A good start ......... no one at the border was able to speak English and there were no signs even written using our alphabet.
We bought a direct ticket from Hanoi to Nanning 5hrs by bus to the border.
A further three hours on the bus after the border. The two buses are not the same. Due to the volume of people the bus company keeps track of you by hanging a label around your neck. I now know what it feels like to herded like cattle. As you can see there is nothing we could read and no one to explain the process. The only thing left is to hope that they know what they’re doing.
With so many buses moving about the best way to keep track of your bus is by it colour. None of the writing is readable to us. (oh yes... and on the other side of the border it was GREEN)
Want to sell something here’s a good place to advertise. Sorry no English please!
Must say very threatening to walk around in a city where you cannot read any signs and no one around seems to understands a word of English except ‘hello’!
At least I understand this one, now to get my paws on a car!.
All of a sudden you become aware of the power of branding (logos & fonts). Wow I never knew a sign could be so reassuring.
Yes you guessed it this is a police car, question is how did you know?
This is our ticket to Guilin ok so we can all figure out what date and even what time. Only thing is who would like to guess which number indicates the platform. Fairly important when you’ve only got ten minutes to get there and no one around can speak your language.
In Yangshou, being a tourist town, some English is spoken but even here don’t count on the translations. It becomes very evident, if mistakes can be made with major signs like these then anything printed could go very wrong at any time.
"Well the boss said it had a circle and a stripe, can't find the stripe, so I'll just use the circle" Little did the signwriter fella know that the stripe on a circle made a 'P' and without it the store became a SOECIALITY SUPERMARKET
Say what? must be really healthy this one... gimme more fries!
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