Comments on: 1.3 Billion Reasons Not To Travel During May Holiday

By: Jonas

Jonas — Wed, 16 May 2007 04:00:55 +0000

Followed you advice, Ben. No chinese tourists, not even any Dutch.
In back-province Gansu found what until then I thought was a myth: a restaurant that closes for lunch.

By: WhyWhyWicki

WhyWhyWicki — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:52:29 +0000

Well, if they admit to 1.3,000,000,000, there are probably closer to 3,000,000,000.

They are running out of everything except former U.S. jobs.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:19:26 +0000

I’ve always found national holidays to be good times to take random trips out to small towns in the countryside that nobody has ever heard of. As long as you stay away from big cities and major tourist attractions, traveling isn’t that bad. If you do go through big cities and major tourist attractions, well, you’ll learn quickly

By: Life In Suzhou China Blog | Adventures of the Humanaught » Blog Archive » Linktastic V

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:17:14 +0000

[...] 1.3 Billion Reasons Not To Travel During May Holiday: A quick Lost Laowai post showing a few photos from May holiday past. If you’re average picture is worth a thousand words, than these four photos offer you 2,000 reasons to say “stay home!“. Thanks to Dezza for the original photo link. [...]

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:38:44 +0000

Granted, less Chinese tourists there than in China - but as I found out on my honeymoon in Thailand during Spring Festival... it's not devoid of them, by any stretch.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 03:02:47 +0000

That’s why wise laowai fly to Thailand

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:34:15 +0000

ok, the holiday starts NOW. Go, go, go. And, now STOP. I said STOP! Get back to work…