Just for laughs

Chinglish; make of these what you want :)

 

This one was found outside the Terra Cotta army, near Xi an. There were huge bill boards with texts like there. To be hounest, I have no idea what they mean.

Another one read:
Cooperating with commercial leaders, discovering the miracle and wealth wealth miracle. 
Welcome to Terracotta International Plaza!"

A reminder in the Shanghai subway not to spit on the ground or inside the metro
(some people do it anyways).


This is my favourite: "Romantic Yellow Wine. Throw our feelings into Shanghai"

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Patrick Kluivert in downtown Wuhan... No comments either :)


There are countless more, especially restaurant menus are funny. How about some 'Crackling puberty dove', or some 'to be cooked porc with fried'? Nah, I'll go for the 'Bacterium mushroom and edible fungus

I'll keep this post up to date with more funny stuff along the way.

Wuhan

My train to Wuchang (district of Wuhan) left at 14:50, and was bound to arrive at 5:45, 

but had 2 hours delay somewhere in the middle of the night, so actually I arrived at 7:30 AM 
and was late for my appointment with Raihan, someone I had met in Shanghai and who studies at 
Wuhan University of Technology. 

In my train compartment were only Chinese, and they tried to speak to me but they couldn't speak English 
and my Chinese isn't that good either so that was a pity.  I took a taxi to the university campus but the driver dropped me off at the wrong gate 
so my route description was kind of worthless now :) 
Miraculously, I found his dorm and met him.
Since he is a PhD student, he can rent a private room in the University Campus. 
Most other students have to settle with small shared rooms. 
I am staying at his room now for a couple of days.  
After two minutes of resting we took a bus into town (1 Yuan for an hour long bus ride) and I found myself in a group of his countrymen (Pakistan) buying computers in the 
electronics market. It was fun to watch all the bargaining and they helped me buy a 1GB memory card for 125 Yuan. Raihan can speak Chinese pretty well, and it helps a lot for getting good prices. It took the whole day until the  computers would be ready (they bought 7 computers & screens, audio sets and whatnot). When we were outside with all the boxes, we drew a crowd.

 

After that we went for dinner and I could finally have a shower. I have a real bed now, for the first time since I came to China. usually the beds here are quite hard and really small. I will enjoy sleeping here ;)

At the campus here there is a small group of foreigners and they sort of hang out together. We had dinner together and later tonight there'll be a birthday party.

On Sunday I borrowed a bicycle and we drove to the famous 'East Lake'. It is a huge lake with a park around it. 
The lake is so large that I could hardly see the shore on the other side.


 We took a boat to an island. After some bargaining they agreed on a price of 100 yuan for a return trip for 8 people. The boat was so slow that Raihan and I had no time to get off, and had to return back to shore (it took altogether 2 hours in the boat), because we had a dinner appointment.

On to Wuhan

This is the Bell-Tower, seen from the hostel I'm in now.

Over een uurtje vertrek ik naar Wuhan. Ik heb eigenlijk geen idee wat er in Wuhan te doen is, maar het is een hele grote stad en ligt op de route naar het westen.

Drie dagen in Xi' an zijn snel gegaan. Het terracotta leger, wat ongeveer 15 km buiten de stad ligt, was wel apart, maar eigenlijk minder indrukwekkend dan ik had gehoopt. Eromheen hadden ze een enorm commercieel complex gebouwd, dat de sfeer een beetje verpestte.

Gister hebben we met zn 4en fietsen gehuurd en zijn we over de stadsmuren van Xi' an gefietst. Wat een lol. De muren zijn nog intact (gerestoreerd) en je kan helemaal rond fietsen (13.7 km). 's Avonds heerlijk gegeten voor 0,40 Euro in de moslim wijk.

Mijn trein duurt 15 uur en kostte iets meer dan 20 Euro. Ik kom aan om 5:45 en moet dan op zoek naar de universiteitscampus, waar iemand woont die ik Shanghai heb ontmoet. Hij zei dat ik bij hem kon overnachten. Ik zie wel hoe het loopt.

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In about an hour I'll leave the hostel and take the train to Wuhan, which is located pretty central in China, and on the Yangze River. I don't really know too much about it, but it is on my route going West.

The last few days in Xi' an went quickly. I visited the terracotta army, which was quite ok, but not as impressive as I had hoped. They had built a huge commercial centre around it, which kind of ruined the atmosphere.

Yesterday we rented bicycles and drove around the city walls of Xi' an. You can ride all the way around them (13.7km) and it was fun. In the evening we had an awesome meal for 0,40 Euro in the muslim quarter.

My train will take 15 hours, and I'll arrive at 5:45 AM. I am going to try to find my way to the university campus and meet up with some one I have met in Shanghai, who studies there.