Thubron tours shrines with a cynical man who says that religion is no more in China - he is a good guide for both Thubron and the reader
he ends up at a 'marriage introduction bureau' out of curiosity - humorous
I'm starting to like Thubron - he's curious and goofy (marriage bureau, public bath)
*How about a spoof on this book? While Thubron goes to China because everyone wants to know about it, we go to Timor writing as if everyone wants to know (in a desperate tone)
pg 51: "Sounds like England."
he doesn't tell us every move he makes or even how he gets from place to place sometimes - he is all of a sudden in a hotel atrium or palace talking to a new Chinese
*I imagine it is the goal of academic (read ethnographic) writing to come to some new, insightful conclusion by putting together facts and ideas that have not been before (they also include new finds)
Thubron goes into great detail when describing shrines, etc.
uses humour again pg 54
he battles with how he feels about this old/new city
wanders into a traditional medicine college and gets a tour of tongues (pg 57-8)
pg 61: (before break #2) poetic descriptions - I feel I was there
photograph - alone? pg 63
Thubron sometimes feels like a humorous tour guide
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