The contrast between the rural villages and the cities is just amazing! We went from staying in a guest house out in the country side with no heat, no hot water, to staying in a city the next night where the side of the on ramps for the freeways are lit up in neon lights.
And the people here are crazy too! Some of them are so rude you can hardly believe it. Is it just a cultural difference? I don't know. But they will crowd you in line, pretend you don't even exist. And the spitting is just really too much for me. Last night at the cultural show, there were 3 middle aged Chinese couples in front of us and they did not stop talking for more than 1 minute during the entire show. They didn't even lower their voices or anything. They were practically shouting at each other the whole time. And they were in the 2nd row, and at one point there were all these little girls on stage right in front of us singing and these guys were like mocking them and pretending to sing like them, hella loud. I just couldn't believe it.
But of course not everyone here is rude. There are plenty of people with manners, and it tends to be the younger ones, I think. Because of the Olympics they have these commercials that try to show people waiting patiently in line and being courteous to each other, sharing their umbrellas and stuff like that. But I don't think they are having much of an impact so far.
Anyway, here's a link to my China pics. (I might try to take some more later today.)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/18446987@N00/sets/72157602380254266/
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