"Excuse me, are those mud splatters on the back of your windshield?... and your windows?... and... the roof of your car?..."
No, my friends. Those are spots of residue... from Beijing's rain.
Believe people when they say that China has some pollution problems. Personally, I'm also just glad that it didn't rain in Beijing during the five days that we spent there.
Pollution isn't the only thing that contributes to the overall dustiness in the capital city. Beijing is located in the northern half of China. There are a lot of desert areas scattered around up there. The city gets sandstorms almost every spring, about February through April. The second cousin's son told me that some years, when it gets really bad, the skies over Beijing are completely red. And the pollution definitely doesn't help, of course. Beijing is quite a neat city, but if you're out on the streets for a whole day and you blow your nose when you come home, your boogers will be dark gray. Not to gross you out, but trust me. We learned from experience.
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