China: Eleven weeks alone in a country of a billion people whose language I can't speak, whose written language I can't read, and whose vegetables I can't eat (doctor's orders ;-)

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We live to the extent that life is adventure, which is to say as it is unrehearsed, unexpected, and chancey, and requires from us the full range of our powers.

Charlton Ogburn

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  Eleven weeks in China? Why?   Seattle, United States on Aug 30, 2007 1 picture 21 comments
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  Everyone who loves Hong Kong: you're right   Hong Kong, Hong Kong on Sep 10, 2007 12 pictures 4 comments
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  This better not be a harbinger   Beijing, China on Sep 10, 2007 0 pictures 10 comments
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  Don't eat the pigs-in-a-blanket in Ulaan Baator   Ulan Bator, Mongolia on Sep 13, 2007 15 pictures 5 comments
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  They do _what_ to the train?   Erlian, China on Sep 17, 2007 7 pictures 2 comments
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  A couple of pics of two Swiss cyclists   Jining, China on Sep 18, 2007 3 pictures 4 comments
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  Chance favors the (barely) prepared mind   Hohhot, China on Oct 6, 2007 9 pictures 0 comments
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  I don't believe in fate, but...   Beijing, China on Oct 7, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Doing Beijing my way   Beijing, China on Oct 7, 2007 18 pictures 3 comments
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  Doing Beijing the tour-group way   Beijing, China on Oct 8, 2007 6 pictures 2 comments
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  A train, three museums, a pagoda, and a temple   Xi'an, China on Oct 14, 2007 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Even Buddhists try to buy a good afterlife   Dunhuang, China on Oct 15, 2007 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Karez irrigation system and visiting the Turpanese   Turpan, China on Oct 15, 2007 10 pictures 0 comments
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  When does archeology start to look like rocks?   Urumqi, China on Oct 15, 2007 5 pictures 1 comment
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  You don't see "no donkey cart" signs just anywhere   Kashgar, China on Oct 19, 2007 27 pictures 5 comments
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  The place that first got me thinking about China   Shipton's Arch (near Mingyol), China on Oct 19, 2007 8 pictures 0 comments
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  There's a reason I didn't much like the Boy Scouts   Karakel Lake and Mustag Ata, China on Oct 21, 2007 13 pictures 2 comments
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  Enough with Beijing, already   Beijing, China on Oct 23, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Capitalism can sure be irritating   Shanghai, China on Oct 27, 2007 25 pictures 2 comments