China Tour
Hi All - sorry for the huuuuuuge delay in between updates!
Well, my India trip was excellent. I spent the remaining time in Chennai (Madras) and visitted as many people as I could before leaving to go to China. I felt really bad that my trip was so short - but that was the longest i could afford to go if I wanted to add China and be back in time for my friend's wedding.
Anyway, we touched down in Beijing on a freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezing cold night. I think the temp was -6C. That's the coldest i've personally ever experienced. The next morning we toured around the parks nearby. It was very nice and peaceful! My first impression of Beijing was that it was not as crowded as I had expected. You see, even though the population is 14 million, it is well spread out, so it is not so densely populated. I was also impressed by how clean it was! The traffic was much more orderly than in India (still not as orderly as western countries - but much better than what I expected!) There's still a lot of bicycles around - but there are dedicated lanes for them. It was also veeeery clean, and the infrastructure was ship shape. Seeing this made me a bit sad about India. I had always used the size of India's population as an excuse for why the infrastucture was unable to keep up - but after seeing China I see that a large population need not be an excuse at all! Anyway, my time is running out and I'll have to update this later!
Well, my India trip was excellent. I spent the remaining time in Chennai (Madras) and visitted as many people as I could before leaving to go to China. I felt really bad that my trip was so short - but that was the longest i could afford to go if I wanted to add China and be back in time for my friend's wedding.
Anyway, we touched down in Beijing on a freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezing cold night. I think the temp was -6C. That's the coldest i've personally ever experienced. The next morning we toured around the parks nearby. It was very nice and peaceful! My first impression of Beijing was that it was not as crowded as I had expected. You see, even though the population is 14 million, it is well spread out, so it is not so densely populated. I was also impressed by how clean it was! The traffic was much more orderly than in India (still not as orderly as western countries - but much better than what I expected!) There's still a lot of bicycles around - but there are dedicated lanes for them. It was also veeeery clean, and the infrastructure was ship shape. Seeing this made me a bit sad about India. I had always used the size of India's population as an excuse for why the infrastucture was unable to keep up - but after seeing China I see that a large population need not be an excuse at all! Anyway, my time is running out and I'll have to update this later!
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