Interesting faces from China trip

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When you spend 9 days staying in the same hotel, traveling in the same bus and visiting the same tourist spots, together, you make new friends.

And that’s what happened during my recent trip to China. I get to know some interesting people.

With all 19 other tour members’ age go anyway between 40-year-old and 80-year-old, you add in another chap at half their age and you get an interesting combination. Did I mention 16 out of 20 of them are women?

Well, I had a wonderful time. Thank goodness. Now I’m contemplating tours with kids half my age.

While the tour guide at front was explaining the advantages of silk as bedding, and the guy next to you started to talk about heat conductivity and properties of different materials, you knew right away the guy has to be knowledgeable in physics. In fact, Mr. Yap is a retired physics teacher.

Mr. Yap, here looking serious and showing authority.
Mr. Yap

Mr. Teh is our tour guide from Malaysia. With 101 other tour guides using similar little flags to lead thousands of tourists, he bought himself a colorful toy wind turbine instead for our beacon. Brilliant.
Mr. teh