Paraguas (Umbrella)

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! This is even better than I had envisaged. It feels indescribably good to walk on cobblestoned streets knowing that the same houses were here 200 years ago. I can’t remember the last time. Even the lower buildings in the ancient-looking cities of Jung Saan (中山）and Toi Saan (台山) in the Pearl River Delta were only built in the early 1900s.

Everybody is so friendly and say Buenos Dias unprompted! A guy in a shop gave me his umbrella because the umbrella shop didn’t open till 11. Yes it’s jolly well raining. This is vexing and rather inconvenient, because the ground is covered in round, really smooth stones. Death lurks around every step.

To be quite honest i think it’s rude to be raining on my holiday, especially torrentially and that on National Day! A bit out of order. Another illusion (Mexico hot, dry) bites the dust.

雨遮 (yu jeh – umbrella)
墨西哥國慶日 （Mak Sai Goh gok heng yat – Mexico’s National Day)
激死人 (Gek sei yan – dead irritating)