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Alex Mumzhui with his Brompton on Silk Route to China.

Silk Road

Alex Mumzhiu
2006-03-20 17:44:21

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has any suggestions on what should I visit in Southern China? If yes, please give, I will appreciate them. On attachment is Hong Kong seafood. I just eat one of these guys, prepared the Portuguese style in Macao restaurant. It was.... interesting.

Alex Mumzhiu
Hong Kong
Oct 30 2001 4:00am

Hello everybody.
I am in Guangzhou. I read in a tour books and heard much fuss about Guangzhou and did not understand what is so special about this city until I found out that it's former name is Canton. Oh, Canton, it is different story, Canton opera, canonize food. Chinese believe that it is good to be born in Suzhou, live in Hangzhou, eat in Guangzhou and die in Liuzhou. I did not went to opera, but I went to Guangzhou's famous (or may be infamous) Qingping food Market. Oh boy, what they sell there; toads, snakes, tarantulas, tortillas, bugs, 40 legs caterpillars. It is known that they eat cats and dogs also, but cages with kittens and puppies were located between pet market and meat market so it was not clear are they intended for external use or internal. It also rise the question can you have your pet and eat it in the same time? Mainly, I do not understand why do they eat all that stuff, it is no hunger here. Tour book suggests that it was tuff times in the past when they developed taste for it. Guangzhou is also main transferring point for adopted Chinese girls. Right across from my hostel is the White Swan Hotel, which is full of American ladies with adopted girls. They pay up to $18,000 for adoption. Chinese are not allowed to have more then 2 kids, so these who want a boy have a choice to give baby girl for abortion or kill her. This create severe shortage of women in China. In accordance with old tradition and also with new market economy some Chinese man have to buy the girl for the position of wife. It is exist mainly in rural areas. Price range $200-$500. It is illegal trade, and dealers (who steal girls for ...