The kindness of strangers: I was hopelessly ill in China – then hotel staff offered to take my elderly father sightseeing

Before they left, the receptionist delicately straightened my father’s collar. I knew then they would be just fine Read more in the kindness of strangers series The food poisoning hit like a tsunami. I remember being out at a dumpling restaurant, grabbing a heap of napkins and just vomiting directly into them. I’ve never been sick like that in my life. I was travelling in Xi’An, China, with my father, who was then aged 88 or 89. I really should have been in hospital but I didn’t feel I coul...

By Chris Radke, as told to Katie Cunningham