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When not to discuss WWII?

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

I amuse easily

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...

permalink written by  prrrrl on September 25, 2013 from Shenyang, China
from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013

I amuse easily

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...

permalink written by  prrrrl on September 25, 2013 from Shenyang, China
from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013

Not From Your Chopsticks, I Won't!

Free taro! The hostel sells bottled water for 5 quai. The convenience stall just steps away sells the same for 3 quai. I'm accustomed to speaking Chinese when shopping so even though the people ther know sufficient English to sell to us White Ghost, they'll speak Chinese with me. The old...

permalink written by  prrrrl on September 25, 2013 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013

Priceless scene!

The child had run into traffic of the foot kind in the very crowded morning market. Vegetables, fruits, dentistry, clothing, fabrics, cookware, goldfish, salted fish, dried fish, fresh fish, breakfast, socks, gloves, hair pins, shoes and much more being hawked in the narrow alley. The mother...

permalink written by  prrrrl on September 25, 2013 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013

I'll take the one at the back, please.

I was once surrounded by a dozen water vendors. The ones that pressed in close were animated and loud, waving the bottles in our faces. The ones at the back were quiet. I chose a vender at the back. Succumbing to the pushy tactics breeds more pushiness. It's like rewarding a puppy when they...

permalink written by  prrrrl on September 25, 2013 from Beijing, China
from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013

Yangshuo Beer Fish

So we have been traveling from Beijing, Xi'an and Guilin, next stop is Shanghai. And now I am in Yangshuo, hunting for something spicy and yummy. It is a bit of troublesome coz all you can see is shop owners waving hello and yelling for you to come sit at their table. How can one tell is it...

permalink written by  PeggieLV on July 24, 2013 from Yangshuo, China
from the travel blog: Yangshuo Yummy Hunt

love fashion

love Guangzhou !!!!!!!!!!

permalink written by  bridalvince on February 4, 2013 from Guangzhou, China
from the travel blog: BridalVince

way to shanghai

Today, I took a visit to People’s sq., within the heart of town on the side of the watercourse. there's a park there and a few museums. Skyscrapers surround the sq.. I’ve been affected with plenty of the fashionable architecture—there ar some terribly distinctive skyscrapers in Shanghai. I’ve...

permalink written by  lzbshanghai on January 5, 2013 from Shanghai, China
from the travel blog: shanghai on the road

way to shanghai

Today, I took a visit to People’s sq., within the heart of town on the side of the watercourse. there's a park there and a few museums. Skyscrapers surround the sq.. I’ve been affected with plenty of the fashionable architecture—there ar some terribly distinctive skyscrapers in Shanghai. I’ve...

permalink written by  lzbshanghai on January 5, 2013 from Shanghai, China
from the travel blog: shanghai on the road

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