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17 November 2011, 04:25 AM | #31 |
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awesome..great trip report!
the luxury market is on a tear in China...
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No, prices were to high and discounts were not even possible.
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17 November 2011, 05:53 AM | #33 |
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I am adventurous but not that much. I've had 'maguey' (agave type plant) worms, ant larvae ('escamoles') and dried salted crickets ('chapulines') in the past while living in Mexico. All of them are delicious believe it or not!!!!
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17 November 2011, 05:55 AM | #34 |
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great pics. thanks for sharing.
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The vendors in some of the street markets will know the numbers in English and would be able to negotiate but that is about it. Street signage and some other signs are now in Chinese and in our alphabet. Still pretty hard to get around. The hotels give you a card so that cabs know where to take you or how to get back to the hotel in case you get lost.
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17 November 2011, 06:02 AM | #36 |
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For instance the cars are in pretty good shape with very recent models. No beaters or clunkers. Most brands are available. The biggest car brands in order of importance based on what I saw are: Hyundai, VW, Audi, Buick, Toyota, BMW and then Mercedes-Benz. I even saw one of the coveted BMWs M3 Carbon (Limited Edition to 111 vehicles only made for the Chinese market MSRP $189,000 USD). Pretty fancy!
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17 November 2011, 06:03 AM | #37 |
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We went around the area on Sunday but since it's the bar street we missed all the action the day before. Next time we're there we'll go for sure.
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17 November 2011, 06:04 AM | #38 |
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Yes, that's an amazing Sweet and Sour Pork with pineapple and dragon fruit!!! Simply delicious!!!
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17 November 2011, 06:05 AM | #39 |
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It's a wonderful place and I could've not felt any safer. No problem wearing the watch everywhere and at any time. The people at some of the boutiques even pointed out 'beautiful watch sir'.
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17 November 2011, 06:09 AM | #40 |
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Best three places for Peking Duck in order of importance: DaDong, Huang Ting and Quanjude. Avoid 'Made in China' because is nothing but a tourist trap. The setup is nice with the open kitchen stations but other than that the duck was pretty bad.
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Just for you Thomas!!! I knew you would love it!
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Looks like an amazing time!! Thanks for sharing.
Killer AP, by the way
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Awesome pictures! From my understanding the market for watches in that part of the world is HUGE!
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Indeed. There are also some other Swiss brands that I've never seen before commanding higher prices than AP or Patek. One of them is SARCAR here's a pic of one of their watches. This one had a MOP dial with some dragon design and the price converted from RMB Yuan is $254,920.00 USD.
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Some great photos and a lovely reminder of my trip there a few years ago.
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And i knew you would bring that beautiful ROO on the trip
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Nice pics, thanks for posting
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cool. very nice!
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Very cool!
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Great pics!
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Awesome pics. Thanks!!
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awesome pics! Thanks
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18 November 2011, 03:07 AM | #54 |
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Thanks everyone!!!
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28 November 2011, 03:36 PM | #55 |
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Thank you for the photographs and your amazing adventure, "Mr Bond".Saludos
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Excellent pictures and story, looks like you had an awesome trip, thanks for sharing.
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Awesome pics--thanks for taking and sharing with us!
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29 November 2011, 02:32 AM | #58 |
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great pics.. thank you. looks like it was a fabulous trip!
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Great Photos!
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Tarantulas??
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