Huang Pu

Wound up meeting some friends in Huang Pu this weekend. It's on the outskirts of Guangzhou (Canton), a city I have always hated.

it was kind of like a trip back in time. less developed than Zhongshan, and I never saw another foreigner. people stopped and stared most places I went. Apart from the people I went to see, I never spoke English. The girls in the group were annoyed that Chinese men in a club were far more interested in meeting me than them.

Just drove home how Zhongshan has changed. We aren't as exotic here now. We are still weird, and sometiems draw stares, but many people have gotten used to us.

One day, people will stop staring at me slackjawed. Not today, but someday