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First days of trip in China
19/10/2008 Landed in Beijing about 9.30(2.30 uk time) after our 10 hr flight from Heathrow. The weather we arrived into, can only be described as "pee soup", but this was to burn off later to reveal a hot sun. Our taxi ride to our hotel was a bit white knuckle, as the Chinese often cut each other up, try for the smallest gaps in traffic, and toot …
Cup cake queen!
... very much as he doesn't drink white!!! ;)
Capital Club this morning for me for the last British Club meeting of the year, and a Christmas Quiz. Good fun, and I ended up being the quiz master, with a powerpoint - felt like I was a trainer again!! Came back to the office, just in time for our Christmas lunch, not a traditional one but a great feast at a Thai restaurant, fab food & some wine. Needless to say we've been a bit sleepy in the office this ...
The land of China
... heat. And course the air is not particular clean either. Plus the fridge was sat room temp, the Internet required cables, in room services were scarce and the list went on. EP was determined she was going to move Hotels!! Abraham didn't know what had hit him. Silly little man tried to leave. Luckily Steve arrived and between him and me we convinced EP to sleep on it till the morning. So we had people running around at 1am in the morning trying to get some results before we all ...
You thought you spoke Chinese? That's funny.
... here for anything. This is one of the best parts about being in China... I could afford to do basically whatever I want. If I had time, which I can't afford. I'm not kidding, my Chinese is the worse--wait, second worst; there's a guy from UNC with such a strong accent the teacher can't understand what he's saying--in the class. I'm not used to this because at U of M there are a ton of kids in my class who are terrible at speaking Chinese. I suppose ...
5:00 AM Alarm
... what I expected. It is situated on a bay, and I'm still wrapping my head around the geography of the area. The first few days we were here were very foggy. It is said that Qingdao is one area of China with the cleanest air and least pollution, and on the clear days (no ocean fog), the sky is a spectacular blue. The second day we were taken on a trip to a local park and a beach. Pictures below.
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