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Robbie the robot brought stuff

Almost every hotel I stayed at in China on this trip was equipped with robots that are used to deliver things to rooms. The robots are frequently used by restaurant delivery couriers so that the hotel can avoid giving random people access to the guest area of the hotel. In this case it was a hotel employee who sent me some gifts. (Out of a combination of kindness, and to coax me to give a favorable review for the hotel online)

At the Lanzhou museum

The GOP mastadon

POB (“party of biden [& bibi – netenfuckyou] extinct jackass.

( wow, being unkind to jackasses)

( Nana or pearpear BT – before tallat)

organized attack mob who in groups of ten or so would surround Pere saying hello, hello, where are you from? Clearly they were sure Pere had no interest in looking at exhibits!

Lanzhou hotel

For years i have noted the emergency smoke masks in hotel rooms. This is just the second hotel where I’ve seen a special emergency flash light mounted in a charger.

millet congee etc

Lunch photo taken by guide. Imagined backstory: (Pere’s guide talking to a friend) “Hey, my client is American, and he uses chopsticks! And he does it well!” (Friend’s response) “A photo, or it didn’t happen!” πŸ™‚

(BTW, hope you noticed the “lucha libre” dudes on the Hot Pot bowl!)