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A Mighty Fortress
... through the countryside and you'll eventually come to the 'entry gate' (a shack with guys playing cards who will stop you and ask for 12RMB). Don't stop after reaching the part of the fort at the top of the first mountain like I almost did--go to the right and keep walking to the other parts. Your minivan driver may not want to wait for you--don't pay him the full fee or you'll never see him again, though. I got his phone number and called him when I was done. Figure ...
Daphne Zunyiga
... said, "Wow, your eyes are so beautiful!" This was clearly not calculated on her part--she was overwhelmed (anyway, she didn't have anything Simpsons). I don't say this to brag about my eyes, which are just normal Caucasian eyes. I say this because almost everyone I've met in this town has been curious about foreigners and has gone out of his/her way to be friendly to me with absolutely no ulterior motives ...
The Big Trip: A Prologue
... and it started us thinking.
The first year or so in China we lived in Guangdong province where the food was wonderful, the shopping extensive and the multitudinous, expensive wonders of Hong Kong only a weekend trip away. We lived large, saved absolutely no money and loved it.
But our travels around China just gave us a hunger for more. Our first long-distance trip in China, to Xi'an, made us think about following the Silk Road for a month. For two months. Finally, ...
The Big Trip
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... historical sights and the most modern of cities.
We have traveled to the southernmost and westernmost cities--Sanya and Kashgar--visited regions bordering Burma, Laos, Pakistan, Kyrgystan and Mongolia. We have slept on the Great Wall and in treehouses and in yurts, eaten scorpions in Beijing and dog in Guizhou, climbed a sacred mountain to watch the sun rise and seen the sun's eclipse in Zunyi, participated in ...
Solar Eclipse
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... capped mushrooms, but we gathered them up anyway and climbed the stairs to the school roof.
At first, there were sighs and moans. "It's too hot," I caught one girl mumbling.
Then, I picked up one of the chimney/mushrooms and put a piece of white paper on the ground. Angling the top of the awkward, floppy thing toward the rising sun by holding it above my head, I finally caught a white, gleaming crescent on ...
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