The Great Danes… We miss you very much!! Best of luck to you in BVI!
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Shijiazhuang
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Imagine the above being sung by an extremely loud, obnoxious Chinese bird, very close to your window, starting like clockwork at 4:30 AM every morning. Imagine the bird continues to sing freely and proudly all day long. That is the hell that we must endure here at the airport. I know, it’s terrible. Thanks for [...]
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That is what I think the China Daily headline should read for today, because, yes, I nearly drowned yesterday, standing up, walking on the streets of Shijiazhuang.
My first mistake was wearing my adorable and comfortable Spanish espadrilles to the city. Basically, they are made of hemp and rope and they are now swollen and bloated [...]
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You cannot imagine the guilt I feel on leaving this blog update-less and uninteresting for almost 2 weeks.
In my defense, I will say that my epic journey across China left me feeling a bit overwhelmed and tired. Honestly, I began to worry about how I was going to share all that I saw and learned [...]
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I’ve been back home for almost a week now, but have yet to update the blog. Sorry folks, I’m low on time right now and feelin’ pretty lazy. I’ve got to update soon, though, or I’m gonna forget all the details of the trip! So stay tuned…
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Today while driving through the city in a taxi, I had a little realization. Amidst all that traffic chaos – bicycles everywhere, weaving between vehicles, pedestrians in the middle of the road, buses swerving around cars and into oncoming traffic, cars changing lanes without warning, overloaded trucks in the middle of it all – I [...]
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Apparent Christmas tree carnage – Don’t ask why.
These workers, along with a whole army of others, spent the whole day grooming the lawn in front of the hotel. Evidently it is lawn grooming season, because there was another army of workers grooming the lawn in front of the terminal building, the academy and the [...]
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It is stifling here in Shijiazhuang, and that is not a good thing when there is so much pollution in the air and the hotel hasn’t turned on our A/C yet because the designated “turn on the A/C” day has not yet arrived. ARRRGGGHHHH.
Remember the naked posts that were planted at the academy a while [...]
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Grrrrr….. All I wanted was some coffee. Just some boiling hot water so I could mix up a nescafe. Boiling water is ubiquitous in China. It’s the one thing you can always count on.
Not today. A few months ago the hotel distributed handy little electric kettles. I already shared my creative use of the kettle [...]
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