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March 17, 2006
The Journey to SES in Nanjing
Well I finally made it to Nanjing for the 1st ever SES in China.
3 hours of standing in a cabin with hard seats is certainly an experience which I had never expected on this trip, that said, the hotel is pretty cool even though it's a local Chinese place rather than a main chain like Hilton or Hyatt,
Speaking a bit of broken chinese sure makes life easier these days, requests or demands which a few months would have drawn blank faces, now are resolved in a speedy manner most of the time, and even the impossible is no longer impossible, a joke here and a cigarette there can make all the difference in China in my opinion.
a few of the usual suspects from SES have made the journey, namely Mike Grehan and Bill Hunt, along with a lot of people who I also met at Adtech Shanghai in autumn of 2005.
A nite out in Nanjing was sure fun, and we managed to make it back in 1 piece to our hotel after visiting some bars and clubs in downtown Nanjing, it sure ain't Shanghai however it's a lot more advanced then what I assumed, and this is enhanced by the fact that there are no way as many foreigners here, and you sure stand out.
So far so good, apart from the normal hiccups of any event being organised in China.
Posted by shak at March 17, 2006 10:40 AM