U$1 and 80 cents.

3.CHEAP HOTELS - Theres a 3 star hotel offering a full stay including the breakfast for 1000 yuan PER MONTH! = thats U$110/month for a 3 star hotel accomodation + morning breakfast + laundry + electrical and water. HELL CHEAP.

4.HARBIN CHICKS - russian mixed chinese - fair white and tall and beautiful. Anyone?

What an impact, cos They showed us in 1998, Guangzhou and Szhenchen were only paddy fields and vacant flat land and look at those cities now... Look like future cities with their tall and sophisticated sky line.

Im stunned.

YOU SHOULD GO TO CHINA ONCE, AT LEAT BEFORE YOU DIE.

karangasem.

Oh. When you mentioned "China Rocks" i thought you were talking about something else. Sorry.

Karangesem, why in the bloody hell are you eating Mickey Dees when you can have excellent local food that is (1) Even Cheaper and (2) Much more healthy for you as an athlete. Why????

I love Asia for the great food, this morning I had my usual ChineseDonutStick covered in peanut sauce wrapped in a rice pancake (US 12 cents) and last night had a fabulous meal of Chicken with greenpeppers and rice and 4 eggrolls for all of US 50cents!!!

Jason

There are Mcdonalds in china? That is terrible. Anyone ever read "Fast Food Nation"... Fast food is the root of all evil.

The chinese, they even invent their own fast food brand companies and chains.

Hey, I love DQ food!

karangasem.

Just got back to the netcafe after a great dinner of a pile of grilled green onions with hotsauce, an ear of roast corn and 3 big pieces of grilled bread filled with greens. Great meal, set me back all of 6 yuan (about US 75 cents) and of course very healthy.

Do we have to know the excruiating minutia of your entire existence? I'm pretty sure at this point that we all know where you reside and that the food there is apparently very inexpensive.

Oh let the little dork have his little ego trips - everyone pretty much ignores his sorry ass, anyway.

No one here is going to move to Flagstaff, let alone Asia.

I, for one, know too much about their eating habits and not enough about their sex lives. If you don't tell me something soon that will enable me to shoot hot streams of slatty, salty, slurpy semem at my computer screen, I shall be SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE!!!

Just don't make it "pornographic."

Some of those mongolian chicks are pretty hot, their legs are pure silk. Running around Beijiing is not that great. They had the World University Games there last year, when fam was sporting his mohawk. Lucky to win the steeple when the polish dude tripped on the last hurdle.

Jason and sevatonic thanks for sharing all your experiences. I definitely enjoy reading about all these interesting places. It makes one want to visit. If one doesn't want to read your posts, instead of bashing you, they should probably just stay away from threads entitled "China Rocks" or "Training in Bangkok."

I myself am planning an excursion between work and going back to b-school (fall of 2004 probably). I am thinking of spending some time in China and then heading to Nepal to do some hiking in the Himalayas. Possibly spending a few days in Thailand en route. It is all just preliminary planning right now, but reading some of these posts definitely helps get some ideas churning. It sounds like there are lots of hot girls there too!

I had always envisioned that some of these places (China, Thailand, and numerous others) were other rather dangerous. But it seems like you have found that not to be the case.

I wouldn't have even thought it was easy for americans to get into china...

Just DO NOT go to India,Pakistan,Phillipines,Cambodia,Myanmar and Indonesia. Those countries I mentioned are prone to criminals. Im as an Indonesian admit it's still not safe to go here in Indonesia especially after they had raised the oil,telephone,electricity price recently. Demonstrations and small riots with the police can be found at most hot spots (embassy,gov office) everywhere.

If you happen to buy electronic stuff and want to have a race in any given weekend, just go TO KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA---> but the food totally SUX.

Going China is perfect but the only thing is only about the lingua franca.. they hardly speak english.

If you still insist of going to Indonesia, just go to Bali now. The 50% percent dicount in all stuff and service rate in Bali does not last long.

karangasem.

Karangasem, sorry I have to disagree with you about Cambodia. I really really like Cambodia: Friendly people, great food, clean air up in the northwest.

Phnom Penh is one of the coolest towns in the world. Love it.

Have you actually been to Cambodia? It is the only country that I have been to, in your list above.

Actually I really like Malaysian food.

jason