Sunday, May 09, 2004
Hello to all and greetings from Ta'an in the provence of Shandong.
It has been quite a trip since I have seen you last. Sorry I have not been able to post as I have not been able to get to an internet cafe. I will just give you a quick summary of the early part of the trip as I will be in Beijing for a few days soon and will be able to post regularly.
First of all Leo and Alyssa from Abrakebabra are great and they are the best hosts ever. We stayed with them in jinzhou outside Dalian. They would not let us pay for anything which was amazing. They would get offended if you even attempted. Met their families and that was lovely. All of them are the nicest people. None of them speak english so we have been communicating physically most of the time which is quite comical. Most of the time we just laugh at eachother.
On day 3 as we had been eating with Chinese people quite freely we got food poisoning and puked for 24 hours. This included a trip to a chinese hospital where they all smoke everywhere and spit. But we are kind of better now though I have not been eating properly since out of fear as it was quite a horrible sensation.
It was sad to leave the others but you must move on. They were so good to us. I have the deepest admiration for Chinese now and I also have a much greater understanding for their mission in Ireland. The service here is amazing. They do everything for you. They even rack the balls for you when you finish a game of pool. They never seem to complain either. It makes me feel ashamed of my intolerance when I worked in Abrakebabra. On the flip side it makes me wonder what they must think of Irish people. However I will say this. They don't pick up their trays here. In fact they are dirty bastards in that respect. And the place stinks. When you are on the train they take out their smelly shit and start eating it. Then they spit on the ground and wipe it with their foot. With a sensitive stomach that bit has been tough. Anyway I must go and try to find someone who speaks english as we are having a hard time getting a train ticket.
Bye
Des
www.desbishop.com
It has been quite a trip since I have seen you last. Sorry I have not been able to post as I have not been able to get to an internet cafe. I will just give you a quick summary of the early part of the trip as I will be in Beijing for a few days soon and will be able to post regularly.
First of all Leo and Alyssa from Abrakebabra are great and they are the best hosts ever. We stayed with them in jinzhou outside Dalian. They would not let us pay for anything which was amazing. They would get offended if you even attempted. Met their families and that was lovely. All of them are the nicest people. None of them speak english so we have been communicating physically most of the time which is quite comical. Most of the time we just laugh at eachother.
On day 3 as we had been eating with Chinese people quite freely we got food poisoning and puked for 24 hours. This included a trip to a chinese hospital where they all smoke everywhere and spit. But we are kind of better now though I have not been eating properly since out of fear as it was quite a horrible sensation.
It was sad to leave the others but you must move on. They were so good to us. I have the deepest admiration for Chinese now and I also have a much greater understanding for their mission in Ireland. The service here is amazing. They do everything for you. They even rack the balls for you when you finish a game of pool. They never seem to complain either. It makes me feel ashamed of my intolerance when I worked in Abrakebabra. On the flip side it makes me wonder what they must think of Irish people. However I will say this. They don't pick up their trays here. In fact they are dirty bastards in that respect. And the place stinks. When you are on the train they take out their smelly shit and start eating it. Then they spit on the ground and wipe it with their foot. With a sensitive stomach that bit has been tough. Anyway I must go and try to find someone who speaks english as we are having a hard time getting a train ticket.
Bye
Des
www.desbishop.com
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