BEIJING                                                                                           SHANGHAI                                                          XIAMEN

THIS YEAR IN JUNE, MY FRIEND AND MYSELF TOOK A TRIP IN CHINA VISITING BEIJING, XIAMEN AND SHANGHAI. IT WAS A BAR TOURISM. THREE WEEKENDS WITH MANY BARS! FIRST WEEKEND IN BEIJING WE WENT TO DESTINATION. BEFORE REACHING THE BAR, WE, THE TWO FOREIGNERS AS PRIMARY TARGET, TWO WHORES APPROACHED US AND WANTED TO SELL THEIR BODIES. WHEN THEY REALIZED THAT THERE WILL BE NO BUSINESS ABOUT IT THEY TRIED WITH THE ALMOST-DIE-OF-HUNGER SCENARIO AND ASKED FOR MONEY. OF COARSE THEY DID NOT GET ANYTHING. ONE OF THE PROSTITUTE KNOCKED ON MY BACK. THIS IS THE THING WHAT I REALLY CANNOT BEAR WHEN WHORES OR BEGGERS TOUCH ME!
SO WE REACHED THE BAR AND NOTICED THE CURRENT CHINESE TREND: GO TO THE BAR WITH A BAG WITH SHOULDER STRAPS AND KEEP IT ON YOUR SHOULDER EVEN WHEN DANCING. HAIR STYLE FOR BOYS: BACK COMBED HAIR. THE BAR WAS VERY POPULAR, NO PLACE FOR THE FEET. WE ALSO VISITED A DISCO, WITH GOOD LIGHT AND SOUND SYSTEM.
IN XIAMEN WE VISITED FIRST A BAR WHERE THE CUSTOMERS SANG ALONG. IT'S A PITY THAT IN MANY CHINESE BARS THE PEOPLE FEEL GOOD WHEN THE SHOUT SONGS. THE GUYS HERE ORDERS AROUND 10 BOTTLES OF BEERS AT ONCE SO WHEN THEY OOPEN THE FIFTH BOTTLE THE BEERS ARE ALREADY WARM. WE ONLY ORDERED ONE BOTTLE EACH AND WHEN WE WERE ABOUT TO ORDER ANOTHER ONE, WE COULD JUST HARDLY FIND A WAITER.
THE FOLLOWING NIGHT WE WENT TO A DISCO. WE ASKED TWO BEERS BUT FORTUNATELY I ASKED THE PRICE, TOO. IT WAS 100 YUAN! IN A VERY GOOD BAR THE BEER IS AROUND 30-40 YUAN MAXIMUM. SO WE REFUSED THE BEERS AND WERE ABOUT TO LEAVE. THEN THE WAITERS OFFERED 50 YUAN BUT IT WAS STILL HIGH SO WE STILL WANTED TO LEAVE. BY THIS TIME THE WAITERS ASKED US HOW MUCH WE WOULD PAY FOR THE BEER. THIS WAS CRITICAL, JUST BECAUSE WE WERE FORIGNERS THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD CHEAT US. SO WE LEFT AND WENT TO A DISCO WHERE I HAD NICE TIMES BEFORE. THAT DISCO CHANGED THE OWNER, I SAW IT IMMEDIATELY. 4 POOR GIRLS TRIED TO DANCE ON THE STAGE FOR A VERY FEW GUEST. THE BEER WAS LIKE LEMONADE SO WE CHANGED THE PLACE AGAIN AND WENT TO SCOTLAND BAR WHICH IS THE BEST PLACE IN XIAMEN WITH LIVE MUSIC. THE MUSICIANS CAME FROM THE PHILIPPINES SO NO CHINESE MUSIC OR WHATEVER. WE HAD REALLY GOOD TIMES HERE.
IN SHANGHAI I WANTED TO SHOW TO MY FRIEND THE NANJING EAST ROAD, A PEDESTRIAN STREET IN SHANGHAI, WHERE FOREIGNERS COULD TAKE A NICE WALK IF STREET VENDORS DO NOT DISTURB THEM. AGAIN AS PRIMARY TARGET WHEN CHINESE PEOPLE SEE FOREIGNERS, WE COULD NOT WALK 5 SECONDS WITHOUT GETTING AN OFFER FOR ROLEX WATCH, CLOTHS, BAGS OR DVD'S. WE ALSO VISITED YUYUAN BAZAAR AND XIN DIAN TI, WHICH IS THE BEST PLACE IN SHANGHAI AS VENDORS ARE NOT ALLOWED OUT THERE. TO FIND A GOOD PLACE, THAT IS EASY IN SHANGHAI. WE WENT TO EDDIE'S AND PARK 97. IN PARK 97 THERE IS LIVE LATIN MUSIC. THIS TIME THEY SANG TINA'S PROUD MARY, THAT WAS GREAT! IN THE MEAN TIME A GANG ARRIVED AND THE SECURITY HAD HIGH TIMES. THEY MADE A TABLE FREE FOR HIM, CHAMPAGNE, FRUITS AND SO ON. STILL THE GANG WAS ANGRY AT A MOMENT AND BROKE THE GLASS TO THE FLOOR. QUICK CLEANING AND THE SECURITY GUARDS TRIED TO CALM DOWN THE GANG. AT THE END THE GANG EXCUSED AND LEFT.
DURING THE 3 WEEKENDS WE HAD GREAT TIMES THOUGH WE HAD BAD EXPERIENCES, TOO. IT'S A NICE MEMORY.

 
PICTURES AT XIAMEN AIRPORT, SOUTH OF CHINA

I HAD A LONG TRAVEL FROM CHINA BACK TO HUNGARY. IT WAS ON SEPTEMBER 25TH. HAD A TICKET FROM XIAMEN TO BEIJING ETD 14:20 AND ANOTHER TICKET TO MY CONNECTING FLIGHT FROM BEIJING TO BUDAPEST ON SEPTEMBER 26TH 1:20 AM. THE TWO PLANES WERE FROM THE SAME AIRLINES CALLED HAINAN. THE PLANE FROM BEIJING ARRIVED IN XIAMEN ON SEPT 25 ON TIME AND THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT: SOON BOARDING. HOWEVER WE JUST WAITED AND WAITED, THEN WE WERE SAID THE PLANE WAS UNDER MAINTANANCE SO WE SHOULD WAIT FURTHER. I SAW NERVOUS PEOPLE AT THE GATE SO I WENT CLOSER TO LEARN WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. I WAS TOLD THE PASSENGERS SHOULD GO TO A HOTEL UNTIL THE PLANE IS READY TO TAKE OFF. WHEN ARRIVED TO THE HOTEL THE DRIVER GOT THE INFO VIA WALKY-TALKY THAT THE PLANE IS READY TO TAKE OFF. BACK TO THE AIRPORT AND WE FOUND OURSELVES AGAIN AT THE GATE. BUT NO PLANE AGAIN. I CALCULTED THE TIME. IF I CANNOT TAKE OFF UNTIL 7 PM I CANNOT CATCH MY BUDAPEST FLIGHT EITHER. ASKED THE OFFICIALS TO CONTACT HAINAN THAT MY TICKET SHOULD BE RE-BOOKED ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, THIS WAS THE EARLIEST PLANE FLYING TO HUNGARY FROM BEIJING AS THERE ARE NO FLIGHTS ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS. THE OFFICIALS JUST TOOK A LOOK AT MY E-TICKET BUT DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. SO I CALLED UP THE AIRLINES AND RE-BOOKED MY TICKET BUT IT WAS NOT YET CONFIRMED. THEY PROMISED THEY CALL ME BACK. THEN I WANTED TO BUY ANOTHER TICKET FROM XIMAEN TO BEIJING BECAUSE I DID NOT TRUST IN THE MAINTANACE ANYMORE. WE WENT BACK TO THE HOTEL, IT WAS ALREADY 8 PM AND I WAS VERY TIRED DUE TO HEAVY CARRY-ON BAG AND THE NERVOUSITY THEY CAUSED ME. THE AIRPORT REPRESENTATIVE WANTED TO GIVE ME A ROOM ALONG WITH 2 OTHER CHINESE MEN WHAT I DEFINITELY REFUSED AS I WAS TIRED AND DID NOT WANT TO BEAR THE NOISY CHINESE AND LISTENING TO THE TV. FORTUNATELY THEY HAD SEPARATE ROOM BUT HAD TO PAY FOR IT. RECEPTION DESK ACCEPTED NEITEHR CREDIT CARD NOR USD AND I ONLY HAD A FEW YUAN REMAINED. AT THE END THEY ACCEPTED USD BUT I HAD TO PAY IN YUAN ON THE OTHER DAY. I WAS TOLD THE ORIGINAL PLANE WILL TAKE OFF ON 8:20 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY BUT I TOLD TO THEM THEY DO NOT NEED TO WAIT FOR ME AS I ALREADY HAD ANOTHER TICKET. SO I SLEPT QUICK YOU BET AND CHECKED OUT AT 9.30 AM. IN THE HOTEL LOBBY THERE WERE STILL SOME PASSENGERS SO THE PLANE DID NOT TAKE OFF AT 8:20 AS PREDICTED. WE WENT BACK TO THE AIRPORT AND I TOOK ANOTHER PLANE FLYING TO BEIJING. THIS PLANE WAS LATE ONLY A BIT. ARRIVED IN BEIJING LATE AFTERNOON AND WENT TO THE AIRPORT HOTEL VERY CLOSE TO BEIJING AIRPORT AND TOOK A ROOM FOR 2 DAYS. ON SATURDAY IN THE MORNING WALKED TO THE AIRPORT IN ORDER TO CHECK IF I AM ON THE PASSANGER LIST. I WAS IN THE COMPUTER SO FELT RELIEFE AND ASKED THE GIRL TO PRINT IT OUT FOR EVIDENCE. AFTERNOOD IN THE HOTEL THE RECEPTIONIST CALLE ME UP THAT IT WAS TIME TO CHECK OUT. I TOLD HER I WILL STAY FOR 2 NIGHTS SO I DO  NOT NEED TO CHECK OUT. OK. AFTER HALF AN HOUR THE CHAMBER MAID WAS KNOCKING ON MY DOOR THAT I SHOULD CHECK OUT. AGAIN I INFORMED HER THAT I WILL CHECK OUT ON SUNDAY. GOOD. ANOTHER HALF HOUR LATER THE RECEPTIONIST CALLED ME AGAIN AND THIS TIME I WAS A VERY VERY BIT NERVIOUS THAT THEY KEEP DISTURB ME INSTEAD OF LOOKING INTO THE BOOKING.
SUNDAY IN THE MORNING I WENT TO AIRPORT AGAIN HAVING BREAKFAST IN KFC. WHEN ARRIVING IN THE HOTEL I NOTICED MY ROOM WAS LOCKED. SO WENT BACK TO THE RECEPTION DESK ASKED THEM TO OPEN MY ROOM. NO EXCUSE FROM THE RECEPTIONIST OR WHATSOEVER. NOON, ON TIME I CHECKED OUT OF THE HOTEL BUT DECIDED TO STAY IN THE LOBBY FOR A WHILE AS I HAD 10!!!! HOURS UP TO CHECK IN THE FLIGHT. BUT! TWO CHINESE GUESTS WERE SINGING ALONG WITH LOUD SPEAKERS SO I DECIDED RATHER GO TO THE HOTEL AND NOT TO LISTEN TO THEIR TERRIBLE SINGNING. THE TIME AT THE AIRPORT WENT SLOWLY, I PUT EARPLUGS INTO MY EARS TO REDUCE THE NOISE OF THE AIRPORT AND THE PEOPLE. AT LONG LAST IT WAS TIME TO CHECK IN. I WAS THE FIRST WHO ARRIVED TO THE COUNTER. I WAS STILL A BIT NERVOUS WHETHER I WILL GET A BOARDING PASS OR NOT. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH MY TICKET AND BOARDED THE PLANE AT 1:00 AM AND WE TOOK OFF ON TIME. ARRIVED IN BUDAPEST EARLY IN THE MORNING AFTER ALMOST A 10 HOUR FLIGHT I WAS HAPPY THAT AFTER 4 DAYS TRAVELLING I WAS AT HOME!

HI! I HAVE JUST ARRIVED IN HUNGARY AFTER A 7 MONTH WORK IN CHINA. AS IN CHINA THE XANGA SITES ARE BANNED (HUMAN RIGHTS AND SO ON) I WAS NOT ABLE TO VIEW OR WRITE ANYTHING TO MY SITE. I.E. WIKIPEDIA WAS ALSO BANNED FOR YEARS IN CHINA BUT THIS SITE IS NOW ALLOWED TO BE DISPLAYED.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU MY CAT WHO ACCIDENTALLY FALL OUT OF THE SEVENTH FL OOR BUT FORTUNATELY HE SURVIVED WITHOUT ANY INJURIES.