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March 16, 2004Surprise EndingI'd been toying with the idea since Pingyao. It was after watching the sunrise from Huangshan, however, that I knew I was ready for it. So on Monday evening, I showed up on my doorstep in Chicago four days ahead...Read this update March 14, 2004Yu Gardens Bazaar"This stuff's got a 1000% mark-up," whispered a Canadian expat as the shopkeeper moaned that she was losing money on the item that she was nevertheless packaging for him. Apparently, he was a frequent patron of the Yu Gardens Bazaar,...Read this update March 13, 2004Gardens of Suzhou"In heaven," goes an old Chinese saying, "there is paradise. On earth, Suzhou and Hangzhou." I've now been to both, having spent the day in Suzhou, which is about an hour's train ride northwest of Shanghai. Personally, I think I...Read this update March 12, 2004ShanghaiBustling cosmopolitan metropolis though it is, Shanghai doesn't seem to have that much to offer the solo backpacker. Its tourist attractions are relatively few. What makes it stand out from China are precisely the things of least interest to me...Read this update March 11, 2004Teaching English on the Grand CanalSo I ended up teaching English in China after all. It wasn't quite how I had originally envisioned it, though. Instead of teaching structured lessons to a classroom of university students, I taught an old man how to say a...Read this update March 09, 2004HuangshanAfter climbing up and down approximately a billion stone steps, I've just come down from Huangshan. I think the Canadian girl that I met in Xi'an summed up the mountain more concisely than I could: "Go!" This is absolutely one...Read this update March 07, 2004Chinese Coaching en route to HuangshanI spent about 12 hours on Chinese buses today. I'll take them over Greyhound any day....Read this update March 06, 2004The End of the Three GorgesThe bad news about the Three Gorges is that they seem to be mostly submerged already. The good news is that they still make for a great boat ride. The two days I spent on the boat between Chongqing and...Read this update March 03, 2004Oops! I Went to Chongqing!It wasn't an accident, just a sudden recalculation of priorities. And based on everything I knew at the time, it should have worked out just fine.Read this update March 02, 2004Kicking Back in ChengduI haven't really seen many "sights" in Chengdu, but I've been spent a great day and a half relaxing here and hanging out with some fellow travelers.Read this update March 01, 2004Warriors & MuslimsRemember how I said that the Great Wall was one of the few famous attractions that had lived up to its reputation? Well, the terra-cotta warriors do not. On my last day in Xi'an, I went to see them and...Read this update |
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