Travel Insurance for China - It’s a Crazy World!

Planning a trip to China? Or maybe visiting for next year’s Summer Olympics in Beijing? No one expects the unexpected - which is a good reason to make sure you have the right travel insurance! Following on from yesterday’s blog about internet addiction, we just had to pass this along:

China’s annual Tomb Sweeping Day, or Qing Ming, falls on April 6th this year. Traditionally the Chinese visit the tombs of relatives and friends to sweep up and make offerings to honour their dead. The Chinese government is now encouraging residents to visit ‘online tombs’ of their deceased relatives instead in an effort to cut down on traffic congestion. Various online offerings can be made such as electronic messages, flowers, or burning incense online.

Another news report from China tells of one lucky woman who won’t be receiving her online offerings this year because her deadly plunge from a 6th floor balcony was broken by a huge pile of excrement! Her neighbours had just emptied the septic tank… It just goes to show you should always look on the bright side.

If you want to meet a truly optimistic person then during your visit to Beijing you could help fund your trip by catching flies… Yes, really… In preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics a retired resident is buying flies for two yuan each (about 13 p) from his savings in order to help clean up the city.

Carrying on the morbid theme, there are reports of Keith Richards snorting the ashes of his father along with cocaine. What can you say about it all really? My grandmother would turn in cyberspace.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 at 10:58 am and is filed under Holiday Destinations, Travel News .

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