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Mon, 5 Nov 2007 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [559] | Comments [2]
All the rest that I achieved yesterday in lieu doing anything else must have paid off. Class today was amazing. I had briefly prepared a few things from the book that I wanted to cover but most of it was boring. And I knew that. But being occupied ... Read more >
Tags: Work
Mon, 5 Nov 2007 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [822]
Today was typical. It was life in China as I live it. There is nothing particularly interesting or amazing to tell. It wasn't a blah day. But it wasn't an incredible day either. I woke up around noon at Case's. He and I chatted for a bit. Then, ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Sun, 4 Nov 2007 | By nomadnorrie | Views [2229]
I've started to get a little more adventurous when ordering meals in restaurants, I've been eating a bit too much Beef noodle soup. Ordering Beef is easy because it is very common, almost every restaurant serves it. Some restaurants are run by Muslims ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Sun, 4 Nov 2007 | By cmbryant912 | Views [658] | Comments [6]
After our first night of trying to sleep on a speaker, we asked to move rooms to a quieter spot, unknowingly they were going to be shoveling sand and bricks outside our room at midnight. When we woke the next day we noticed a lovely new wall in the lobby.... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Sun, 4 Nov 2007 | By thestunnings | Photo Gallery
The holiest Tibetan Buddhist Site and the surrounding area
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Sun, 4 Nov 2007 | By guillermoafonso | Views [578] | Comments [4]
A partir de cinco dias con Gloria No sube las cuestas, es oficial. Me esfuerzo poniendome en posicion Tour de France (el culo levantado del sillin) y pedaleando cual mongol pero no sube las cuestas. Paso los dias subiendo los puertos de montanya de ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Sun, 4 Nov 2007 | By sue_hood | Views [583]
Well into Shanghai and yet another train journey. Although this was a
train journey with a difference - we had 3 beds in a 4 bed compartment
(Sue, Nick & me), the third bed was made up by a respectable
looking Chinese man. All was fine until ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sun, 4 Nov 2007 | By thestunnings | Views [4391]
While traveling, we have been incredibly lucky to meet a full complement of wonderful people; and it was no surprise to us to have fallen into a great bunch of people while getting used to the altitude in Lhasa. We are not exactly sure whose crazy ... Read more >
Tags: the great outdoors, tibet
Sat, 3 Nov 2007 | By nomadnorrie | Views [920]
I felt ill last Saturday morning, I dragged myself out of bed, then went to a chemist to see if there was something I could get for it. I hadn't learnt how to talk about illness at school (and probably will not) so I looked in my Mandarin survival ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
Sat, 3 Nov 2007 | By thestunnings | Photo Gallery
Tibetan people and architecture
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Fri, 2 Nov 2007 | By guillermoafonso | Views [1747] | Comments [2]
Tres dias de Gloria (mi moto a pilas) Ya van tres dias en Gloria, que es como he bautizado a mi bici-moto. Las prestaciones de este cacharro (disculpad mi inutilidad para las fotos) se resumen en 40 kilometros al dia de llanos sin dejarme la piel, y ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Fri, 2 Nov 2007 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Photo Gallery
A day in enlightenment
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Fri, 2 Nov 2007 | By avant-garde_chauvintist | Views [553]
Exactly one week since my first couch surfing experience, I will enjoying my first hosting experience. So it's not really strangers; it's Case and Mario. And, yes, they live in Beijing. And maybe they're freeloading to avoid paying a ridiculous ... Read more >
Tags: Work
Fri, 2 Nov 2007 | By chacha | Views [406] | Comments [2]
Un peu fatiguee par Les Montagnes Jaunes, mais enchantée et etonnee d'y avoir fait autant de bonnes rencontres, j'arrive donc a Suzhou le 2 Novembre par le train de nuit de Hangshan. Marco Polo l'apellait "la petite venise de L'Orient" et ... Read more >
Tags: on the road
Thu, 1 Nov 2007 | By sue_hood | Views [643] | Comments [1]
Nick was once again travelling with us, however, as we thought we had been able to get rid of him, we had already booked our train tickets. By the time it came to book his ticket, there were no sleepers left on our train so it meant that he was left ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
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