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Originally Posted by Noah930
Waiting here to pick up the kids from the bus for summer camp. The milfyness is ridiculous. Do they all wear spandex because they go to spin class or pilates before they pick up their kids?
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Come on, stop teasing us unless you are going to post pictures.
So I'm going to be going on a business trip to China. Not sure when, how long, or how many places yet. My boss is aiming for August. I had to apply for a new passport today (old one was way too old). Then once I get it we need to sort out visas.
Going to go with a buddy from work who does fuel injectors. I'm going to be supporting my new fuel pressure regulator, him the new injectors to go with it.
We'll almost certainly fly into Shanghai where IMPCO China is, then go visit customers. There are two projected to have the majority of the volume. One is between Shanghai and Beijing, the other is down south by Vietnam.
I'm worried about getting sick. There is a lady at work who is from Taiwan, she said don't worry, says she took her kids there at a very young age and didn't take any extra precautions and they did not get sick. But she had a coworker who went to her hometown and ended up with a serious illness that took 6 months to get better. I know the south is pretty forested so I might want to take something in case of a mosquito bite (malaria) even though I don't anticipate roaming the jungle.
So what I gather is sticking to busy restaurants should be the safest. I'm not opposed to trying some reasonably different foods, just don't want to get sick. And only drink boiled or bottled water (apparently hotels give bottled water for brushing teeth, or so I saw from a friends picture). Heard some stories about fake (plastic) food from another co-worker who grew up in Vietnam and there are the occasional stories about bad chemicals getting into food.
Luckily they did not ask me to go at the end of September (Rennsport). I'm not sure how much free time I'll end up having. The Chines lady from work recommended Beijing as being more Chinese than Shanghai and having some historical sites as well as being generally more interesting. She said that the dog (eating) festival in the south is over so I won't need to worry, and that don't go in early October because it is a national holiday and everything is very crowded then. She said late October is very good, but August will be very humid and hot.