Taste Test

I've been savoring the air in Beijing for 4 hours and on balance I still have to award Kabul the prize for the worst I've ever breathed. Coal dust, diesel exhaust and industrial effluent are nasty, but there's nothing quite like the smell of sun-baked flakes of airborne human feces.

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I've been savoring the air in Beijing for 4 hours and on balance I still have to award Kabul the prize for the worst I've ever breathed. Coal dust, diesel exhaust and industrial effluent are nasty, but there's nothing quite like the smell of sun-baked flakes of airborne human feces.