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Failed attempt to hire deaf ayi

We have an ayi, but have seen this group of recyclers with a deaf woman. Last semester we gave them all of our recycling and they came up to the apartment to get them. The deaf woman was so sweet. After they came up, Chris thought maybe we should try to hire the woman after we got little guy to...

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carseat tourist on August 27, 2009 from Harbin, China

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

Saved by IKEA

Following the train adventure, we decided we were adventured out. Instead of exploring Guangzhou we decided to venture only to the closest things to our former American life that we could find. That would be Subway sandwiches, KFC, and IKEA. Our business in Guangzhou was to obtain the visa for...

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carseat tourist on August 25, 2009 from Guangzhou, China

from the travel blog: carseat tourist's Travel Blog

almost an American

Exactly one month since we met Little Guy, we have made it to Guangzhou to finalize the adoption. And when I say we made it to Guangzhou, that would be because we barely made it here. Some people say adoption is a journey, etc. I would say this journey is Rough!!!! I'll back up and recap the...

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carseat tourist on August 24, 2009 from Guangzhou, China

from the travel blog: carseat tourist's Travel Blog

Dali Butterfly Spring

Travel some 27 kilometers south of Dali and you will come to a popular beauty spot known locally as the 'Butterfly Spring'. Situated at the foot of Mount Shenmo, the first of the peaks of Mount Cangshan the Spring rises to form a square shaped pool that is shaded by the dense foliage that...

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helenlee on August 24, 2009 from Dali, China

from the travel blog: Helen

Trip to the Song Temple

This morning Dr. Xu, and my new friends William from Florida and Scott from Hawaii, and I took the #11 bus to downtown Gongyi. The bus was so full of people, I stood perplexed wondering how I was going to get out when we reached our stop. On a sad note, I made two small children cry when I...

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Charlotte's Web Adventure on August 23, 2009 from Gongyi, China

from the travel blog: Charlotte's Web Adventure's Travel Blog

the 4th ascent of the worlds biggest rock arch!!

As soon as BiRT was free, we drove to Kashgar- that was 8pm so we arrived at 2.45am. everyone sung along to cheesy music sitting on the bouldering mats at the back of BiRT as it got dark. We had a brief stop at Lake Karakul which was near Mustagh Ata (7000m peak that is quite accessible). Again...

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Clairesj on August 22, 2009 from Tashkurgan, China

from the travel blog: Clairesj's Travel Blog

My Afternoon in GongYi

On Tuesday, I finally got hot water in the bathroom. This wasn't such a big deal because It's been so hot and humid, I've actually been enjoying the cold showers. But, by Wednesday morning it had cooled down a bit and my first hot shower felt really good. As for me, I have been doing a lot of...

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Charlotte's Web Adventure on August 20, 2009 from Gongyi, China

from the travel blog: Charlotte's Web Adventure's Travel Blog

Just pictures

This afternoon, I took a short walk around campus. Here are a few photos. I will take them in town next time I go shopping.

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Charlotte's Web Adventure on August 20, 2009 from Gongyi, China

from the travel blog: Charlotte's Web Adventure's Travel Blog

The Big Trip

Please visit www.alaskankangaroo.com for more details of our trip! :)

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bethverde on August 18, 2009 from Chongqing, China

from the travel blog: bethverde's Travel Blog

Orphan Whisper

Orphan Whisperer These 3 weeks apart have been awful. Never since the beginning of my time in China have I wanted to jump ship so badly. Huai Rou is the burbs of Beijing. I don’t even like the suburbs of America, so this has been just the pits. Like USA, Huai Rou has swept away all the beggars...

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carseat tourist on August 18, 2009 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: carseat tourist's Travel Blog

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