I spent about 30 years in and out of dozens of cities in China, India and Singapore, frequently visited Malaysia, Indonesia, Laos, and Cambodia, and quite a few side trips here and there to a number of the resort islands that required pontoon boat rides to reach.
Never hit Korea, Japan or Taiwan and have no regrets about not stopping. China is my preference, any city, anywhere and everywhere. Day or night!
The late 90’s to pre-olympics, Shanghai was Shag-hi. Or maybe it was ’hi, when you finish your (fill in the blank. It be your Coffee, a walk, elevator ride, your gum) lets shag’. In almost any region, and particularly Shanghai and one other place…Xishuangbanna, you were their prey anytime you left your room. The ladies wanted to notch their belt with a tall, white westerner. Some of them would dump their boyfriend while he was walking with them and run cross the street to snag you. You could see them sizing you up as you took your walk. Suzhou in 2008, damn! Getting tag teamed wasn’t unusual. I hired a tour guide or a few days to guide me through the south, and little did I know, she would take me for a trip around her world.
it was hazardous duty but I was willing to risk it.