Posted Monday, October 20, 2008
Here are some funny signs I’ve seen so far. Japan The Japanese love to use cartoons in all their signs. Sometimes it seems inappropriate! China The best signs are definitely found in China. Instead of using a translator which are in abundance, they seem to use a dictionary and do a word for word transation. [...]
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Posted under Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand by cara 20.10.2008
Tags: east asia, funny, signs
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Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008
After visiting Korea, I thought the Koreans were the most impatient people on earth. And then I visited China. Korea is like China-lite, or China is Korea-extreme! In China, there is no concept of queuing. It’s a common occurence to be waiting in line and have people cut in. It happened to me many times. [...]
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Posted under China by cara 27.08.2008
Tags: east asia, observations
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Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008
The nice thing about travelling through China is that culturally it is so different your visual senses are always being stimulated. Here are a few observations: • Many Chinese children wear shit suits: clothing that has a large, gaping hole in the crotch area. This enables children to poo anywhere and everywhere while their parents [...]
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Posted under China by cara 27.08.2008
Tags: east asia, observations
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Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008
I took many photos in China. My visual senses were constantly stimulated in this interesting country. Shanghai Xitang Beijing Xi’an Hong Kong
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Posted under China by cara 16.08.2008
Tags: east asia, more photos, UNESCO
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Posted Saturday, August 9, 2008
To be honest, I never dreamt of going to China like I did of France, Japan or Ireland. It just never occurred to me as a destination I would like to visit. However, my cousin and his fabulous wife moved there last year. I wanted to visit them since I was already making my way [...]
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Posted under China by cara 09.08.2008
Tags: archaeology, architecture, bicycle, capital, culture, culture shock, east asia, UNESCO
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