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Travel Blogs from Qingdao

Going to Visit the Brewery and see the Ocean

A travel blog entry by patickdb

... in-town who was living in Qingdao. Eric's friend, Matthew, then came to Wudaokou to meet us. This was the first step in me experiencing guanxi. "Guanxi" means “relationship” in Chinese. The purpose of guanxi is to establish a relationship with someone, not for benefit, but the soul purpose of getting to know someone and connecting with them on a personal level. Eric called Matthew so he could meet us and ...

Big Shoes to Fill

A travel blog entry by bjglawe

... and volleyball. The opening announcements were typical of any U.S. game - - dark arena, spot lights, dancing girls, and a loud announcer. Watching the crowd, it was evident they were clearly waiting for Tracy to arrive and he was announced last, of course. Tracy stands 6’ 8” and is clearly the tallest on the team, but they have a couple others that are well over 6 feet. Around the stadium, kids ...

Drunk chinese cop

A travel blog entry by ianinchina

ok, this just happened! The wife and I were walking back home from a late night dinner, when out of nowhere a police car crashes into the center divider! I'm not talking a little crash; I'm talking about the dude leaving his foot on the gas kind of crash. I stood there shocked while the wifey, being the true asian she is, started taking pictures! see for yourself =^_^=

There was no other cars around. The only thing that came to mind was the ******* was drunk.
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Have not forgot about you guys!

A travel blog entry by ianinchina

Hey beautiful people!

Nothing really going on in China. The weather is very nice; very autumn. Showed the students of my school how to make jack-o-lanterns. The pumpkins are tiny here. Work is going well; easiest job ever!

i@n ...

Beach, please!

A travel blog entry by lanainchina

... Und es hat doch tats�chlich schon ein paar mal geregnet. Davon abgesehen verfliegt die Zeit hier in einem unfassbaren Tempo und ich kann noch gar nicht glauben, dass es schon in 5 Wochen wieder zur�ck nach Deutschland geht. Wenn es ginge w�rde ich hier doch gerne noch so viel l�nger bleiben! Darum hei�t es jetzt: Die folgenden Wochen noch einmal richtig gut nutzen. F�r n�chstes Wochenende ist auch schon wieder ein spannender Trip geplant. Lasst euch �berraschen! ;)
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