Pam in China

When I was in China we visited the BC Pavillion. We arrived at 4:00 in the
afternoon and we were told they would soon be closing and it was too late
for us to see the exhibit.

We were disappointed but came back the next day, paid the entrance fee of
30 Yuan and went through the exhibit. I think it takes all of about 10 minutes at
the most to go through the exhibit! We were mad they had not let us in the
previous day!

There are three mounties and about fifteen staff - all with nothing to do! It is not
nearly as well attended as they thought it would be. I asked where the Whistler
water was and was told it was in the back for the staff!!!!! I had heard there was
supposed to be a bottle of Whistler water for each visitor???

The display was kind of boring and typical with lots of photographs on the walls.
There is the tree from Stanley Park which is great for a photo-op.
At the end there was an interesting interactive station that takes one on a flight
over BC. I thought the best part was the miniature Bay store complete with Bay
blankets and Olympic products.

So nice to see our tax dollars at work in Beijing!