I'm beginning to wonder about this hotel that's hosting our meeting. Outside, the base is decorated with some unique carvings. And, in the elevator, they advertise the 'Midnight Special' --- check in between 1 and 5 AM; depart by Noon; no breakfast coupons!
Guess it's for those instances where your meeting really runs long.
The buildings around us are all dark in the morning - even as late as 8 AM. Cannot figure it out. Either they are conserving energy, starting work late or maybe sitting empty?
This evening was a perfect storm of dining misfortune. Our Chinese hosts had internal meetings so we were left on our own.
Determined to avoid the poor western fare at the hotel; we asked for a recommendation for dining nearby. After some wrong turns and some finger pointing by locals on the street, we found the recommended restaurant.
Nobody spoke English but they had an illustrated menu. We picked out a few items that looked good - something that looked like beef and another one that looked like a fish stew. When they finally arrived, we realized that we had managed to pick all reptile fare --- sauteed snake and frog stew.
I've had a lot of weird things here but it's always the reptile dishes that hang me up.
On the plus side, the sun finally came out...
... and the minibar offers Chinese Budweiser for the same price as Coke.
Wow you are way braver than I...mentally, could not handle that kind of fare. I don't care if it "tastes like chicken" because all I would envision would be the slithering creature that it is! I would probably live on rice in China since that's pretty hard to mess up!
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Betsy
Now I have that song from CCR "Midnight Special" in my head.
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