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[quote=ELCABRON                ,5287]Ni Hao Ma?If you are used to Chinese food and if you read some books about China, I think you reached half of your way.First, China is always crowded and Chinese love that. Their understanding of vacation and travelling is the more people join it the better it is. If you are lucky to be there at peak times like Spring Festival and so on, you won? see any sights because of people.It is hard to be on your own!Transportation is always crowded. For example a train ride from Xian to Shanghai, there are also tickest without seat, so people were standing and sitting in the corridor for 16 hours. Going to the restrooms meant climbing over people.Private busses, which you have to use in rural regions start to their destination only when they are full (that means sometimes more than twice as many people as the vehicle was built for).It is not always like that, but if you are lucky......People soemtimes stare at you, without bad meaning of course. Less in places like HK, Shanghai and Beijing where most people are used to laowais, but more in rural places, off the beaten track.Restrooms! You said you go on a guided tour to major cities, which means you?l have good hotels and so on. If you get to cheaper or public places the restrooms are a totally different world.Sometimes only holes in the ground  without flush AND without doors. Say hello to everyone when you enter;-) Just kidding. But the description is right - it depends on where you go.But you?l get used to it, don? worry.Spitting is also very common. The best ones do it with a roaring noise. I once heard a sound like a razorback behind me. When I turned around there was only this cute woman in sight. That is what I call equal rights!Oh, by the way, this sometimes happens in busses, trains and I was even "pleased" to see it in an airplane - the ground was carpet!You have to get used to it! Don? get me wrong it does not necessarily be that way everywhere - but you might face it like that, so I told you of my experience.[/quote]

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