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OK, that last post was mostly a setup for this one. After a day of climbing we reached the top of a peak and discovered this guy: He was in the middle of some cross-country bike trip and decided that … Continue reading
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More Huangshan landscapes
Finally unpacking, I dug out my real camera and discovered that I did, in fact, carry it around for one day of the trip. So here’s a big dump of landscape photos I took while hiking around Huangshan (which is, … Continue reading
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Things they don’t really have here
– wifi (mostly) – wikipedia (mostly blocked but works in Beijing) – facebook (blocked) – twitter (blocked) – youtube (blocked) – carpet shampooers (this is more of a problem than you would imagine.) – toilet paper in public bathrooms – … Continue reading
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Silk factory, Beijing
Today’s tour included two obligatory shopping stops. The last is at a factory that manufactures silk quilts. I was afraid that there would be a long line of teenage girls unravelling the cocoons, so I heaved a huge sigh of … Continue reading
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Great Wall, Badaling
My favorite part of the great wall was watching people climb down the steep slope. Sort of like everyone was doing the Shimmy Shimmy Coco Bop and/or the Smooth Criminal. It’s too hazy for these photos to look like much.
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Captive market
I’m on a tour bus en route to the great wall, fighting a virus and feeling listless. The bus just made an unexpected stop at a ‘jade factory’ which is a giant featureless building designed to extract cash from tour … Continue reading
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