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A month later
Living in Shangyu is like living in the Chinese suburbs. Shangyu is a "modern," westernized city; there aren't a lot of historical places left. There's Starbucks, McDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut, and even a Walmart.
However, there are a lot of interesting things around here. Chickens run around outside my apartment, fireworks go off at ALL hours of the night and day, a man fishes with a net while floating on a tire in ...
Shaoxing
... man 20 Minuten vor Abfahrt unter Garantie nicht mehr und Reprint geht auch nicht, dann wuerde ja jeder kommen und fuer sich und seine Buddies "reprinten". Jetzt musste ich umdisponieren. Zuerst ein schneller Zug eine Station nach Hangzhou South und dann in die Holzklasse ohne Sitzplatz. Da stand ich dann die ersten 3 Stunden rum. Die Chinesen in den K-Zuegen sind aber viel netter. Mir wurde der Koffer vom Schaffner in den Zug gehoben und von nem Chinesen auf ...
Shaoxing
... Drunken fish are literally pieces of fish soaked in alcohol and vacuum packed. They have multiple kinds of drunken fish! Our final stop was at a silk place. We saw the different stages of silk worms and how they collect the silk from the cocoons in very fine threads and then twist them together into thicker strands. They showed us the difference between mixed fabrics, fake silk and real silk. If you try to burn silk it will only form a hard edge ...
Down to the wire..Properly cooked Gumbo recipe.
... around the crowded streets of Hangzhou, as on beautiful spring days.
So now I've done the greater Shanghai/Hangzhou area thing for a year. Not a bad place to be if you like modern China. As a student of history and world cultures, I am more interested in the old parts of China and the natural beauty that China has to offer. I am moving to one of the poorest provinces in China known as the "Guangxi Autonomous Region", where a ...
Ride to the East China Sea... at last..
... first TV's screens were often that size or less. It was cool. Ray crashed early and I spent another hour in the alley smoking some cigs (I dont inhale) and had a few swigs of Chinese wine. Nice full moon and all that night and the next.
Saturday morning we take off around 9 but stopped for a huge breakfast before leaving town. We had some eggs with veggies, and some triangular cold thing rolled up in a banana ...