Hot, humid and smoggy and off to the Shangri-La Chinese restaurant for dinner. There’s a few things on the menu which we haven’t been offered before! And wisely we didn’t try them. Goose feet, tripe, sea cucumbers to name but a few.
We struggled to be understood when asking for “iced water” but got there in the end. We both ordered and everything which James ordered came all at once and none of mine. James had started dinner with “I always order far too much at Chinese restaurants”, and did precisely the same again. In my case it didn’t matter what I ordered because I clearly wasn’t going to get it. We had a bottle of local “premier cru”, “Dragons sea” – presented in its own wooden box as if it was a massive rarity for anyone to actually buy a bottle – actually perfectly drinkable. The entire meal was then complicated by James ordering two puddings (deep fried banana and ice cream), which completely threw the staff. We gave up on the banana and paid the bill, only to be pursued from the restaurant by the retched banana (for which we had paid but by the time lost all enthusiasm for )
Met the South African lads from Car 55 on the way out. Everyone very friendly and full of enthusiasm and optimism.
Some shopping for supplies and a bit of site seeing. All competitors should be here tomorrow.
RHC
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