The Last Day of Work

Arrived at our customer site at 9am and spend much of our time travelling between their two sites. Work was swift and partially productive. The meetings were inconclusive, but short. Lunch consisted of dishes with pig intestine, pig heart, pig liver, water snakes, fish, bambo, green beans, another green leafed veggie, and rice. Overall, not too bad.

After only 2 days here in Hangzhou, I believe we accomplished the work we had hoped to. That means the rest of our time is free to wander.

Jan ended up staying in Shanghai for the night, but made it here in one piece today. After work, the three of us went to a mall in the area and found a food court to have dinner at. Food courts in China are above and beyond those in Canada, if you like Chinese food. There's a vast variety of foods, and all at a very affordable price -- by our standards anyway.

Then we walked around a little in the city and returned to the hotel. A few drinks at the piano lounge later, we headed back to our rooms. We'll get out for a full day of tourism tomorrow.

Kevin, signing off from China... the place where turtles can be seen cut in four in kitchens, the restaurant washrooms also have toothbrushes and toothpaste because the owners live there in the same building, the fake DVDs run around 7 RMB, and firecrackers are lit anywhere, everywhere, and at all hours of the day through the couple of weeks following Chinese New Year.