I also enjoy the taxi cab reports. We visited Fujian in January to attend a friend’s wedding, our first time in China. As you reported in an earlier taxi post, we were treated wonderfully in the smallish villages we visited. I can understand why young people head to bigger places - I did the same back in the day. However, as an old guy, the quiet & sociable lifestyle of the villages seemed, well, attractive. Anyway, I hope you’ll tell us many more stories from your taxi rides.
Thanks Max. On the coasts, some of China's yuppies are already so disillusioned by the rat race that they're quitting and heading for the countryside, and yet in the interior, you still have hundreds of millions who yearn for the big city. Two Chinas (or three, or four, or five!) co-existing (and hardly interacting).
hahaha this guy has a great understanding of 老上海 personalities, i hear stuff like this all the time from family members (family's been in shanghai since 1910-20s). awesome post!
I also enjoy the taxi cab reports. We visited Fujian in January to attend a friend’s wedding, our first time in China. As you reported in an earlier taxi post, we were treated wonderfully in the smallish villages we visited. I can understand why young people head to bigger places - I did the same back in the day. However, as an old guy, the quiet & sociable lifestyle of the villages seemed, well, attractive. Anyway, I hope you’ll tell us many more stories from your taxi rides.
Thanks Max. On the coasts, some of China's yuppies are already so disillusioned by the rat race that they're quitting and heading for the countryside, and yet in the interior, you still have hundreds of millions who yearn for the big city. Two Chinas (or three, or four, or five!) co-existing (and hardly interacting).
I love your mini travelogues David with their snapshots of daily life. We know so little about the 'real life' of Chinese people, keep it up!
Thanks Gary!
hahaha this guy has a great understanding of 老上海 personalities, i hear stuff like this all the time from family members (family's been in shanghai since 1910-20s). awesome post!
Yum-looking, made me hungry. ^_^
These are great - keep them coming.
Thanks Mick - will do!