Isn't this simply out of this world? This is Jiayuguan Pass, on the Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province. The mountain range at the back is the Qilian Shan range, and it was the sole passage in and out of the 'Middle Kingdom' in the past. Hard to imagine this was the place, where the Great …
When they don’t serve forks and knives…
(No, this is not a chopstick story.) I was famished and only managed to have my lunch at 4.30pm last weekend. (I'll save that for another story...) Anyway, I stumbled into a great place for a sandwich - a good, juicy one - at Paris Baguette. With a name like that, it could only be …
Very cheem signs.
Yes, for those of us who've seen some of these 'great' signs around China, we muffle a giggle. But to be fair, you cannot fault them because they DID refer to the dictionary for the English names. Check it out: I just saw one today in a restaurant toilet = "PLEASE FLUSHING AFTER YOU USING" …
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