The Rise and Rise of the Middle Kingdom

What can I say? China is an amazing place.

We have been fairly quiet on the blogging front since we arrived, partially because using computers in China is often a pain in the arse; all the menu's and pop up window's are in Chinese (a window pops up, giving you a message you cant understand, and prompts you to choose between 3 options you cant read!), and partially because almost anything you see here is worthy of going into a blog post; There is so much to write about that its almost impossible to focus on one thing!

I traveled around South East Asia and China 4 years ago, there have been changes in each country in that time, but none so much as China.

In the 11 years I lived in Adelaide I think there were one or two large buildings built in the city centre, and there really aren't that many large buildings full stop.... Chinese cities on the other hand have tons of them, hundreds sometimes, and its not uncommon for there to be the same number of large building being under construction, and there are a lot of cities in china. I'm pretty sure your not supposed to build sky scraper out of bricks though, so I'm not sure how long some of them will last!

I loved China when I came here last, and I'm loving it now. We both are. I would love to come back in another 4 years and see the differences again.