Back to China part 1

Thunder is back in China for a business trip to the Canton Fair.  This is his second trip, so he got right down to business when he got there.....

Anyway, here is what he said about his trip so far: "So Sunday night was eventful.  It was nearly time to head off to China, but my partner Randall had came down with kidney stones at 3 AM, and for most of the day I thought I was going to be in China by myself. Well, after a battle of his manhood the stones finally passed and Randall was able to come to China. Even though he still had some discomfort from the whole ordeal he feels much better. We got business class seats from LA to China- what a great flight. We had plenty of room and slept a good portion of the flight, so it wasn't bad. We arrived at the airport and for the life of us, we could not figure how to get outside.  Finally we made it to curbside and got into a black market taxi cabs.  These are guys trying to make some money on the side, and it's illegal.  We got in a van with 6 other people, and they all must have been over 80 years old. We just kept saying 'Shenzhen Shenzhen' was where we needed to go. After 30 minutes the driver pulled off the side of the road and another guy picked us up and we made it all the way to Shenzhen. It was a 2 hour ride for 40 bucks for the both of us, not bad for driving by car. While in the car I took the time to testify of my beliefs in Christ to everybody in the car, though they did not know any English. Some just stared at me.

Once in Shenzhen, we headed to the copy mall where the negoitating went on. This is a mall with about 1000 little 50x50 rooms selling all your favorite handbags, clothing etc. They grab you as you walk by and everything is negotiated. Randall and I know we have done good when they get mad at us. Here is what happens: they ask a price, I counter, then I walk away, they come and pull at me and after going back at forth for 5-10 minutes I say 'nope I'm going.' Then I walk about 20 feet and they yell 'ok ok you win your price,' but by then it's too late.  I say 'nope, you should have taken my price earlier- now its less.'  If you have never seen mad Chinese, this does in every time.  :)   I got some cool stuff for my family so hopefully they will like it. At the mall they have pedicures, manicures and massages all for about $5.00.  You can't beat that deal, especially for one hour's worth. Of course we had our shopping agents- two girls this time. They said they had better deals at a warehouse near by, so we followed them to this old buidling. After about 30 minutes of debating to go in (thoughts of kidnapping, or it being some type of club- all types of things were going through our minds), we did, and it ended up being just what they told us and we purchased some stuff from them. They were nice girls just trying to make a living. Today we will head back to the mall for the morning and then go back to Guangzhou to get ready for the purpose of out visit: business."