Foreigner Fascination

Never have people wanted a photo with me just because I have white skin and brown hair.

I really didn't expect that the Chinese would be so very fascinated by the appearance of average western people.

I guess Australia is so very multicultural that I don't think twice when someone with different coloured skin or hair walks by.

On our visit to the New Summer Palace, a small group of us were having a quick rest in the shade when a family approached us to have a photo with their children.

We didn't mind in the slightest.

A little bit later though, I noticed two ladies attempting to take covert photos of our group.

I felt like Lindsay Lohan.

So I marched on over to them and said it was only fair if I cold take a photo of them:

They then wanted another photo of me.

On my visit to the Great Wall, the same thing happened.

The paparazzi really went into overdrive when we made friends with some fun black dudes.

It was as if no one had ever seen a white girl and a black guy pose in a photo together!

I mean, we didn't exactly look like Seal and Heidi Klum!

Another thought: what will they do with all the photos they snapped of us?

Make a scrapbook??

This is one thing I just didn't expect at all.