Tip to tip: Japan discussion from last year I was kind of expecting them to go for a sort of Hainan to Heilongjiang sort of route, which would make travel easier by giving the opportunity to...
I was kind of expecting them to go for a sort of Hainan to Heilongjiang sort of route, which would make travel easier by giving the opportunity to travel along the coast until about Beijing. Based on the map in the beginning, they instead are aiming for Inner Mongolia, which will take them across some very mountainous terrain. They'll also be missing out on most of the major population centers, save for Chongqing and Xi'an. Looking forward to seeing how this goes!
Some of the conversations they have make me want to curl up into a ball and die, and I imagine it would be even worse if I spoke Mandarin. But I love this road trip stuff and some of the people...
Some of the conversations they have make me want to curl up into a ball and die, and I imagine it would be even worse if I spoke Mandarin. But I love this road trip stuff and some of the people they met were so sweet... I'm always surprised by how much time people are willing to spend helping strangers out
I imagine China will be much harder than Japan not just because it's way bigger, not just because their Chinese is way worse and they're seemingly awful at tonality, but also because there's far fewer English speakers there (according to Wikipedia, China is third last in the world in terms of the proportion of the population that speaks English; over a quarter of Japanese people speak English and there's lots of English signage even). Looks to be an entertaining trip!
Oh man, I speak Mandarin and its rough to listen to sometimes. Them repeatedly confusing 'where are you from' for 'where are you going' was probably the worst one lol I enjoy seeing the nice...
Oh man, I speak Mandarin and its rough to listen to sometimes. Them repeatedly confusing 'where are you from' for 'where are you going' was probably the worst one lol
I enjoy seeing the nice hospitality they're getting, it reminds me of when I was in China when I was younger (and had worse Chinese).
I loved the first tip-to-tip so I'm super excited for this, but I also know just enough Chinese that I think listening to them talk will be a lot more painful in this one.
I loved the first tip-to-tip so I'm super excited for this, but I also know just enough Chinese that I think listening to them talk will be a lot more painful in this one.
Tip to tip: Japan discussion from last year
I was kind of expecting them to go for a sort of Hainan to Heilongjiang sort of route, which would make travel easier by giving the opportunity to travel along the coast until about Beijing. Based on the map in the beginning, they instead are aiming for Inner Mongolia, which will take them across some very mountainous terrain. They'll also be missing out on most of the major population centers, save for Chongqing and Xi'an. Looking forward to seeing how this goes!
Some of the conversations they have make me want to curl up into a ball and die, and I imagine it would be even worse if I spoke Mandarin. But I love this road trip stuff and some of the people they met were so sweet... I'm always surprised by how much time people are willing to spend helping strangers out
I imagine China will be much harder than Japan not just because it's way bigger, not just because their Chinese is way worse and they're seemingly awful at tonality, but also because there's far fewer English speakers there (according to Wikipedia, China is third last in the world in terms of the proportion of the population that speaks English; over a quarter of Japanese people speak English and there's lots of English signage even). Looks to be an entertaining trip!
Oh man, I speak Mandarin and its rough to listen to sometimes. Them repeatedly confusing 'where are you from' for 'where are you going' was probably the worst one lol
I enjoy seeing the nice hospitality they're getting, it reminds me of when I was in China when I was younger (and had worse Chinese).
I loved the first tip-to-tip so I'm super excited for this, but I also know just enough Chinese that I think listening to them talk will be a lot more painful in this one.