Let's talk about the Digestive Tract
All of you who know me knew this one was coming...
Up until this point, I have purposefully refrained from discussing the end results or outcomes of some of my more adventurous dining experiences.
It all caught up to me this week. In a scene from the worst Pepto Bismol episode you have ever seen, I have spent many moments this week paying homage to the porcelean gods. I have quietly pledged many sacrifices in exchange for a return to normalcy in the digestive area...
Without sharing the more intimate details, the situation has been worsened by logistics in several areas. There are many toilets that have no seat. Instead, the Chinese somehow hover over an open hole, and precede to take care of business. They are no magazine racks, or reading material of any kind. I won't even get into how your leg and buttock muscles begin to cramp, keeping your balance is even a bigger challenge. There were several times yesterday I throughout a vein would burst in my head as I attempted to remain vertical to a hole in the ground. There's not even handlebars or poles you can lean on for support...in any event, all good things do ultimately pass, and I'm starting to feel better-
I am back in Shanghai through the weekend conducting training. The weather here is fantastic, and the air quality is much better. I arrived last night and had another exciting travel experience. Small items taken for granted include finding your gate, picking up your ticket, and/or communicating with gate agents as most signage and no people provide English help depending on the location.
While I noted it in a previous post, Shanghai is massive. After my flight I was trying to pick up a taxi, and the line was longer than any Disney line I've ever seen. (The novelty of my arrival in China has worn off, so the local team no longer sends a car-either that or I have found a way to greatly offend or insult...)
The Taxi line took my 1 hour and 15 minutes to navigate, almost as long as my entire flight from Guangzhou-an industrial engineer could re-arrange and cut the wait to 15 minutes in about a day.
Loving Shanghai though-
All of you watch what you eat, -and especially not the worms-
Up until this point, I have purposefully refrained from discussing the end results or outcomes of some of my more adventurous dining experiences.
It all caught up to me this week. In a scene from the worst Pepto Bismol episode you have ever seen, I have spent many moments this week paying homage to the porcelean gods. I have quietly pledged many sacrifices in exchange for a return to normalcy in the digestive area...
Without sharing the more intimate details, the situation has been worsened by logistics in several areas. There are many toilets that have no seat. Instead, the Chinese somehow hover over an open hole, and precede to take care of business. They are no magazine racks, or reading material of any kind. I won't even get into how your leg and buttock muscles begin to cramp, keeping your balance is even a bigger challenge. There were several times yesterday I throughout a vein would burst in my head as I attempted to remain vertical to a hole in the ground. There's not even handlebars or poles you can lean on for support...in any event, all good things do ultimately pass, and I'm starting to feel better-
I am back in Shanghai through the weekend conducting training. The weather here is fantastic, and the air quality is much better. I arrived last night and had another exciting travel experience. Small items taken for granted include finding your gate, picking up your ticket, and/or communicating with gate agents as most signage and no people provide English help depending on the location.
While I noted it in a previous post, Shanghai is massive. After my flight I was trying to pick up a taxi, and the line was longer than any Disney line I've ever seen. (The novelty of my arrival in China has worn off, so the local team no longer sends a car-either that or I have found a way to greatly offend or insult...)
The Taxi line took my 1 hour and 15 minutes to navigate, almost as long as my entire flight from Guangzhou-an industrial engineer could re-arrange and cut the wait to 15 minutes in about a day.
Loving Shanghai though-
All of you watch what you eat, -and especially not the worms-
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