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Trips:

Beijing, 2010 or Liaoning, 2013. They are appear to be mixed up!
Liaoning, 2013
Yunnan, China
Beijing 2012 II
Beijing 2015
Philippines!
Beijing I, 2012
Beijing 2011
China 2009

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My new job?

Beijing, China

It's the national holiday so all offices are closed. Fortunately for me shops are open. I'm at one warehouse and only the owners are here. The phone rings and it's their customer in London. Poor Wu is confused - he does not speak English. He hands the phone to me. I act as translator conveying Brit's question, then Wu's answer; brit's complaint, then Wu's solution. What's my hourly rate??? (Brit said, "You sound American.")

permalink written by  prrrrl on October 1, 2013 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013
tagged Translator
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Wow! Talk about living up to its name!

Beijing, China

The first time I passed that corner I thought, 'Open sewer?' The second time I thought, 'Industrial spill?' The third time I paid attention to the recorded sales pitch blasted endlessly to passers-by: "Chou Dofu!"

Stinky tofu!

I'll pass!

permalink written by  prrrrl on September 28, 2013 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013
tagged Stinky, Smell and Tofu
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Chaoyang bound?

Xingcheng, China

We were at the Xingcheng train station ticket window having just bought our soft seats for Chaoyang [only $10!] when the Drama began. I attempted to make a follow on request for two tickets to Beijing from Chaoyang. Having been told by a nation-wide reservation service that no hotels in Chaoyang were cleared for accepting foreigners, we intended to choo choo in & out on the same day. But all soft seats were sold out! My western sensibilities would not tolerate a hard seat for 13+ hours. Now what? Back to the hotel where Internet access will help us scheme. There we contrives plan B. back to the train station to impliment it. Stand in line again. Get to the same ticket agent again. Show her plan B. No go. Rinse and repeat. After our third round trip still no ticket! On the knowledge that there are buses and the nation-wide reservation service could be wrong, we choo choo to Chaoyang the next morning, no firm, guaranteed plan in hand. Seat of my pants travel!!!




permalink written by  prrrrl on September 27, 2013 from Xingcheng, China
from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013
tagged PlanB, Chaoyang and SeatOfMyPants
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My Fault!

Shenyang, China

It would have been my fault. I would have rear-ended the car in front of me. The thing is, I wasn't driving. I was walking. The traffic was so bad the cars had taken over the bike lane. The "parking lot" was the side walk. So where do I stroll? I'm walking in the bike lane, distracted. I look up just in time to not walk into the car in front of me. Ssssllllooowwww traffic!



permalink written by  prrrrl on September 26, 2013 from Shenyang, China
from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013
tagged Traffic, Walking, BikeLane and RearEnded
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Hiqh Quality

Xingcheng, China

"Please be careful to wet up and down steep slopes," read the sign. Chinglish at it very best!

[Sign posted at the entry ramp to the ancient city wall of Xingcheng, one of only four remaining Ming Dynasty walled cities.]

permalink written by  prrrrl on September 26, 2013 from Xingcheng, China
from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013
tagged Chinglish, Wall and Wet
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Spider Wall

Xingcheng, China

I was so excited to see large argiope spiders in three consecutive battlements of the Ming Dynasty wall! I took many close up pictures! Then I kept walking... and counting... and there were about 20 consecutive battlements with argiope spiders. Must be favorable winds facing south. Spider Row!

permalink written by  prrrrl on September 26, 2013 from Xingcheng, China
from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013
tagged Spider, Argiope and Battlements
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In no particular order... Today's events

Beijing, China

Why do we take pictures? To remember an event? To document atrocities? To sustain awe of beauty? Why did the fluent English-speaking Chinese gentleman clandestinely take mine after helping me decipher which subway stop would bring me close to the wholesale tea market? Surely with his language skills he had talked to foreigners before. If only he had silenced his smart phone I would have never known.

permalink written by  prrrrl on September 25, 2013 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013
tagged Tea, Pictures, Photo, English, Documentation and Clandestine
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When not to discuss WWII?

Beijing, China

I had a nice discussion with my two hostel roommates on various China travel destinations. They brought up Japanese atrocities against the Chinese. I brought up how the US ended WWII. Oops! They're German.

permalink written by  prrrrl on September 25, 2013 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013
tagged War, Roommates, WWII, Germans and Atrocities
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I amuse easily

Shenyang, China

Cities in China can be very crowded. Qing palaces on holidays can be crazy crowded. How to not get separated from your travel buddy? "Marco!" And I wait for the, "Polo!" How appropriate to play that in China! And I find that highly amusing.

(The Mukden Palace is a smaller but beautiful complex of buildings with not only dragons for decoration but wonderful cranes, too.)

permalink written by  prrrrl on September 25, 2013 from Shenyang, China
from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013
tagged Marco, Mukden and Amused
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I amuse easily

Shenyang, China

Cities in China can be very crowded. Qing palaces on holidays can be crazy crowded. How to not get separated from your travel buddy? "Marco!" And I wait for the, "Polo!" How appropriate to play that in China! And I find that highly amusing.

(The Mukden Palace is a smaller but beautiful complex of buildings with not only dragons for decoration but wonderful cranes, too.)

permalink written by  prrrrl on September 25, 2013 from Shenyang, China
from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013
tagged Marco, Mukden and Amused
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