Saw a report on CNN today in a cafe in Bangkok where the IOC president said that it was not pollution but "mist" that was causing the cloudiness in Beijing.
No, it's mind-blowing smog that makes you feel as if you are breathing in fiberglass.
And also, if you see pictures on the news of sunny-sky Beijing, beware. In front of massive construction sites, lifesize posters of "pretty China" have been pasted on fences that block the view of the construction. (And the construction is mostly the tearing down of people's houses, and the old 'hutong' villages in order to put in superstores.) If you look quickly, and through a camera lens, you might think the pictures are real.
But honestly, they think you won't be able to figure out it's a PICTURE covering DESTRUCTION.
Beijing rant is over. Thailand has been wonderfully restorative and now we're off to Delhi in a few hours, ready to handle even more pollution and even more crowds!
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