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Knock offs in China? Really? ;)

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

China it´s the land of fake brands and cheap imitations. Why bother inventing a whole new brand when you can just change some letters and take advantage of people who can´t see well?
It´s a pitty I didn´t take pictures of all the things I saw, but at least I can share some of them with you.

I hope you laugh as much as I did 🙂

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Is this Asia? Nop, this is Hong Kong!

Monday, June 4th, 2007

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Crossing inmigration gave me a funny feeling. Was I or was I not in China? I mean the signs are still written in chinese, I´m boarding a chinese train, full of chinese of course, where the food I ate was defentely chinese. Am I being tricked? I though. The answer though, hit me in the face the second I put a foot on the ground: Hong Kong is defenetely not China! [read on]

Welcome to the real city of Light, Shanghai!!

Friday, June 1st, 2007
_MG_4428.JPG Ni Hao my friends, welcome to Shanghai!!!! Finally a city where I see what I was expecting from China: neon lights, futuristic buildings, rivers of people flowing out of the metro and smog, ... [Continue reading this entry]

En la capital!!

Friday, May 25th, 2007
_MG_3686-1.jpg Ah, the smell of the capital.... Beijing, with it's 9 million bicicles around you, gave me a good time. I was a bit disappointed though. I was expecting a big mess, narrow streets, ... [Continue reading this entry]

One day, one quest: find that wall!!!!

Sunday, May 20th, 2007
_MG_3315.jpg I got to Datong at 05:00, after a "good" night sleep on a 60cm wide berth in a train. I had heard that Datong was famous for some old caves with giant ... [Continue reading this entry]

Pingyao

Sunday, May 20th, 2007
_MG_3241.jpg Hola my friends, sorry sorry no updates in the last week or so, but China has being driven me apeshit with every single computer not having a USB slot, and for me ... [Continue reading this entry]

Xi’an, Rob and the Terracotta warriors

Monday, May 14th, 2007
_MG_2733.JPG Que pasa????? Long time, long time but let me tell you everything has worked out perfectly! For example I got to see the 10'000 Terracotta warriors, supposedly the 8th wonder of the ... [Continue reading this entry]

Pandas!!! Chengdu, China

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Muy buenos dias!! It's early. Too early to be able to write a decent post, so all you'll get will be a couple of lines. Chengdu treat me well. I stayed in this great hostel (Mix Hostel) and it ... [Continue reading this entry]

Kunming and around

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
I try to fall asleep again but my mind wouldn't let me. My memories were as fresh as if it had happend just a few minutes ago. I wasn't able to think in anything else. The image of a naked ... [Continue reading this entry]

Welcome to China, “almost” land of the rising sun :)

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
Nihaao!!!! CHINA IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) I've only being here for a day but I'm loving it!! It's So different!!! I think I'm gonna have a great time here and this is only starting. At the Vietnamese border, a guy ... [Continue reading this entry]