Curiouser and curiouser...

They heard Pete and Rach were in town

Strangely, we seemed to be very interesting to the Chinese. People would stare as they walked by, even turning back to look a bit more, take candid photos and even ask to photograph themselves with us (regularly)! We have even had one person stop, stand in front of us, and just look! Groups of people would shout 'hello' in the street, then find it to be the most hilarious thing ever when we said 'ni hao' back. We didn't mind, it just kind of puzzled and amused us. Later on in the trip, we were told that because China is not that touristy a lot of the locals have only ever seen Westerners on TV. At one point in the trip, Pete even had someone tell him "You look like a movie star, you look a million dollars!" haha! So, if you want to know how it feels to be a celebrity - pop to China!