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Tue, 8 Apr 2008 | By enanareina | Views [762]
Same morning routine, except I gave up on breakfast this morning in favor of trying to Skype with my husband, whom I haven't spoken to for longer than a few seconds since I left. Onto the Doctor Gone, and on to Xuanwu Hospital, a large internal medicine ... Read more >
Tags: houhai, second week, xuanwu hospital
Mon, 7 Apr 2008 | By enanareina | Views [734]
I woke up, took a cold shower, had blow dryer issues, walked down the street to breakfast, and back to catch the bus. An Ding is about an hour's ride in the bus, so we're going to eat lunch there. This is the only psychiatric hospital we'll visit here ... Read more >
Tags: an ding hospital, second week
Mon, 7 Apr 2008 | By enanareina | Photo Gallery
A Beijing Psychiatric Hospital
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Mon, 7 Apr 2008 | By ontheway | Views [378] | Comments [1]
Finally got the trunks and boxes off to New Zealand .. Packed my bag and left Beijing on Friday .Said goodbye to friends and colleagues in Urumqi met up with Cath and arrived in Kashgar yesterday .Although Kashgar is 3,500 kms from Beijing there is no ... Read more >
Mon, 7 Apr 2008 | By snaps | Views [330]
So I have a photo of Alison in front of the most westery positioned statue of Mao. Kashgar does not feel like China in that the population is largely Uiger - a moslim minority. We laughed as I left Lhasa, noting that here too is 'tense'. But many ... Read more >
Mon, 7 Apr 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Photo Gallery
random photos from the East
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Mon, 7 Apr 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [797] | Comments [2]
With the fear that my four year old camera has been gracing the shelf of some antique market, I broke down and got a new one. My old camera was perfect for what it was, but it was starting to get on my nerves that the batteries died almost instantly, ... Read more >
Mon, 7 Apr 2008 | By bodiekern | Views [388]
Reporters Stranded As Tigers Close In A press junket nearly ended in disaster when a vehicle taking 10 journalists on a tiger safari tour caught fire at the Jiufeng Forestry Wildlife Park in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, on Wednesday. The journalists ... Read more >
Mon, 7 Apr 2008 | By bodiekern | Views [414]
YUNNAN Tractor Toll Up To 13 The number of people killed following an accident involving a tractor overturning in Yunnan province on Sunday has risen to 13, eight of whom were students, after two more people died in the hospital overnight, local ... Read more >
Mon, 7 Apr 2008 | By bodiekern | Views [377]
WOMAN MUST PAY AFTER PULLING OUT OF SUICIDE BID Leng Mincui, a farmer in Yunyang county, Henan province, promised Liu Minglan that she would commit suicide with her, but then survived the attempt. To punish her for her misdeed, a court recently ordered ... Read more >
Sun, 6 Apr 2008 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [682]
The Tomb Sweeping Festival is the traditional time for Chinese people to visit the graves of their ancestors, clean them, plant new flowers, lament over their losses, and have a big dinner. Like most traditional things in China, this isn't really ... Read more >
Sun, 6 Apr 2008 | By enanareina | Views [1327]
Sunday morning started out slow, which I like. I went to breakfast at the same old restaurant, then home to work on photos. Then, I went with a group to Liulichang Street, an arts & crafts/antiques area. It is basically a hutong, one of the old ... Read more >
Tags: first week, shopping, silk street
Sun, 6 Apr 2008 | By jess_dan | Photo Gallery
stop over
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Sun, 6 Apr 2008 | By bodiekern | Views [387]
She said she wanted to give me a Chinese lesson if I bought her something to drink. It's a common scam--the "Teahouse Scam"--where you get stuck with a huge bill and are intimidated into paying. (Don't pay. They don't want police involvement.... Read more >
Sat, 5 Apr 2008 | By enanareina | Views [2000]
I rose at 0630, awakened my friend, and we headed out. On our way to catch a cab, we stopped at the street vendor, where for RMB 1.50 we had a hot pancake filled with egg, coated with spicy sauce and filled with lettuce. Very tasty. The cab dropped ... Read more >
Tags: first week, forbidden city, sightseeing, tianenmen square
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