The Saga Continues
Day 4 & 5
By Robert Crosby

After hitting it real hard day three, visiting factories, partying on Nanbei Lake until I got drunk enough to wake up with chinese writing on my hands and face, it was back to business. Luckily when you are a trained professional and seasoned veteran you don't get hangovers like the rest of the 'lesser humans' in this world. We spent most of the the day in Joes 26th floor penthouse office grinding out outerwear revisions, choosing colors, fabrics, zippers, everything. When it comes to our outerwear, no detail is overlooked, period. By 2pm, it was time for lunch, and we went across the street to yet another extremely nice restaurant to stuff our faces with the best food ever. This was an authentic chinese buffet. you go into the kitchen, choose what you want before it is cooked, then they whip it up in about 5 minutes, and you are eating the best, freshest food you imagined. Where else can you pick out the exact duck, eel, and rattlesnake you want for lunch?

China Rocks!!!!!!

In China, 'gay' still means happy...pretending to be a happy in the design room.

The view from the top

The ducks are huddled in the right corner because...

...the rattlesnake is on the left!

Can you imagine how nice a restaurant serving $4 meals in the US would look?

Day 5:

Last night my brother arrived in from Hong Kong, he and Prosser went out with his old Chinese girlfriend from 5 years ago, drank jaegger, played pool, and otherwise came home with no memories and no photos of night 4...oh yeah, and no chicks either!

After finally getting Ashton and Prosser out of bed around noon, we decided to go see a temple on the lake, cruise around, just be tourists.

Saturday night we went to this bar that is pretty popular with ex-pats (foreigners living abroad). Prosser turned into his alter ego 'Prastafari' as they played reggae all night, and my brother and I had no problem kicking the shit out of everyone including the owner on the pool table all night. Losing on your own table is bad, but made worse when two drunk loud americans are letting everyone in the bar know about it.

We kept having to sneak Prosser in the hotel as he wasn't up to their 'standards.' funny term in a country with no laws!

This is the hotel that is 'OPEN TO PEOPLE BE SLOPPILY DRESSED.'

Typical Hangzhou. Modern Avenue with Ancient Pagado. The mix of old and new in china is ridiculous.

A taste of Freedom!

Looks like an Ancient Temple...

...no, just a modern recreation. Between '66 and '76 the Cultural Revolution, or Red Revolution destroyed nearly all of China's cultural relics, history, and Buddhist Temples.

This dragon is supposed to have survived the Revolution, but you can't really tell what is real, an what is fake over there.

This on the other had, is the real deal! 7 Buds, 3 waters, 2 candy bars, 2 juices, a Magnum Ice Cream bar, and a bottle of gum, $6.

Ever had a magnum in your mouth?

Out on Westlake, Prosser, Fei Fei, and Ashton.

Yup, we brought this with us to dinner, BYOB is totally accepted in China.

Joe and his warm beer!!!!

Have you ever literally drank someone under the table? We have!

I look a lot better when cut off the top of my face.

Everytime he lost, Kahn had to buy us a shot of Johnnie Walker, a boiler maker, and a beer.

Don't let the eyes fool you, Prosser was the drunk one!

wasted

My brother had to change his shirt before coming out late night...as Prosser was puking, Ashton decided to huck his beer bottle through a window accross the street from the hotel. after putting prosser to bed, we had to go out incognito!

Good Night!

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