[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Hello from China! (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 3/10/2012 12:33:31 AM EDT
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Just thought I would send a big howdy to my fellow Arfcommers. Just left Beijing and Xian, on our way to the Three Gorges, then Shanghai.
Been looking for a surplus store, but no joy. One of the Heroic Revolutionary Monuments in Tiananmen Square has some very accurate representations of weaponry (Broomhandle, ZB-26, Moisin Nagants, etc.) |
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Just thought I would send a big howdy to my fellow Arfcommers. Just left Beijing and Xian, on our way to the Three Gorges, then Shanghai. Been looking for a surplus store, but no joy. One of the Heroic Revolutionary Monuments in Tiananmen Square has some very accurate representations of weaponry (Broomhandle, ZB-26, Moisin Nagants, etc.) should have said something earlier there are a couple surplus esq places in Beijing. No guns but cool toys. I'm stuck here for another few days then back to the states |
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Just thought I would send a big howdy to my fellow Arfcommers. Just left Beijing and Xian, on our way to the Three Gorges, then Shanghai. Been looking for a surplus store, but no joy. One of the Heroic Revolutionary Monuments in Tiananmen Square has some very accurate representations of weaponry (Broomhandle, ZB-26, Moisin Nagants, etc.) Do they have the guns and tanks on display that shot and rolled over the innocent protesters? |
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Quoted: Why dont you describe the TSA, and the TSA VIPER Checkpoints, the various banking regulations that not only US expatriates go through, but forces sovereign nations banks to submit various forms and information to the IRS/US government. And to top it all off, go into a convenience store, purchase alcohol and tobacco, then walk to your hotel enjoying said beverage and see what anyone thinks. Quoted: I didn't know you could get a connection to the states from china. I just took a shot to see if I could do it, and bingo, Arfcom. And from a cruise ship on the Yangtze River no less. Ain't technology great? |
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I am jealous. I just got back stateside Thursday night from 2 weeks in Hong Kong and Taipei. I miss it already and can't wait to go back.
I fucking love it over there! My company has an office in HK and we started some new business in Taipei. I hope to be spending a lot more time over there. |
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Why dont you describe the TSA, and the TSA VIPER Checkpoints, the various banking regulations that not only US expatriates go through, but forces sovereign nations banks to submit various forms and information to the IRS/US government. And to top it all off, go into a convenience store, purchase alcohol and tobacco, then walk to your hotel enjoying said beverage and see what anyone thinks.
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I didn't know you could get a connection to the states from china. I just took a shot to see if I could do it, and bingo, Arfcom. And from a cruise ship on the Yangtze River no less. Ain't technology great? Okay..... Off your meds today? |
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I am jealous. I just got back stateside Thursday night from 2 weeks in Hong Kong and Taipei. I miss it already and can't wait to go back. I fucking love it over there! My company has an office in HK and we started some new business in Taipei. I hope to be spending a lot more time over there. Except for the beer and the women the novelty wears off after the first 15 or 20 years. I've spent most of the past 40 years in Asia, mostly Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. |
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If you go back through Beijing and have the time spend a couple of hours at the PLA military museum. Lots of firearm and artillery on display and exhibits on the war of Japanese Aggression and Liberation.
There's a little bit if surplus at the Panjiayuan market. Remember everything is negotiable.. |
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Just thought I would send a big howdy to my fellow Arfcommers. Just left Beijing and Xian, on our way to the Three Gorges, then Shanghai. Been looking for a surplus store, but no joy. One of the Heroic Revolutionary Monuments in Tiananmen Square has some very accurate representations of weaponry (Broomhandle, ZB-26, Moisin Nagants, etc.) watch your kidneys |
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Quoted: Just thought I would send a big howdy to my fellow Arfcommers. Just left Beijing and Xian, on our way to the Three Gorges, then Shanghai. Been looking for a surplus store, but no joy. One of the Heroic Revolutionary Monuments in Tiananmen Square has some very accurate representations of weaponry (Broomhandle, ZB-26, Moisin Nagants, etc.) Bring me back a big titted chinese gal, huh buddy?  |
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If you go back through Beijing and have the time spend a couple of hours at the PLA military museum. Lots of firearm and artillery on display and exhibits on the war of Japanese Aggression and Liberation. There's a little bit if surplus at the Panjiayuan market. Remember everything is negotiable.. I have seen that museum. I got separated from my group and began wandering on my own. I stumbled across our bus and the driver pointed out the museum. Off I went. I am not sure if I was supposed to be there as they had a lot of anti-US exhibits then (early '80's). |
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If you are going by train, take a picture of the bathroom. You can always tell the most about a society by where you poop. Glad I didn't have to shit while I was on this Chinese train. 
http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r414/showmeballer/IMG_0399.jpg From what my relatives tell me. Bring your own TP everywhere (little white packets of tissue) Drink bottled water. Order an extra cup of hot tea to wash your utensils before you eat in a restaurant. If you stop in Vietnam you may leave with an 18 year old super model wife. If you stop in Japan, get a Godzilla lighter .... way cool. |
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If you are going by train, take a picture of the bathroom. You can always tell the most about a society by where you poop. Glad I didn't have to shit while I was on this Chinese train.
http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r414/showmeballer/IMG_0399.jpg I think I can safely say "shit hole".
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If you are going by train, take a picture of the bathroom. You can always tell the most about a society by where you poop. Glad I didn't have to shit while I was on this Chinese train.
http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r414/showmeballer/IMG_0399.jpg That looks way more luxurious than the train I was on in Xinjiang... We had a hole cut in the floor of the train... |
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If you are going by train, take a picture of the bathroom. You can always tell the most about a society by where you poop. Glad I didn't have to shit while I was on this Chinese train.
http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r414/showmeballer/IMG_0399.jpg From what my relatives tell me. Bring your own TP everywhere (little white packets of tissue) Drink bottled water. Order an extra cup of hot tea to wash your utensils before you eat in a restaurant. If you stop in Vietnam you may leave with an 18 year old super model wife. If you stop in Japan, get a Godzilla lighter .... way cool. You only need to wash chopsticks in hot tea in the street type restaurants (China). The TP is useful, but when in doubt just look for a McDonalds if you really have to shit. I haven't been to Vietnam, but I have lived in Tokyo and lighters were the last thing I was concerned about.
Tokyo nightclubs are crawling with young hotties. 
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Just thought I would send a big howdy to my fellow Arfcommers. Just left Beijing and Xian, on our way to the Three Gorges, then Shanghai. Been looking for a surplus store, but no joy. One of the Heroic Revolutionary Monuments in Tiananmen Square has some very accurate representations of weaponry (Broomhandle, ZB-26, Moisin Nagants, etc.) Bring me back a big titted chinese gal, huh buddy?
Once you remove the Level III booby armor you don't see that many big nai nais. |
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If you go back through Beijing and have the time spend a couple of hours at the PLA military museum. Lots of firearm and artillery on display and exhibits on the war of Japanese Aggression and Liberation. There's a little bit if surplus at the Panjiayuan market. Remember everything is negotiable.. I have seen that museum. I got separated from my group and began wandering on my own. I stumbled across our bus and the driver pointed out the museum. Off I went. I am not sure if I was supposed to be there as they had a lot of anti-US exhibits then (early '80's). I first visited the Military Museum in 1982 as an exchange student and was surprised to see captured US weaponry, including tanks and aircraft, in particular a shot down U-2. As I was stationed on Taiwan during the early to mid 70s I knew that both PLA pilots had defected to Taiwan and ROC pilots had defected to the Mainland during the cold war, but to actually see the ROC (U.S.-supplied) aircraft was an experience. |
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Just thought I would send a big howdy to my fellow Arfcommers. Just left Beijing and Xian, on our way to the Three Gorges, then Shanghai. Been looking for a surplus store, but no joy. One of the Heroic Revolutionary Monuments in Tiananmen Square has some very accurate representations of weaponry (Broomhandle, ZB-26, Moisin Nagants, etc.) Bring me back a big titted chinese gal, huh buddy?
Not seen much evidence of big Ta-Ta's on the younger women, but this is defintely a land of major league derrieres and legs. Although it was near freezing in Beijing, lotsa very short skirts, leggings, skinny jeans, spandex and high heels on some very pretty young women. Talk about your Cultural Revolution! 
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