This is the blog/travel journal for Chris & Joanne Reilly from Glasgow, Scotland. After quitting our jobs and selling our house, we plan to travel around the globe for the next year.

Thursday, November 24, 2005

Chinese Hit Parade

1. Spitting on the Duck in the Bay - Otis Redding
2. Everybody's Smokin' - Nillson
3. Wouldn't it be Rice - The Beach Boys
4. Another Brick in the Great Wall - Pink Floyd
5. The Time is Mao - Moloko
6. This Town ain’t Big Enough for the 2 Million of Us - Sparks
7. Don’t Stand So Close to Me - The Police
8. Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? - Cultural Revolution Club
9. Red Army Dreamers - Kate Bush
10. Take me to the Yangzi River - Al Green

Best Things to Do & See

The Great Wall of China
Forbidden City
Pandas (Chengdu)
Three Gorges (Yangzi River)
The Terracotta Warriors
Urban Planning Exhibition (Shanghai)
Jinmao Tower (for Cocktails)


Things We Will Miss about China

Hustle & Bustle
Street Food (esp. Xian)
Cheap Beer
Overnight Sleeper Trains
Peking Duck
Haggling
Spicy Food (Chris)
Friendly People
Cheap DVD’s
Dave & Ruth

Things we won't miss about China

Spitting in the Street
Clearing Nostrils in the Street
Smelly Toilets
Being Stared at
Rip Off Taxi Drivers
Hot Pot
Pushing & Shoving
Bad Roads
Spicy Food (Joanne)
Internet Restrictions
No Pedestrians Right of Way

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