厦门聚会：参观青礁慈济宫

djsjs（中国）
very good man.im his fan & read many of his article about china.

非常不错，我是他的粉丝，看过他很多关于中国的文章

Keel（中国）
The Indian couple must have felt the temperature in iamen a bit too cold for them during this season

这对夫妇肯定感觉厦门天气有些冷。
Andrewin（楼主）
They've been to Qingdao recently. They're now working in Jiangsu, so it was ok for them in iamen which is much warmer.

他们最近去了青岛，目前在江苏工作。厦门暖和多了，对他们不是问题。

Keel（中国）
King Long have been selling buses to Israel since 2010

自从2010年开始，金龙车就一直销往以色列

Butchcassidy（印度）
I thought pandas were rare

我原以为熊猫是稀有的呢？

Jlaw（中国）
Andrew, your interaction is with two people. We look from a national perspective. If you read Indian news and read indian threads, they are very anti China. So you cannot judge macro indian hatred towards us by personal experience.

楼主，你只是与两个印度人互动，而我们是站在国家视角来看的。如果你看印度的新闻和帖子，你会发现他们非常反华。所以不能光凭个人经历来判断印度人对我们的仇视。
Andrewin（楼主）
I did read a lot. Yes, very hatred. But in fact, most are ignorant of these issues. Most India even don't know there is a sino-indo war, he said to me.

我看过很多。确实抱有很大敌意。

实际上，大多数是无知。他对我说，很多人甚至不知道发生过中印战争。

hexagonsnow（中国）
Mostly of chinese also didnt know the boudry conlict in 1962.Honestly .we care about our own business more than india.

大多数中国人也不知道发生过1962年的边界冲突。

powastick（马来西亚）
Hmm, would you visit India?

你会去印度走走吗？
Andrewin（楼主）
Frankly, I'll wait... Reason? You know that....

坦白说，等等吧。理由？你懂的

Capt.Popeye（印度）
There is no reason to wait, my friend. Just last week, I was in Varanasi wrap up a shoot there; and I met with 3 young Chinese students there on a short flying visit. We spoke over meal-times at the place we were living. I asked them about their experiences, they said they were having a great time at all the places that they were visiting. So I mischievously said to them that India and China had fought a war in the past; therefore I was going to treat them as enemies. They just laughed at me and said that I was a very funny enemy. Then I told them (and now I'll tell you) about a Chinese-origin school-mate of mine (4th generation settled in India) who is one of my closest friends to this day (after decades). They were so interested; so I told him about his family's origins. The fact is that Silk which is such a favorite fabric of Indians (esp Indian women, including all the women in my family) was introduced by Chinese traders to India, many many years ago..... and his ancestors had something to do with that. They loved the story and...... we signed a truce and ended the war that did not begin. The students went home to China with some memories from me.... I think. And I got something to share with you here.

我的朋友，没有理由再等下去了。

就在上周，我在瓦拉纳西摄影，碰到了3位年轻的中国学生过来走马观花式的参观。我们在住的地方用餐，席间闲谈。

我问他们过来玩感觉怎么样，他们说所到之处都玩得很开心。然后我戏谑地说印度和中国过去打过一仗，因此我打算把他们当做敌人。

他们就对我笑笑，说我是非常搞笑的敌人。

然后我跟他们讲了我的一位华裔同学（第四代定居印度），那位同学是我几十年的亲密朋友。他们非常感兴趣，然后我就告诉他们关于他家庭的起源。

故事是这样的，很多很多年以前，中国商人把丝绸销往印度，丝绸是印度人（特别是印度女人）喜欢的织物，而我同学的祖先做的就是丝绸生意...

他们喜欢听这个故事...

然后我们就签署了“协议”，结束了原本就未开始的“战争”。

那些学生带着回忆回到了中国。

Andrewin（楼主）
I do like to travel in India, i already bought some guidebooks on golden triangle and south India. My biggest concern is can I afford it if i wanna maintain the same decency. You know, you can easily find a 30-RMB (5 US dollar)bed in a clean and spacious international youth hostel in China, but the same level in India, as Mr. Bakshi told me, will cost me double or triple money.

Don't get me wrong. I've read a lot of travelogues on India, clean and comfortable hotels seem very pricy and so is the 2A/C train. Sometimes you just wanna go, but after some thoughts, you'll think why cost so much, why not have some easy trips in Thailand or Cambodia?

In Chinese standard, I'm not rich....so...basically i am a budget traveler:-)
Always checking one day's expenses during traveling. LOL

我的确喜欢去印度旅行，已经购买了一些关于金三角和印度南部的旅行指南。

我最大的担忧是，如果要体面旅行，是否能负担得起。

你懂的，在中国可以轻易找到30元（5美元）的干净宽敞的国际青年旅舍，但是Bakshi先生告诉我，同样水平的旅馆在印度要两三倍的价格。

我看了很多关于印度的游记。干净舒适的酒店似乎非常昂贵，空调火车也是。

有时候想要出发，但是想想，为什么要花那么多钱。为什么不去泰国或柬埔寨来一次轻松之旅？

按照中国标准来衡量，我并不富裕。所以，我其实算“穷游一族” :-)

每次要出发，总要确认平均一天的开支，哈哈

Nihonin1051（日本）
@Andrewin , i would like to travel with you !!

楼主，我要跟你一起去！