Nicky, Katrena, Connor and I will be leaving for China (and Maya) at midnight on 24 August, in just 76 hours time (but who's counting?). Having read a great deal about China, I know it will be a huge cultural shock when we first arrive in Guangzhou - the spitting, the rudeness, the shoving, the staring, the incessant and incomprehensible jabbering - but the Chinese will just have to cope with our behaviour as best they can. The average temperature in Guangzhou at the moment is 35 degrees, with humidity at 92% and the pollution levels estimated to equate to Dante's Sixth Level of Hell (but as a heretic, it will be helpful preparation for me). Guangzhou sounds like a great place to visit, you just wouldn't want to breathe there. We've all been acclimatising by
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