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So I am writing after an extended trip to Asia...I must preface my explanation of absence with a quick statement on the country of China: "China is an awful awful place, bad food, bad pollution, bad booty's and get this...blogs are illegal in the mainland " With that being said I was surprised that the Chinese people were ridiculously nice and hospitable, the same can't be said about their horrible government.

Bong tokin ciggies in Shanghai. This guy was pretty radical in his approach

Lots of scooters in China. Lots.

 Your average sunny day in Nantong.
Not so bueno, and definitely not like a southern california blue sky day.

 Expo was going on, I didn't go...the thought of cueing up for hours just to see a video at some constructed pavilion didn't sound all that attractive. Maybe it was the fact that I grew up loathing disneyland or maybe its the fact that I heard the American Pavilion was the worst one(a video of Hillary Clinton talking about Lord knows what)!

Cockroaches of the sea...actually of the Nantong River, which has a delightful shade of brown to it. No thanks, I pass on river prawns.

Met some gypsy that tried to sell me a tiger claw. This ended up a typical gypsy con where they "bait and switch" saying its one price at the beginning only to quadrouple it as soon as they cut the claw. I started laughing when they were yelling and the crowd circled me and mimsy. It was pretty wild, it actually freaked out our guide who ended up calling the cops. I just paid the gypsy 20 RMB, which is like a little over $2USD. I sorta wanted to see a fight, but the gypsies bounced quickly.

Problems communicating with cab drivers. Sign language didn't work well either. After the whole trip to China I only learned how to say beer and thank you.

Kids practicing Tai Chi with swords at the park. Old men chillin out hard.

Construction everywhere in China, it was cool to see them use bamboo as the initial structure for their buildings.

Shanghai has some older parts of it, most of the city has been torn down to adapt to the modern architecture style. Apparently the communists in China hate the old traditions and as a result a lot of the old structures are quickly disappearing.

Super nice Chinese factory owner with his brother and son.

Your average Chinese shit hole. This wasnt even as bad as the bus stop shit trough or the outhouse in rural china.

More beautiful sunshine.

View from my hotel room. It was overlooking this part of the lake which was nice.