Quote Originally Posted by Fengzi
Yeah, all I could get was hash too. We used to get it from the Xinjiangren that would hang out on the riverfront offering to change money. Never good quality but it did the trick.

I loved living in Shanghai but that was 10 years ago. It's such a totally different place now. My wife and I had a little tiny, about 30m square, apartment in the Nothern part of the city. I'm sure I was the only Westerner in the entire neighborhood and most folks seemed to consider me some exotic pet of my wife's. We also had to pay off the local cop with a carton of cigarettes every few weeks since, as a foriegner, I wasn't really supposed to be living there. Ah...the good ol' days.

We never ate at MCD's or KFC either. My wife hated the food there and it was so much cheaper to just get what we needed at the outdoor market behind our appartment building. If we did eat out it was in one of the local places. We had a great Sichuan place right around the corner and there were lots of little hole in the wall la mien places close by.

So what are you doing in China anyway? I first went to study, then wound up teaching English, and then just bummed around for a while. Now I go back once a year or so to visit the in-laws or for business (my company has an office in Shanghai).

I actually might be heading to Beijing in August. My wife has to go for business and I'm thinking of tagging along. If so, I'll drop you a line.
That's cool Mr. Fengzi--- 是疯子的疯子吗? (I am guessing you can see the characters on your computer?)

Yeah, the old xinjiangren are still around pushing their powdery hash, but some other nationalities are bringing in what seems to be afghan and nepalese black, but I am only going by a rough guide I found on the internet as to descriptions. Either way, its definitely better than the powder stuff. :thumbsup:

A carton of cigarettes? LOL. :stoned: I haven't had to bribe any police yet for my living arrangements, but I have bribed a few people to extend my visa. I would have like to seen what Shanghai was like ten years ago. Would definitely make for an interesting comparison. Must be completely different by now...Even the city I am living in (think Manchuria) is developing so quickly its amazing, but we still have an extremely small foreign population compared to Beijing and Shanghai.

I studied a little Chinese in university and decided I wanted to come out and do a three month gig in a small town to practice my Chinese and get a feel for the culture, but a couple weeks after I got here (or a couple hours I forget exactly) I decided that a minimum of two years would be in order. Now I am thinking a couple more...:smokin:

So...now I am just teaching a couple days a week and studying when I am not on cannabis.com.

If you come up to Beijing, definitely drop me a line. I usually go down once every couple months anyway. :smokin:

如果你来的话, 我们就可以开 "party" 啊!