Travel - Share some pics and stories

bearwithme

@firebombmarkus - that is great!  Looks like everyone had lots of fun! I went to China on vacation quite a few years ago and was lucky enough to see the pits where excavation of the army was ongoing.  No electronic photos (no electronic phones at the time), but somewhere I have a few still photos I took surreptitiously (you weren't supposed to take photos because they wanted you to buy their photos/cards in their store). It was amazing.  The soldiers looked like they were trying to break free of the dirt they were buried in. Living there - you must have definitely had the opportunity to really get to know the people and their culture, unlike what I experienced as a pure tourist.

firebombmarkus

@bearwithme It was quite a rollercoaster but yes, I learned the "good" and the "bad" sides of their culture. I quote because good is not necessary good and bad is not necessary bad.

To be honest, I am not a fan of army and soldiers but I am happy that you enjoyed the moment 😊

Alansmart

Mad cool experience @firebombmarkus, the Buddhist pics are great 🕉

firebombmarkus

I agree @Alansmart Really enjoyed those temples, there is something unexplainable inside 🙏🏻

Alansmart

I understand it as chi @firebombmarkus, it is the energy that binds all life as one 😌 

firebombmarkus

That's the word 😂 Thanks @Alansmart Chinese always drink hot water as they say it balances their chi. I never got used to drinking hot water 🙈

mercerik

Ashraf said:

It is a very beautiful photos
@mercerik 😊

@Ashraf

Thanks Ashraf! 🙏

mercerik

firebombmarkus said:

That's the word 😂 Thanks @Alansmart Chinese always drink hot water as they say it balances their chi. I never got used to drinking hot water 🙈

@firebombmarkus

Hi fbm!

I am not Chinese but I like drinking my coffee hot. It wakes my system up especially in the morning! 

The Chinese always drink hot tea as far as I know! 

firebombmarkus

@mercerik I also drink hot coffee and it's not unusal to me but hot water certainly is 😊

mercerik

@firebombmarkus

I worked in a Bank Main Office owned by wealthy Chinese owners for 12 years. I had direct contact with them every day. There are things that they do that I won't, like eating turtles for longevity. In my 12 years there, I've never seen them just drink plain hot water. It was always tea.  

I've been to Hongkong and not really observed this while I was there. If you observed this in China, it is a possibility that people has gotten used to drinking hot plain water because of pollution there.