Today we took a walk through Nicholas' nightmare - a 1.3km long "mall" devoted to Made in China crap. Now a lot of people would describe anything made in China as crap, but this is of a special grade. Nothing we saw today would have been fit for use in North America. The mall itself wouldn't have been fit for use in North America. They had obviously splurged on the polished marble floors, but ran out of money before putting a roof on the building, leaving large sections covered with dusty canvas tenting. The shops were virtually indistinguishable from each other, leaving only boxy black letters on yellow plastic to tell you that East Huge Dragon Garment Accessories Co. LTD was selling family saunas, and that Guangdong Green Century Health Trade Management Co., LTD was the place to purchase leopard print unitards (yes, we can hook you up if you've been unable to find one of these at your local shopping center).
We had a good time wandering around looking at woPads (maybe manufactured by Orange?), Crony DVD players, Defalt power tools, Okia cellphones, and wondering if the bottled water and Fanta pop we were drinking was also counterfeit (Eviann is spelled with two NN's right?). So if you ever wondered what a mall would be like if it was entirely devoted to those junk kiosks choking the halls of North American malls ask us - we know.
P.S. - we didn't take any pictures, Nicholas wants no evidence that he was ever there. He won't even go in a Wal-Mart and this was much, much worse. I did however find a picture of a family sauna, as available at Dragon Mart.
We had a good time wandering around looking at woPads (maybe manufactured by Orange?), Crony DVD players, Defalt power tools, Okia cellphones, and wondering if the bottled water and Fanta pop we were drinking was also counterfeit (Eviann is spelled with two NN's right?). So if you ever wondered what a mall would be like if it was entirely devoted to those junk kiosks choking the halls of North American malls ask us - we know.
P.S. - we didn't take any pictures, Nicholas wants no evidence that he was ever there. He won't even go in a Wal-Mart and this was much, much worse. I did however find a picture of a family sauna, as available at Dragon Mart.
What a great adventure! And I definitely want one of the Orange woPads. Obviously the newest and best . . . And the sauna is a must have.
ReplyDeleteHuh. Funny. Grant wont't step foot in a Wal-Mart, either.
I'd love to wander through. (I think even Grant would) It would be worth it to sip on Eviann water . . .
I found your blog from Sheri Hatch's. Looks like you are having quite the adventure.
ReplyDeleteLiesel (Meldrum) Morin