NP & waaay off topic - China

[bekah]

Bring your own toilet paper and beware the fruit sellers.   (Has he 
visited before?)  It's much more modern than I expected,  but at the 
same time it's much more primitive.   China is "developing" as they 
say.

bekah

At 7:02 PM -0700 7/26/06, Dave Monroe wrote:
>A friend is leaving shortly for what he says may be up
>to a two year stay.  Beijing, I believe, at least for
>starters, ostensibly to work on his Mandarin.  Any
>advice?  I'd've asked offlist, but (a) I know there
>are others here who might answer knowledgeably as
>well, and (b) well, hell, it IS the Pynchon List, so
>...
>
>Responses on/offlist, however y'all want ...
>
>--- bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>>  Fwiw,  I went to China last week and took some
>>  photos.  They are on my web-site at:
>  > http://web.mac.com/bekker2/iWeb/
>