Xi'an, China

So here we are in Xi'an, China. There are many forms of pollution in China. Much of the smog is from coal (take heed America). Other contributors to low visibility are the factories and automobiles. In 2009, the local Xi'an government pulled over 500 vehicles off the road for spewing black smoke from their exhaust. Most were buses.

I encountered another lovely form of pollution last night when I got on the elevator of my hotel. When the doors opened, I peered down to see a floor slick with snot rockets. The floor was spotted with the human oyster, the nose nodule, the sinus slop. Fortunately, there was a scrubber woman stationed there with a mop who wiped the ooze away before I ventured in. How's your meal?