Originally Posted by
jiejie
Lanbao (Blue Island)
While I apologize for taking this thread off topic (been discussed many times over, anyway), since I used to live in Lan
bao (Blue
Castle), and was once dropped off at Lan
dao when I wasn't paying attention, I want everyone to know that the two aren't especially close together during rush hour.
On a semi related note, the Hilton/Sheraton name similarity thing has recently started to backfire. In the case of the latter, "Great Wall Hotel" (in Chinese) is still okay, but those who actually want to go to the Hilton (and have a non-Chinese face) should be somewhat vigilant.