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Tue, 24 Jul 2007 | By larrybobby | Views [298]
Pleasantry I rake and sift. Faintly foul, steamy piles yield some good stuff. Rest awhile. Dense street fumes and passersby Lazy wisp from cigarette Gazing into acrid sky, This my bliss.
Tags: imagery
Tue, 24 Jul 2007 | By sl0ggs | Views [1065] | Comments [1]
Ok, I missed a funny bit out from day one in China in my first report, so much stuff going on and I just forgot about it... About
8pm local time, I'm chilling in my room, probably writing up day one of
my trip! The phone rings, which takes me by surprise ... Read more >
Tags: Work
Mon, 23 Jul 2007 | By larrybobby | Views [334]
Practically everyone is gone and I'm under severe pressure to travel somewhere too. When all I really want is dumplings. And bone up on money and banking. Resolved: Learn enough Chinese next semester so's I'll not be in this predicament.
Tags: Philosophy of travel
Mon, 23 Jul 2007 | By jamie_candice | Views [381]
Day 5: We caught a Bus from our hotel in Xian adn wet on a couple hour bus ride to the Terra Cotta Worriors. This place was SOOO unreal. The amount of history and amazing sculptures is so amazing. We only spent a couple of hours there as our tour ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Mon, 23 Jul 2007 | By sl0ggs | Views [1063]
Day two in the big brother... no wait, wrong show! Ok, I have
survived my first foray into the Chinese business world, and it was
nothing like I expected! Probably due to the boss of the company being
so young, there was no real formality like I was ... Read more >
Tags: Work
Sun, 22 Jul 2007 | By celinexiaolin | Views [894] | Comments [1]
Having lived two years in this country and still only being able to speak to waitresses and taxi drivers should have given me a clue, still, I chose to pursue learning this infernal language.
I am sure that somewhere, somehow I must be making some sort ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Sun, 22 Jul 2007 | By jamie_candice | Views [488]
We arrived in Xian and caught a taxi to the YMCA hotel. We checked in to our "Wonderful - CLEAN" hotel (it was pretty dodgy!) and then met everyone down in the lobby. We then all went to The old Xian City Wall - it was really big and went ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sun, 22 Jul 2007 | By sl0ggs | Views [1122]
This is my first written report from a business trip I took with my boss back in July 2007 ( www.identify.co.uk )...
I thought I'd post them here as they weren't actually too bad, and also
it means there is at least something here until I get a ... Read more >
Tags: Work
Sun, 22 Jul 2007 | By travelheart24 | Views [1116]
Who would've thought I could have such a great time with just these three older guys as pax? I certainly didn't, but this trip could hardly have worked out much better than it did. The guys were all like-minded, similar interests and backgrounds, and ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Sat, 21 Jul 2007 | By katie_rose | Views [1405] | Comments [2]
Hey everyone, hope you are all well. So Shanghai, what can I say... First let me say, I do NOT like Shanghai. I had heard mixed stories about it, people both liking it and people disliking it. I had heard about being ripped off and to watch out for ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
Sat, 21 Jul 2007 | By carol | Views [542] | Comments [1]
So, it isnt a building crane. I wasnt really thinking about birds before our 8am bus departure from our hotel to the site. Yellow crane tower is a historic tower at the bank of the Yangtze River. Supposedly the view is great . . .It wasn't bad--I ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sat, 21 Jul 2007 | By jamie_candice | Views [637]
We got to sleep in till 12am so we were all pleased to have a long sleep after a night on the grog. Anson took us to another local restaurant where we had awesome food once again! We were given free time that afternoon till we caught the overnight ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sat, 21 Jul 2007 | By carol | Views [1147] | Comments [1]
The overnight train from Beijing to Wuhan was incredible. I have never seen such a clean train. Each car had 4 beds each with its pristine sheets, 2 fluffy pillows and a down comforter. Then there was a flat screen TV at the foot of each bed with clean ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Sat, 21 Jul 2007 | By carol | Views [539] | Comments [2]
Had a very fast 3 days in Beijing! Can't even remember everything I saw. The tour guide (who was great, btw) led us from place to place and I just followed snapping a few photos along the way. We did go to the Great Wall which was touristy--- full ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Fri, 20 Jul 2007 | By jamie_candice | Views [520]
Jamie and I got up early (around 6am) to meet everyone to go to the train station by 6:30am. Jamie had tried this Won Ton soup the day before so we made sure we got up early enough to go there to try it again before we left. It opened at 6am so we had ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
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