China is a huge country and traveling by road is challenging. Hopefully, we were bused most of the time, and this when book reading becomes second nature! So, going from one place to another is always an adventure in itself, not only because we will see new things, and we are excited about that; but because we have to GET there in the first place. The adventure starts as soon as our guide tells us " Hello everybody!!!!, we are going ....and it will take about 2 hours." Right there after a day to acclimate ourselves with time, we noticed that "Chinese minutes" were not worth the same as we thought they were! For instance a trip that SHOULD take 2 hours WILL take at least 3 hours. After our mini-adaptation, we were fine. However, what I found interesting was that the guides ( we had a total of 3), never apologized or gave any explanation whatsoever for the fact that it took more time than anticipated. Maybe Chinese people are more relaxed than us who are always in a rush to do things...while there I actually "learned" to take it a little slower...not a bad thing in itself. So, on time means being late by definition, this is what I concluded!
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