Happy New Year, we're back online!
Mid-December HHR's domain came up for renewal, and with hosting expiring next month, I figured I'd just do a quick transfer rather than dealing with everything twice.
"Quick" turned out to be quite the subjective term, and delay after delay caused the site to remain down for most of the last half of the month.
This was caused in part due to the length of time it takes to transfer a domain (5 days for some stupid reason), as well as the time it takes to propagate through the various servers that populate the Internet.
But the big issue was simply that I'm away from a reliable Internet connection. I've currently one day left on my holiday in Canada, showing my Chinese wife what it "is" to have a real Christmas. And though I always bitch and complain about China's connectivity (and GFW), I've had trouble getting online here.
So, thanks again everyone for your patience. We're back, so be sure to get your votes cast and your stories posted!
Happy New Year (if a bit late) from the Hao Hao Report!
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acidelic
1 year 26 weeks 4 days 21 hours agoOne thing always concerned me when I was on vacation in China is that restaurants would serve you ice water with your meal. I understand that the water was already boiled, but what about the water that was used to make the ice? Did somebody boil it before making ice? Does freezing the water kill bacteria as well as boiling? Do restaurants simply make ice using water straight from the tap?
I took the safest route I could find. Only drink hot tea or drinks that came out of a bottle that I opened (beer, soda, etc.)
My first night in a Beijing hotel gave me a good scare. Nobody told me that you cannot drink the water and I had just finished brushing my teeth with tap water. I guess I got lucky seeing as I didn't get sick, but I was always leery after that. Always cautious about getting even one drop of water in my mouth when taking a shower.
Living in China what do you do different when dealing with water other than boiling it for drinking? What about washing dishes and cleaning with it?