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[quote=MIRANDAZHAO,244919]"And one day we had a "picnic" at the Summer Palace in Beijing. Nice idea, great concept. But the picnic for 40 included one loaf of unsliced bread, crackers, bananas, lychee fruit, 12 cookies, and some fish sausage which almost no one except the guide ate. He claimed he had also bought yoghurt (sic) and chicken sausages, but he left them in his car. (Perhaps if he had an assistant, they could have retrieved them or bought more)"

The food for this impromptu picnic was purchased by Regent's guide Millie. Everyone indicated their enjoyment of the fun of eating outdoors and praised the food, including Ms. Miller herself. Nobody complained at the time or, with the exception of Ms. Miller, since.

"Actually, the most interesting thing I discovered on this trip was what it must be like to live in a Communist country where all information is controlled by a central source. Our guide would tell us plans were changed because the government wanted to use a certain hall and we had to come another day. Why did the government only give him 24 hours notice? Does this happen to other tourists? And how could we check?"

It is statements like this that really get my goat. Ms. Miller knows nothing of life in China and speaks with self-righteous arrogance. When one travels anywhere in the world, including the United States, one faces daily schedule changes and unexpected experiences. In fact, it is not unusual for flights to be canceled suddenly, schedules to be moved, and weather or other circumstances to change daily plans. The entire infrastructure of Beijing was then and continues to be changing daily because of extensive construction to prepare for the 2008 Olympics. Numerous streets and buildings have been completely closed at a moment's notice.[/quote]

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