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They are still pretty disgusting. It was a major topic of conversation amongst the fairer sex. Seems they are making an effort to keep them clean at the tourist locations but no matter how clean they look they really should do something about the smell. I think Domestos should sponsor the Olympics.
In Xi'an we visited the Islamic quarter. We decided to take a short cut down an alley and there was a public toilet down there. I decided to brave it. I walked in to see a channel dug in the ground and a local squatting over it. The smell was unbearable. I ran out and felt dirty for the next hour.
Oh, and almost every toilet and tap we saw were automatic. No need to touch them. A good thing really.
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Than you were VERY lucky! Cause there's this new trend amongst taxi drivers that they don't let you get into the taxi before knowing where you wanna go. Also, almost everyone I had, got freakin lost or needed me to tell him where to go 
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The Shanghai World Financial Center will be sorta kinda the worlds tallest building when it is completed in 2008.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shangha...nancial_Center
Here's a shot from the observation deck of the Jin Mao tower (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_Mao_Building) the fifth tallest in the world by roof height.
And here's a job I would hate to do:
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Originally Posted by AusS2000,Nov 16 2007, 10:55 AM
How we roll in Xi'an:
http://s2000.byteserve.com.au/china/intersection.MOV
This is a major road leading into Xi'an. It's 4 lanes either way and we were approaching an intersection where a similar road crossed. There are no traffic lights or give way signs and if there were no one would pay any attention anyway. It is effectively a free for all.
Surprisingly it works quite well.
http://s2000.byteserve.com.au/china/intersection.MOV
This is a major road leading into Xi'an. It's 4 lanes either way and we were approaching an intersection where a similar road crossed. There are no traffic lights or give way signs and if there were no one would pay any attention anyway. It is effectively a free for all.
Surprisingly it works quite well.
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Originally Posted by AusS2000,Nov 15 2007, 11:10 PM
When we were in Tiananmen Square the guide said it could fit 1 million people. I asked how many tanks.
The guide probably didn't know what you were talking about
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The first guide was a urbanite and not in favour of the CCP. He did remark that he could only speak out his opinion due to changes for the better in human rights.
In Tiananmen Square people were lining up for 2 hours to see Mao's frozen corpse for 3 seconds.
This is the back of the mausoleum.
It stretches for about a kilometer around the building.
And this it the front. You can see the queue leading up the steps.
According to the guide the country people are very much in favour of Mao and the CCP.
In Tiananmen Square people were lining up for 2 hours to see Mao's frozen corpse for 3 seconds.
This is the back of the mausoleum.
It stretches for about a kilometer around the building.
And this it the front. You can see the queue leading up the steps.
According to the guide the country people are very much in favour of Mao and the CCP.
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Originally Posted by cashout,Nov 17 2007, 02:04 PM
Bit of a waste that pedestrian crossing right?