Tag: travel
member name: 外国人 (Waiguoren) the Great
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April 05, 2007 12:37 AM EDT --
There are a lot of things I haven't written about over the last two months or so. I've had an eventful time here in southern China--some of it good, some not so much.
The first incident was shortly . . .
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July 16, 2006 04:41 AM EDT --
The main attraction on my first journey through Sichuan Province was Jiuzhaigou (nine villages). This beautiful park is listed as a World Heritage Site. It became known to the world in 1986 when an American . . .
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October 09, 2006 09:05 AM EDT --
I was sitting around, procrastinating as usual when I came across a forgotten brochure from my summer holiday. It is from the Beijing Quanjude Hepingmen Roast Duck Restaurant. For those who don't know, . . .
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July 03, 2006 11:24 PM EDT --
Independence day
Long way from liberty's home
Censors watching me.
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September 05, 2006 09:58 AM EDT --
It seems I'm having more difficulty studying Chinese these days. I was doing great during last term and through the summer. But it's not so good anymore.
I used to go down to my favorite restaurant, . . .
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September 17, 2006 07:48 AM EDT --
A few nights ago I had my first experience with the Chinese Welfare Lottery.
It was after my extremely difficult Chinese class in which I understood next to nothing that I went with Winnipeg to dinner . . .
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October 03, 2006 01:13 AM EDT --
There's a serious dilemma going on here in Shenzhen. It's caused by the crude driving abilities of the city's population. I've been an unfortunate witness to the problems of Chinese motion . . .
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November 09, 2007 06:43 AM EST --
Wednesday morning, my wife and I went to the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou to see if she could get a tourist visa for Spring Festival. We were extremely nervous about the brief interview and hoped to have . . .
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January 20, 2008 09:53 PM EST --
Tomorrow afternoon, my wife and I will be heading to Hong Kong. We're not planning on doing much in the city, just getting ourselves there early so we don't have to rush to the airport on Wednesday . . .
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October 05, 2007 02:34 AM EDT --
Every foreigner living here needs a break from China every now and again. Most use the national holidays as excuses to get out of the mainland and into different locales. It was more than six months before . . .
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January 11, 2008 04:46 AM EST --
Thanks to Michael C. and his article for reminding me about this trip.
It was my first Spring Festival in China and I desperately wanted to travel around Shanghai. After a brief stay in Guilin, Jia . . .
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July 28, 2006 06:55 AM EDT --
Last night I walked into Lao Chongqing, just as I have been almost everyday for the last month, for a few beers. As has become habit, I brought along one of my Chinese textbooks to study. In the last three . . .
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July 25, 2007 12:01 AM EDT --
I have returned from my three week journey through China's north. I got to meet my parents and brother in Beijing and then got married in a small city outside of Urumqi, Xinjiang province. It was quite . . .
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June 21, 2007 08:53 PM EDT --
A few people have asked about my recent adventures through China. While I haven't been traveling much lately, I have been on quite a trip. There's, of course, the upcoming marriage (assuming the . . .
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April 02, 2007 10:35 PM EDT --
I've been living in southern China for the past year and a half. Just last year, Chabad sent a rabbi to our city to serve the small Jewish community. The Hong Kong Chabad thought there weren't . . .
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July 27, 2007 12:39 AM EDT --
The day before I left for Beijing to meet my family, I had to finish moving some of my stuff into a friend's apartment for storage. The last piece I moved was my giant inflatable Kingway beer bottle. . . .
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August 09, 2007 01:26 AM EDT --
We arrived at the port in Guilin shortly after breakfast. Zhong Yi, our Red Army soldier/driver/tour guide, handed us our tickets and explained to Jia that he?d meet us in Yangshuo.
I was . . .
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April 01, 2009 01:16 PM EDT --
On our last day in Bali, my wife and I hired a car to take all around the island for about 12 hours. It was definitely the highlight of the journey considering the tour we were on didn't show us much. . . .
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February 16, 2007 12:06 PM EST --
Our flight took a bit longer than it should have. After an hour in the air of a three-hour flight, the pilot announced (in Thai, Chinese, and English) there was a problem and said we’d have to return . . .
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May 31, 2006 02:03 AM EDT --
Well, maybe I'm not lost. In fact, I've been fortunate enough to not be lost in my seven months here in China. I have had Chinese friends to help me along most of the time. The rest is just dumb . . .
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