Chapter 4. Some February 2009 Trip Highlights
I went to China in February of this year. I went to visit some friends who are working over there as teachers. One works in Guiyang in Southern China and the other one works in Beijing. It was great to finally go overseas. I had only been to Baja California and to the Caribbean on a
DCL. So this was a real adventure.
Here are some highlights:
This was my room in Guiyang. It's part of an International House for foreign students. It's more like a dorm room. Hey, it was 15 bucks a night....
Not so nice bathroom. Notice no shower door or separate shower. The shower head is on the wall. You close the door and have at it.
We either ate at people's house or ate out at nicer restaurants. It's cheap to eat in China. I paid for 2 meals for 6 people. It was 18 dollars for each meal. Oh and there's no tipping in China. Here's some of the meals we had and some of the things having to do with how food gets to your table......
Chicken Porridge with what I think was Chicken. I mean there was a chicken claw in it:
We had homemade Mexican Food one night. I brought over some tortillas from the States. It even had cheese on it. Cheese is almost non existent in Guiyang.
Here was one of the more expensive meals--Pizza Hut. They look more like Cheesecake Factories don't they?
We ordered Fries and Onion Rings. This is how much we got:
Here's our Pizza. The Grand total for Dinner: 177 RMB or about 20 dollars.
Here's our hotpot meal. They bring you meats and veggies and you cook it in either chicken broth or the VERY, VERY, VERY spicy beef broth:
It's customary in China for meals--You should have one dish for every person attending your dinner and then add one more dish for good measure. A Chinese national made us lunch. There were 7 of us, so we had 8 dishes.
Here are some rules about eating in Guiyang. No raw vegetables. Cook the crap out of your meat. Don't eat anything dropped on a tabletop. Drink only bottled water. Don't buy food from street vendors.
They have a TON of street vendors for food or just little tents with a wok and raw meat and they cook and you eat....
Here's chicken at the
WalMart (yes, Walmart).
Here's chicken being sold on the street:
Here's where you buy your meat. It looks so sanitary doesn't it:
This is where they slaughter your chicken:
You can also buy your produce right next to the butcher:
I'll stop here and continue in the next post
I love this guys expression.
I am concerned about those black 
Well I think I know where you got the gangrene.
