Vice Grip!
The first time we did stop for a group picture, we had two Chinese men come up to us and say something and gesture in a way that made us first think they wanted us to take a group picture for them (of just them). However, Ted finally distinguished that they wanted a picture with all of us! The shorter guy held me a bit tightly, made me question his, umm, sexuality temporarily but if he was homosexual, I'm glad to see that diversity/openness here in China. Most likely he was a tourist himself from a smaller city or elsewhere in China (all rural areas)
For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more 
