You Want £400 a Month For That!

Flat shopping in London wears out your shoes and wears down your resistance to dirt Jingmei’s view of flat shopping Tough life in Oxford dorms Its 11am on a Saturday and I’ve just woken up a house full of serious party people. I didn’t plan on disturbing such fun kids,…

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The West is the Best

Its so nice to be censorship free again! No duck bicycles in the UK I’ve been in London about 15 hours so far, and it might be my lack of sleep, intense jet lag, or one too many pints last night, but for some odd reason, this city is filled…

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A Private Moment With Jingmei

A few pretty pictures and plenty of fun comments This week, Jingmei and I are enjoying Shanghai, and if you don’t mind, its a private affair. Enjoy these China photos, and I’ll see ya next week. Beijing Shut-up Dave! A happy Jingmei Xi’an Mom tackles Xi’an’s city walls Yes, hot…

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The Real Value of Yangshu

A kayak beats a tour boat any day Odd, no bicycle in between At least the runway is paved Nice view from his desk Don’t rock the boat! Into a woman-driven taxi (an odd sight for me) we jumped, showing our tickets and making fast revving engine noises in a…

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Looking Up While Floating Down the Yangzi

In eight years its gonna be a scuba tour of the Three Gorges Getting a tow upstream Beautiful, eh? Ma and I are now in Wuhan, the terminus of our Three Gorges boat ride from Chongqing, and in need of a neck massage. No, the neck aches are not from…

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