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After a rough week of homework and a 10-minute speech in Chinese, this photo depicts exactly what I would like to be doing right now. I got this snapshot as part of a batch of photos from my August 2009 trip to Gansu and Qinghai that showed up in my e-mail this week. It was [...]
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Whoops! I disappeared for awhile there. Despite the fact that I’ve just moved to one of the largest and most exciting cities in the world, I’ve barely stepped out of my neighborhood to explore it. Which doesn’t give me much to write a travel blog about. Or at least, that’s the excuse that first came [...]
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October 1st marks the founding of “New China” back in 1949, so it’s the Chinese equivalent of the 4th of July. Except instead of a 3-day weekend for a bit of grilling and fireworks, National Day is the pretext for the longest official vacation of the year, apart from Chinese New Year. Most white-collar workers [...]
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Getting used to being a student again has been a bit of a challenge, what with the reintroduction of homework, dictations and, this week, exams. But over the weekend, I got to enjoy one of the perks of my new status: a field trip! For our first outing, my program arranged for a group of [...]
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I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a little lazy when it comes to exploring the nightlives of the places I visit. After a long day of walking and sightseeing, I’m usually ready to spend some time talking over the day’s experiences, with or without a beer, and then hit the hay early. But [...]
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The fabulous Shanghai Scrap blog recently brought my attention to a new list of “China’s Greatest Cities.” Unlike typical rankings by population or income, this list is based on a Gallup poll — of foreigners. More than a dozen criteria contributed to the rankings, which sought to capture the Chinese cities with the most “personality.” [...]
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I may not be traveling much these days (the next trip on the calendar is not till October, poor me), so for posting-inspiration today, I’m turning to my Chinese textbook. Our first lesson in “listening class” concerned the famous foods of Beijing. A Taiwanese teacher was asking a teacher from Beijing for his tips on [...]
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Maybe it’s the effects of a week in Beijing, where two sunny days immediately after my arrival quickly gave way to an as-yet-unbroken streak of opaque skies, but this shot of the Hong Kong skyline has me yearning for bluer climes. I snapped this shot from the Star Ferry back in 2008, when a long [...]
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This was meant to appear last week as the final post as my series on Guizhou, but then I went to Richmond and forgot the charger to my laptop. So without further ado, the dragons and dragon boats of Shibing, Guizhou: Theundisputed highlight of our trip — a visit to the tiny town of Shibing [...]
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This is the second in an occasional series of “Expense Reports” where I use my recent trips to examine the highly variable costs of travel in China. The first report covered the costs of Sichuan travel. In a Nutshell Trip Length: 6 days/7 nights Total Cost: 679 RMB ($100) Per Day: 113 RMB ($17) Starting [...]
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