One Night in Zhengzhou

I got to Zhengzhou at 5:00pm. Here is where I realized 3 things about public transportation in China.

1.      No bus will run unless it is completely full.

2.      It must also have a TV on board that will play non-stop Chinese pop music videos. (Here in China peace and quiet will not be tolerated!)

3.      You can spit, pee, or throw up anywhere, even on the buses with the awful pop music TV's.

I stayed a nice little Hotel. I had a bit of a hard time checking in because I speak no Chinese and the check-in lady spoke no English. The problem started when I had to fill out the form that lady handed me. Since I was obviously not Chinese she assumed that I spoke English and so she handed me the English version of the check-in form.

Who ever wrote the English translation never took the time to actually learn English. There was a question on it like "To what from where you how come?" What is that supposed to mean?

I stood there completely baffled by the English form and trying to ask the lady to explain it to me. When the lady was just about to conclude that I didn't in fact speak English, a Chinese English teacher came by to help me.