Hi, Byron !
How wonderful you are writing your experiences in different places of the world --China, Saudi Arabia, and I hope many others.
This one is to be shocked that these things exist. I wouldn't live in such a place, much less being a woman. Actually, I have been very selective to travel, and only I have gone from the Urals Mountains to Hawaii. I am not keen on exotic places outside Europe and America.
I liked the theme itself, albeit I had to go to the dictionary many times. Of course, I learned a lot of words I didn't know. Very useful for me!!
I didn't know either the distilled sugar gets alcoholic. Uuff! Funny! You became a crafter of beer making it "a decent homebrew". Yikes.
Congrats! This story is very interesting.
ALL the BEST. Louisa.