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Tue, 10 Jun 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [906]
I had a completely boring day. Class.
We were doing the activities in the book. For some reason, the last activity was
basically explicating “Imagine” by John Lennon.
Chinese people LOVE The Beatles, so I figured they’d enjoy this
assignment.... Read more >
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 | By travelheart24 | Views [1085] | Comments [1]
This has got to be the least eventful trip I’ve ever run! No crazy stories, no near death experiences, how very sad… doesn’t mean I wont still write though! ;-) I had 3 days off in Shanghai before the start of the trip, oh joy. Shanghai is quickly ... Read more >
Tags: work
Mon, 9 Jun 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [1279]
One of the last things I still hadn’t done in Beijing but desperately wanted to do was Bei Hai Gong Yuan (North Lake Park). I was waiting for pleasant weather, and accompaniment (it’s hard to get motivated to see touristy things without someone ... Read more >
Tags: bei hai park
Sun, 8 Jun 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [987]
No class tomorrow in celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival. Several different articles on wikipedia yielded no real understanding of why this is celebrated. However, a day of rest is always appreciated. The actual festival is today. In its ultimate ... Read more >
Tags: dragon boat festival
Sun, 8 Jun 2008 | By leanne | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 7 Jun 2008 | By eri | Views [525]
Beijing is big, and suprisingly clean and shiny - in fact more than most of London right now I'd say. Unfortunately I managed to coincide my visit with a bank holiday weekend, so I got to meet most of China's 1.3 billion citizens at the Forbidden Palace ... Read more >
Sat, 7 Jun 2008 | By eri | Views [515]
Got last minute tick borne encephalitus jab before I left Tokyo, and was assured at the clinic that I'd be able to get shot #2 easily in Beijing. So, armed with a list of Beijing hospitals courtesy of Yukiko (thanks!) and at the lst minute the British ... Read more >
Sat, 7 Jun 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [1427]
Tonight, Mario, Bo, my couch surfer, Frank, and I went to the Beijing Film Festival. It was much antipated. It was also interesting that such an event presented itself in a city like Beijing in a country like China. Most of the films were foreign ... Read more >
Thu, 5 Jun 2008 | By eri | Photo Gallery
Xian - ancient capital; terracotta warriors
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Thu, 5 Jun 2008 | By sarah_freedom | Views [804] | Comments [4]
Okay sorry its been ages since i updated this and I'm a few countries ahead of China now...oops. Its just all gone very quickly and i hardly have time to stop to write. However Im now in Cairns with a nasty cold and very pi**ed off as I cant dive!! ... Read more >
Thu, 5 Jun 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [834] | Comments [1]
A morning of packing, drinking coffee, and saying goodbye to one of the best friends I've found in China has me looking leaving straight in the face. I have less than a month left before I will no longer have to deal with the subway at rush hour. ... Read more >
Thu, 5 Jun 2008 | By susanandlars | Views [1475]
On our last day in Beijing we packed it in. We started early, and hit the Forbidden City. It's big and crowded and kinda sad. There is a small garden in the section that would have been very private to the emperor (and his hundreds of concubines ... Read more >
Thu, 5 Jun 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [967]
I met her in Dalian. She had just moved to China. A 20-year-old with the bright eyes of someone who'd just finished her first year of college. Incredibly enthusiastic about teaching. A lover of children. We became friends instantly. Many conversations ... Read more >
Thu, 5 Jun 2008 | By bodiekern | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 4 Jun 2008 | By eri | Views [524]
Decided to do put my vertigo to the test with a two day trip to the mountains near Xian. Hua Shan has 5 peaks, each like a stone needle jutting out of the valley. Looking at them from afar, they don't look like they are meant to be trodden by humans.... Read more >
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