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Sat, 29 Sep 2012 | By emacinat | Views [1169] | Comments [1]
Have I mentioned the cold showers? Last night I finally found the magic touch
that makes the water warm instead of cold.
Twice I took showers in water warmer than my cold hands, but cooler than
the rest of my body! It’s a great
motivator ... Read more >
Tags: shanghai
Sat, 29 Sep 2012 | By laris | Views [440]
As expected, Chinese girls don't swim in the beach. Even though the boys wear the " brazilian speedo" and enjoy long hours bathing in the salty water, the girls tend to get just the toes wet, and generally don't wear swimsuit in public. For ... Read more >
Tags: beach, bus, xiamen
Sat, 29 Sep 2012 | By emacinat | Views [674]
Shoka is an
ancient word for stone. The Yuyuan
(garden) is a garden of stone, water, prana
(plants), and sculpture. Shaped by
the movement of water, the stones of the garden hold the peace acquired from
the ages lying at ... Read more >
Tags: shanghai, yu yuan garden
Sat, 29 Sep 2012 | By emacinat | Views [589]
Nanjing Road is a busy shopping district walking street. Visiting it during the day is really
different from the night view. We
visited it first on Thursday afternoon and ate lunch at a lovely, quiet
restaurant. Then Friday night, ... Read more >
Tags: nanjing road, shanghai
Sat, 29 Sep 2012 | By emacinat | Photo Gallery
Automotive History Museum, Lunch
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Tags: antique cars, shanghai, shanghai automotive museum
Sat, 29 Sep 2012 | By emacinat | Photo Gallery
Nanjing Road, Lunch, and Meeting
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Tags: fudan university, myers, shanghai
Sat, 29 Sep 2012 | By emacinat | Photo Gallery
Nanjing Road, Old City, and Stone Garden
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Fri, 28 Sep 2012 | By laris | Views [401]
The high speed train was pretty fast, and if there is anything I love in this country is that people get very silent when sitting in comfortable seats. Maybe it's because there is nowhere to sit at all in some squares. Maybe it's because the seats ... Read more >
Tags: beach, china, gulang yu, train, xiamen
Thu, 27 Sep 2012 | By emacinat | Views [461]
On the Plane
I had conversations with several nice people on the
plane. My seatmates were a young man
from Shanghai who had been in the US for six years and a woman, originally from
Shanghai, who has been in the US for 20 ... Read more >
Tags: shanghai
Wed, 26 Sep 2012 | By laris | Views [415]
This morning the squirrel knocked at
the window while eating the sunflower seeds left overnight. He liked
the trick, and soon other squirrel came to join. Pity they were so
ashamed to come closer, and both run away we heard any noise ... Read more >
Tags: china, hangzhou, zoroaster
Wed, 26 Sep 2012 | By piglet | Views [124271]
As with any great travel story, there has got to be a mishap. And the classic one is that the bus breaks down. Well, ours did today. Fortunately, after various coughing fits and screeching halts, our bus managed to at least ... Read more >
Tue, 25 Sep 2012 | By piglet | Views [1675]
As I walked through the winding alleys in the Old City of Kashgar today, I thought a lot about what it means to be "aspirational". In the industry that I work in, we talk about "aspirational" television channels and frankly, I have always ... Read more >
Tue, 25 Sep 2012 | By linmex | Views [220]
Either slow or no internet access or total exhaustion have delayed my finding a travel blog website with the features I want.
Mon, 24 Sep 2012 | By laris | Views [524]
We left Shanghai yesterday in a “
bullet train” and it kept the promise of a smooth and fast journey.
So fast I couldn' t believe we had arrived until I saw the signs all
over the station. Clean, silent and comfortable, the train left
Shangai ... Read more >
Tags: china, hangzhou, hostel
Mon, 24 Sep 2012 | By piglet | Views [709]
Today was the ideal day to visit Kashgar's famous cattle market, which only convenes on Sunday as well as its bazaar which is open every week of the day but becomes more hectic on sunday because villagers from rural Kashgar bring in their produce to ... Read more >
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