china travel tips...free English speaking guides

Another China travel tip from me ... the prince of cathay
OK...now there are more than one way to go about this. The main thing is to be honest and sincere. That said, here is the formula. Surf around online for Chinese newspapers with English editions, Craigslist [now in parts of China], Expat publications, Online meeting places, etc., etc. Meet Chinese people online and get to know each other. Be honest. Don't string people along. You don't really need to. There are a lot of Chinese people who just want to get to know and possiblly actually meet you. If you are looking for an intimate relationship, say so. But if you just want to get to know China and Chinese people this is one of the best ways that I know of. An example. On my last trip to China I had to spend an extended period of time in Guangzhou. I didn't really want to, but had no choice. I have friends in other parts of Guangdong Province, but not actually in GZ. The guy that I was travelling with went online in our hotel and made contact with a very nice Chinese woman who was very excited about having a chance to meet and talk to people from America. She is a 35 year old chemist who is living something of a boring life and wanted to meet people. Actually she would like to meet an American guy and maybe get married. But anyway that was not going to be part of the deal. So the 3 of us just became friends. She took us all over GZ. We went to places that only somebody from GZ would know about. The two of us wanted to go shoping. So the 3 of us went shopping and we had a great time. She knew where all the little Hutongs are...[look fast as they dissapearing]. She, and so many other Chinese people, just want to meet and spend time with English speaking people just to have the opportunity to practice English. So go for it! Take a chance! Let your tour of China be an adventure. Don't hang out with a lot of "long nosed foreign devils". All they do is look silly and stumble and fumble around and get lost, pay too much for things, and get tired. So surf around and find a new friend who will be your friend in China and afterwords. Someday your new friend may come and visit you and you can return the favor.