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Carepackage

My best friend sent us a care package!!!! Yeah! I love mail! Our mail goes to our boss and then he calls us and we come get it. His office is about 3/4 a mile from our apartment. I took both Princess and Little Guy in the stroller. Little Guy was so dejected when he saw the package. I loaded...

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carseat tourist on September 15, 2009 from Harbin, China

from the travel blog: Life in Harbin as an American English Teacher

The hardcocks are formed

where to start....hmm. This is my first time in China so I didn't know what to expect. The following will be a list of experiences, observations, general thoughts, ect. If any chinese read this, do not be offended its all in good fun. Chongqing air quality= terrrrible. The sky is always...

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cz74699 on September 13, 2009 from Chongqing, China

from the travel blog: Chongqing, China

Go Fly a Kite

Yesterday we took Princess and Little Guy to fly their kites. We had gotten free kites at Sun Island during May Holidays. It was a kite festival and they had lots of cool kites on display, but none for sale. Everybody got a free kite instead. The whole Sun Island thing was strange. We ended up...

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carseat tourist on September 13, 2009 from Harbin, China

from the travel blog: Life in Harbin as an American English Teacher

Days: 41 - 44 Yantgzi River

Tomamos un barco chino que estuvo muy bien para cruzar el Río Yangzi durante 3 días, de Yichang a Chongquing. Desde el momento en que llegamos todo el personal nos trató muy bien y fue muy agradable tener todas las comidas arregladas. También, nuestro cuarto estuvo muy bien con una cama suave y...

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patryandjose on September 12, 2009 from Yichang, China

from the travel blog: Resumen de dónde estamos y para dónde vamos? - Summary of where we are and where are we going to?

Sept 11

Princess was born on Sept 11. We have celebrated her birthday in China for 3 years. When I tell my my students they say, in shock, that's a bad day for a birthday. My neighbor (in China) just had a C-section to prevent her baby from having a bad birthday Sept. 3, all ghosts day. Actually the...

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carseat tourist on September 11, 2009 from Harbin, China

from the travel blog: Life in Harbin as an American English Teacher

bolt clipping and slack lining

not much to update apart from more climbing, and a rest day today after only 2 days of climbing, but finger tips have lost a lot of skin and muscles are hurting! we are planning to put a slack line up in the park, then go and get a chinese massage (im a bit scared of what it will be like!). the...

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Clairesj on September 11, 2009 from Yangshuo, China

from the travel blog: Clairesj's Travel Blog

Self Image

It has been interesting to watch Little Guy use his sign language. He now talks to himself in sign. He was walking around the apartment yesterday signing "Where? Where? Shoes where?". He is very close to Princess. They always are together. Yesterday he brought some nail polish to me. He wanted...

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carseat tourist on September 10, 2009 from Harbin, China

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Days: 37, 38 and 39 - Xi'an

Xi’an es grande, con mucho tráfico y muy bien iluminada de noche. Inclusive la muralla de la ciudad se ve muy bonita de noche. Fuimos al show de la Dinastía Tang, una presentación de alta clase con bailes, música y cantos. ¡Estuvo muy bien pero un poco cara! Disfrutamos mucho el barrio...

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patryandjose on September 8, 2009 from Xi'an, China

from the travel blog: Resumen de dónde estamos y para dónde vamos? - Summary of where we are and where are we going to?

tattoos and limestone karsts

im afraid that my Mount Kailash blog will have to come in a couple of weeks, because as usual i forgot to sort it out before i left, and i left my notebook with it in on BiRT! Lhasa was a lovely city, very relaxed and nicely touristy. more to come in the other blog. i got a tattoo while i was...

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Clairesj on September 6, 2009 from Yangshuo, China

from the travel blog: Clairesj's Travel Blog

My Third Week

Hello Everyone! As usual, I've been keeping myself very busy. This week I started teaching classes. I am only teaching six hours a week but, in October the freshman classes finish mandatory military training and they will add them into my schedule. I will be teaching a total of 18 hours a week...

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Charlotte's Web Adventure on September 6, 2009 from Zhengzhou, China

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