I had something happen to me twice this week that I haven’t had happen to me before. In this area there haven’t been too many street vendors on the main roads since the Olympics, something about beautifying the city and whatnot. They’ve been popping up more and more lately, although they aren’t as commonly seen [...]
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In Chinese, the Great Wall of China is chang cheng (长城), which means “long wall.” It is indeed long and built along the highest ridges of the hills, and we visited the Mutianyu section on Saturday.
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Jenny and Amanda arrived on Friday afternoon and we’ve been busy seeing most everything Beijing has to offer a curious tourist. I kept them up as late as I could on Friday night and they’re handling the jetlag okay. I showed them youku.com and Google music on their second night, and they kept themselves awake [...]
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Easter is over, but we’re already looking forward to next spring! We really could use some more plastic Easter eggs for next Easter. If you see any, would you consider buying them and donating them to us? Let me know and I’ll give you the drop-off places or mailing addresses in the States. My Mom [...]
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I really enjoyed seeing the Gobi desert in Inner Mongolia back in 2008. Inner Mongolia is a province of China, not a part of the country of Mongolia, and it’s home to grasslands and lots of sand. I had no idea that those kind of sand dunes existed outside northern Africa or the Middle East, [...]
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