[jeffh]

im currently in china with family,
the tour groups i see comming and going from the hotels every day make me laugh, they leave before i roll out of bed, and they get back when me and my brother are down at the nearby KTV places hitting on women who treat you like a god.
its soooo cheap here i cant imagine why anyone would get on one of those godawful tour busses, a day tour for 7 of us in a private van, with a driver and an english speaking tour guide is about 250 RMB ($40CAD) per person for a whole day of sightseeing, they arent as pushy with the sales stuff, because its more important for them that you hire them the next day as well, then whatever kickbacks their cousin that owns the jade shop is giving them to drag some cheap tourists through

the other nice thing about the private tours, is its usually cute girls 21-25 who speek pretty good chinglish and arent uncomfortable around handsome white devils

im super white, well groomed and fit, and being here makes me feel like brad pitt. my advice for people who are thinking of doing china for real, book NICE hotels, because nice by chinese standards can be kinda.... go with someone who speaks mandarin (even better if they are chinese) dont take taxis from the airport, and try and try and be somewhere where theres a car show or home show going on the women you see on the street and in the clubs are so-so, but if you go to a place where theres models they are banging hot and are more than happy to "practice their english, and show you around the town"