Yes, there is a Starbucks in the Forbidden City. No you can’t actually see it, the locals complained and they had to hide it away next to a bookshop. Still, we had to give it a try..
Yes, there is a Starbucks in the Forbidden City. No you can’t actually see it, the locals complained and they had to hide it away next to a bookshop. Still, we had to give it a try..
They give the Chinese tour groups coloured caps to identify them. No cowboy hats rather disappointingly. No green hats either it would appear. Apparently if your husband gives you a green hat he is accusing you of adultery.. Could have done with one of those a few years ago…
In China public toilets get star ratings, somewhat like hotels. This is a four star hotel, I mean toilet. That presumably means there will be toilet paper and no err, left overs from previous customers. I’ve yet to find a five star one, although I’m quite excited at the prospect.
We embarked on a whirl-wind tour of the “Forbidden City’ and the “Summer Palace’ Strangely enough so did the rest of Beijing. Here’s everyone else with us, trying to get in the gates. A yellow roof indicates the home of the Emperor. I will obviously be changing the colour of my roofing tiles on returning to Ealing. I love the Chinese attitude to ancient relics. ‘It’s old it needs painting, lets paint it.’ None of this conservation nonsense. With the […]
Yup, you can carry pretty much anything around on a bike. Finding your bike after parking it can be a little tricky. Park it next to a landmark is my advice. Aluminium composite material. Presumably the same as having racing stripes on your Escort RS Turbo. Mobile pottery shop.
I’ve started to look a bit like a shaggy dog, or maybe a slightly older member of a Northern ‘Madchester‘ band – my budget Bangkok haircut was well past its sell by date. It was time to get it cut. Venturing out onto the street I picked a hairdresser’s with the least amount of neon on its façade. I’m not sure by what logic I decided on that, but hey, you’ve got to make a choice somehow. The great thing […]
Random trivial fact language fact, there is not a word for ‘no’ in Chinese. Instead you negate the previous sentence. So, for example if some one asks you ‘Do you like football?’ you would reply with ‘I do not like football’ This goes a long way to explaining why arguments seem to go on so long.
You see, the Chinese have it sorted, no danger of us going the wrong way or getting in the wrong cab here.