Wednesday 7 January 2009

Fun on the bus

Simon writes:

On the bus from Dali to Lijiang (Southwest China) we were subjected to a unique form of Chinese torture: a made-for-TV midget musical. At full volume. In Chinese. Apparently the Chinese find people with dwarfism funny. One of them had a mullet, but I don't think that was specifically intended to incite mirth. A bit distasteful really.

Still, when we got to Lijiang and I got lost looking for the hostel the town's citizens were unremittingly sweet in coming to my aid. Anyway, we're trying to organise permits for Tibet (fingers crossed) where it's a balmy -27C apparently. And you Europeans thought it was cold. Pah!

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