Going walkabout and answering some of my questions about China... Like when I'll win the lottery with all these useless tickets they keep selling me!
About this blog
Having had a lot of fun teaching in China, an opportunity arises to be free of responsibilities, pressures, plans etc. for the first time in a many years and to go and take a look at China, the good, the bad and the ugly and get out the expatriate bubble I'd landed in.
What to write? Well, let's try this for size: 1.Write to amuse myself and learn about myself. 2.Assume most things are the same everywhere. 3.Observe the differences. These are the challenges and interest of cross-cultural relationships and travel. 4.Few if any people understand China, least of all me, and certainly not the Chinese! The mystery is the relative isolation of the culture. 5.The writer's discretion is final, always totally rational(honest) and mine alone!
Trip Start
Jun 26, 2005
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Trip End
Sep 14, 2005
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There are 43 entries in this blog
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Bladerunner -
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Rain at the Railway station -
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The Water City for tourists -
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Cool Place! -
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Wanting to be Somewhere Else -
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The pleasures and perils of studying Chinese -
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Busy doing nothing -
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Still Busy Doing Nothing -
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen -
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Time to hit the road -
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Climbing the Dragon -
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Life above the clouds -
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The Incredible Journey -
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Beauty, Charm, and....Poverty -
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The Long March -
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Time standing still -
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Dog for Dinner in Miao(w?) Country -
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Crazy Train -
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In the Spring City it rains. Shock, horror! -
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Theme Parks and Glaciers -
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The Pensioner Drug Dealers -
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Having a Bad China Day! -
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Capital Chillout - Like Mao really! -
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Answering that text message -
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Knackered Happy -
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Pandas in the Rain -
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Warriors in the Rain -
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Success - at a price! -
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Changing Perspectives of Size -
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Goodbye until we meet on new bar stools! -
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Revisiting an old friend and playing tour guide -
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Putting me back together! -
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Reflections -
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Farewell to one of the kindest people I know -
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At the Gamblers door - how the other half live -
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Where shall I go...? -
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Hmm, I could happily live here -
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A fine day for... -
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China's international gem - or is it? -
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Gardens and Canals -
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Train Country -
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Goodbye Beijing - a day shopping! Eugh!! -
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The End?
