Hair Appointment

I arrived in Shenzhen last night after a couple of whirlwind weeks of traveling throughout Southwest China. (Some pics to come later)

After being on the road for two weeks, I decided it was time to pamper myself and splurge for a $5 Shampoo/Hair cut. Getting a hair cut in China is quite the enjoyable 1 hour experience, 45 minutes of which is spent shampooing and massaging your scalp.

As I was getting my head massaged and my hair shampooed for the nth time, I decided at that moment that if this is any indication of what being a metrosexual might feel like, I could be a metrosexual. I mean, how can anyone not enjoy this kind of pampering?

I digress, what I meant to share with you is a bit of the conversation I had with the girl who was shampooing my hair. She is part of the huge migrant labor force in China trying to make a better life for themselves by going off to the big cities. She arrived in Shenzhen from Hainan Island about 5 months ago.

Me: "What's the weather like in Hainan this time of year?"
Girl: "Similar to here, it's very tropical."

Girl: "So what's the weather like in America?"
Me: "Well, it depends on where you are in America..."
Girl: "Oh..."
Me: "It's kind of like China, if you are in the Northeast, the weather is different from if you are here in the south."
Girl: "Really? I thought America was just America. So it's like China, huh?"

Girl: "So where is Australia in America?"
Me: "Mmm... actually Australia is not in America..."
Girl: "So where is Australia?"
Me: "If you go Southeast from here, you'll get to Australia, it's like a big island."
Girl: "Hainan is a very big island, people think that it's just a little island and are surprised at how big it is."
Me: "Yes, Australia is a very, very big island."

Girl: "So... do you use American money in America or do you use Renminbi?"