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My first trip to Changsha
JimB:
Nice looking woman Andy. No matter what happens, just enjoy it. Dont forget, everything is negotiable there. They wont let you walk away.
Neil:
She's beautiful! Have a great time Andy.
heckerd:
Nice looking lady there. Have fun with your trip in Changsha.
brett:
You do get used to the stares. The best thing to do is to visit somewhere there is so unlikely to be a Westerner that they simply do not believe you are there. I found such a place walking around the gated compounds in Wuhan. Wow, I am mad!!!
The electronic translators the ladies carry are pretty good. But it seems to take forever for the lady to draw the Chinese characters on the screen. Fortunately I took my notebook computer out and we hooked into the hotel's internet access. My lady installed the thing she uses to type Chinese (it's not Pinyin, and I have no idea how it works, but it is blazingly fast).
I did actually use my phone's Chinese dictionary quite a bit - it was really useful for finding individual words of things (like the names of different fruits, and animals at the zoo).
JimB:
--- Quote from: 'brett' pid='21091' dateline='1256583007' ---You do get used to the stares. The best thing to do is to visit somewhere there is so unlikely to be a Westerner that they simply do not believe you are there. I found such a place walking around the gated compounds in Wuhan. Wow, I am mad!!!
--- End quote ---
Why get so mad at the stares? They are not being rude, they are just curious. It just takes getting a little used to it. If your lady saw you getting mad at the stares I would think that would hurt her feelings and make her think you do not like Chinese people. My wife said as much to me. I just made one comment on it. She said she was glad I did not mind as they are just curious, not being rude. Now I thought the stares i got when with Qingqing were priceless.
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