Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Observations from Guangzhou


I am about to wrap up my 4th day of Hotel Standby in Guangzhou, and NOT traveling around the Far East, so I decided to share some observations of my stay in this local area. I would not say these are "earth shattering" or even "astute observations", but they are certainly mine and I just wanted to pass them along:
  • Flip flops and/or sandals are required footwear for all motorcycle drivers
  • The required seating position of all infants (2 years or less) riding on their parent's motorcycle is on the fuel tanks.
  • Infants are not allowed to wear helmets or shoes when riding on these fuel tanks
  • All license plates use alpha numerical numbers, even though Mandarin and Cantonese is the written language??
  • All logos on shirts, bags, jackets, etc are written in English (see note above)
  • Women don't smoke
  • Short shorts and high heels seem to be the dress of every young chic women
  • Men will soon out number women by 2 to 1 in China's future
  • Even with these odds (see above) women walk 2 steps behind men
  • Everyone works or at least has a uniform and is standing in a work area
  • Work rules?? What rules? The hotel staff, waiters, concierge, etc are on duty from late at night and greet you again early in the morning
  • The banana bread at breakfast is excellent
And so it goes.....

Moose

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