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Day 1 – Myths and Gifts Day 2 – Textiles and Takeaway Day 4 – Tailors and Rain Guomao, China Chengdu, China Lu Gu Lake, China Lijiang City, China

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30 Days in China

Day 4 – Tailors and Rain

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Mar 28 2008, 06:48 PM

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Manchester, United Kingdom

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Guomao, China

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So today I went to the tailors to negotiate for a handmade suit, which went surprisingly smoothly aside from the difficult task of choosing what cloth to have the suit made from as there were about a hundred choices. So after being measured about a thousand different ways and deciding on single or double vents, double or single breast, 2 or 3 button, lapels, and other fine details the first part was done now to wait a few days for a test fitting.

The weather today was miserable rainy, cold, and overcast so pretty much like Manchester when I left. This was the first time I had seen this type of weather here, I don’t remember seeing it rain, which explains the fact that everything is dusty. This city would be far nicer if it rained more often, there is far too much dust and almost no greenery and the sewers could do with a flush out. The frequent whiffs remind me of Italy in the summer. The forecast for tomorrow is sunny, hopefully.

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