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Sat, 9 Sep 2006 | By leelefever | Views [682]
I do love my wife – but she is such a huge nerd. Did you know she has a degree in microbiology? You’d think with such knowledge, she would be more in tune with her own health. Before
we left, Sachi saw an allergist and learned that she has allergies ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
Fri, 8 Sep 2006 | By taroso | Views [1138]
Hell Is Other People How do you politely tell someone that they're driving you and others insane?
On the last night in Hanoi, I left Long, Cam, Jock, and Margie at the Draught Beer place down the road while I had a shower.... Read more >
Tags: General
Mon, 4 Sep 2006 | By ute | Views [911]
Beijing is big. Really, really big. Even the drive into town from the airport is an epic voyage in itself, taking you along endless majestic boulevards, past massive green parks, and mile after mile after mile of shiny new tower buildings, all being ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Sat, 2 Sep 2006 | By leelefever | Views [651] | Comments [1]
I had made a decision and I was going to act on it. Gone
were the days of standing passively in line while Chinese people wedge
themselves in front of me and place an order before I could react. I was going stand up for myself and try to be ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Tips
Tue, 29 Aug 2006 | By chris_k | Views [594]
August 13. I slept until 6 AM and finally feel normal. I am glad that I have a long stay so I could adjust. Weiqian arrived with breakfast in hand, some hard-boiled eggs and fresh corn on the cob. Great way to begin the day! We proceeded to Quing ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Tue, 29 Aug 2006 | By chris_k | Views [463]
August 12th. Great, woke up at 3 AM. Watched television and was quite entertained despite the language barrier. Commercials are as omnipresent and in the USA. An incredible thunderstorm moved in at about 4:30 AM. The lightning and downpour were truly ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
Tue, 29 Aug 2006 | By chris_k | Views [750]
August 11th. Nobody warned me that Guangzhou airport was so big! I ran a complete marathon trying to make my connecting flight to Nanning. Immigration was easily cleared and the visa processing was very simple. Everyone is very friendly and helpful.... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Wed, 23 Aug 2006 | By chris_k | Views [495]
So much to catch up on! Okay, it is day 20 in China. It has all been a blur so far, a wonderful and fascintating blur! Today is the first time in which i have had time or access to post. I have been keeping a handwritten journal so far. A bit ... Read more >
Tags: Airports
Fri, 18 Aug 2006 | By leelefever | Views [2007]
We’ve finally started our month-long journey through China, starting in the huge and industrial city of Guangzhou. This city greeted us with a couple of surprises. Before we left I remember hearing about an amazing market in Guangzhou where you ... Read more >
Tags: Markets
Tue, 11 Jul 2006 | By sarahmg | Views [1889] | Comments [4]
An interesting development since moving into university accommodation was the arrival of a strange spattering of bites that appeared across my calfs. Initially i assumed that i had had a particularly unlucky night in which i had unwillingly fed a family ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
Sun, 9 Jul 2006 | By sarahmg | Views [936]
On Monday i moved in to BU (Baptist University) for the beginning of our orientation week. Most people were arriving that day which seemed to cause much confusion, as when i went to put my stuff away in my room i found that four different people had ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Sun, 9 Jul 2006 | By sarahmg | Views [1372]
The most part of our days this week were taken up by visiting the schools which we were going to be teaching in. We're teaching in 5 schools over 5 weeks, spending one week in each, and so we needed to meet with the Principal of each school, check out ... Read more >
Tags: Work
Sun, 2 Jul 2006 | By sarahmg | Photo Gallery
something i'll be building on, don't worry!
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Sun, 2 Jul 2006 | By sarahmg | Views [1510] | Comments [9]
Knowing that when you live in a city, your rarely get round to doing all the amazing things it has to offer, i had planned my trip so that i would arrive a week early and get all my tourist things well under way - it has to be said, i've been doing pretty ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sat, 1 Jul 2006 | By florahui | Views [396]
Also during the summer. It was just a short stay at my aunt's place that she owned up in the mainland. It's a totally different culture to Hong Kong and I felt a lot more paranoid about my belongings for one thing! The food can be great though, hygiene ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
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