Disease Shopping

It is now the early hours of Friday. I am shopping the list of health risks available in Asia.

-Hepatits A: liver disease
-Hepatits B: liver cancer, death
-Japanese Encephalitis: confusion, coma & death
-Tetanus, Diptheria & Polio: Death, heart disease, paralysis
-Typhoid Fever: nausea, constipation and diarrhea

Having discovered this I am mostly relieved as I have received vaccinations for all of these, except for the Japanese Encephalitis, which is however seasonal and not a concern during my stay in China.
Amongst other preparations I exchanged some Canadian dollars for Chinese Yuan (RMB) yesterday so I am not stranded should I require money as soon as I get to Beijing. The exchange rate was quite favourable to the Canadian dollar almost 7RMB for one Dollar.

On another note, the picture for today's blog entry is of driving back to Montreal from a visit to Jon and Julie in Quebec City. I like the bloom effect on the sun. This reminds me that I only have two more sunsets left in the Western world before my trip begins.

As a final note I will begin introducing a Chinese word/expression of the day/post; here's the first one:

你好！（hello!）
Nihao