I might as well describe the place

I decided alongside my more factual recall I would write a few descriptions. I never really said what Beijing was like or mentioned the fact that the moon is a different way round over here. It really is! Instead of being a crescent like this ( it's more of a smiley face if that makes sense. A few of us noticed it last week and it's quite odd. It shows just how far from home we are thought. Mind you, the differences between Beijing and Foshan are fairly monstrous themselves. You could see the landscape changing gradually throughout the train journey. It was quite a shock for those who had fallen asleep looking at the brown, flat plains just south of Beijing but woke up to find lush green mountains. It's another world down here. Beijing was an eclectic mix of architecture; high rises from the 60's or 70's in the midst of the modern and the slightly wacky. It's amazing. Neon lights and taxis were everywhere. Here in Guangdong it's more shanty towns and slums than skyscrapers. There are more trees as well. Quite often it looks as though a city has been built in the middle of a rainforest. Despite all the trees, the air is smoggier so even on the brightest days, the sky appears more grey than blue. The roads are the most unusual. They seem as though most of the time the road was an after thought resulting in fly overs left, right and centre, sometimes four pretty much in the same place. It's weird! As is the sense of road safety. It was bad in beijing but we never saw 4 people of a moped! It's also far warmer down here, about 20 degrees warmer; I feel sorry for those who went up north where it's below -10. I feel like more of a tourist attraction in Foshan as well as there are fewer Westerners around so we get stared at a fair bit. Oh and the food is spicier but I can live with that. I miss Beijing, but I think I'm going to like it here.