A Smoking Culture

In China they do not have the same feelings against smoking that are developing more and more across the United States. Smoking can happen inside a nice hotel and it is considered normal. I saw two guys that looked rather young, in their late teens, smoking on the street, however my judge of age could be a bit off as well. People will be smoking on street corners or as they walk down the road. Coming from a non-smoking family this has been a little strange for me, although I never really smell the smoke from the cigarettes. I found this picture I took in the hotel room rather funny, but if they did not ask this I guess it could led to the replacement of many sheets. This may be the same in the United States however, I do not smoke so I would not know.

As to the hotel see below.

Here are some pictures that I took while walking around the area.