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Goodbye China - my personal summary
... fall. I guess the Chinese people are supposed to understand what negative effect any change in the political world could have for them...
That media is state controlled everywhere in China is not new. One consequence of this often very arbitrary censorship is that all good film directors and artists have left China at least for Hong Kong and that on mainland China (i.e. everything excluding Hong Kong and Macau) only two types of Chinese movies seem to exist: (1) ...
Ken 'Fugitive' Kimball Seeks One-Eyed Masseuse
... hand, it had almost no pain or discomfort involved.
And the one-eyed masseuse was constant motion… never stopping for an entire two hours except for an occasional hand pounding and drumming….she was playing knick knack, patty-wack on my back. I actually fell asleep for the 2nd half of the massage and only was awaken by her tap on my shoulder saying it was done.
Huh, done? But I was supposed to have a 2 hour ...
Day 40-42 26th-28th Nov Sapa Vietnam
... minute of it. We soon arrived at a lovely waterfall where we took a breather and absorbed the view and atmosphere. The ladies helping us have amazing balance and not one of them slipped, good considering one had a baby on her back!
We set down the final part before lunch which was very welcome after the crazy trek and the cold air. We had noodle soup with a fried egg and fruit for desert. Again the ladies talked us into buying things from them! to be honest we didn't really ...
Hello Vietnam!!!!
... Victoria were already there but instantly there was a huge difference in how well you could communicate with the Vietnamese people compared to the Chinese. We booked into a hotel that we thought Scott and Victoria were staying in but it turned out that there was two hotels with the same name. It was a nice hotel though. That evening was pretty nice too, we all enjoyed a really western meal together of steak and chips, pizza and pasta!! Typical ...
Making friends in Sapa
... they attach themselves to them. They find the friendliest faces in the bunch (I have to say…Dale and I, with our easy naïve smiles, can be quite popular in these situations) and ask: ‘What’s your name?’ You answer and from then onwards that’s it, you are their friend. Some people try to fight it, not answer and keep distant in the hope they will not have to part with those dollars at the end of the day but I think it is ...
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