Forwarded from Hoffmann's Old Travelogue
Travelogue 🇨🇳China #1: Been a long time
▶️ It was strange to be back in China after more than 5 years. Here are some impressions:
Cash is really a thing of the past in China. Locals usually pay with their phones but I can't do that. In one small shop the shopkeeper had just a little black plastic bag under the counter (=table in a shop) that she kept a small amount of cash in.
There are a looot more metro lines than before. I think around 20 lines just in Shanghai.
Air pollution is still around. I was told Beijing is much better now (after being worse than Shanghai). It's always bad in the winter.
Less people wear pointless (=stupid, unnecessary) masks than in Japan. China's zero-covid policy was a disaster and people want to forget about those dark days.
📍Shanghai, China
#travel #china
▶️ It was strange to be back in China after more than 5 years. Here are some impressions:
Cash is really a thing of the past in China. Locals usually pay with their phones but I can't do that. In one small shop the shopkeeper had just a little black plastic bag under the counter (=table in a shop) that she kept a small amount of cash in.
There are a looot more metro lines than before. I think around 20 lines just in Shanghai.
Air pollution is still around. I was told Beijing is much better now (after being worse than Shanghai). It's always bad in the winter.
Less people wear pointless (=stupid, unnecessary) masks than in Japan. China's zero-covid policy was a disaster and people want to forget about those dark days.
📍Shanghai, China
#travel #china