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January 10, 2003

Island Of Mindoro

After the cold nights in China, we were looking for warmth so we flew from Hong Kong to Manila in the Philippines for a couple nights and then took...

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Posted by laughingnomad on January 10, 2003 05:47 AM
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January 08, 2003

Zhangziajie

Bob and I said goodbye to Jana who would leave later in the day on a train to Shanghai and then home from Hong Kong. The next day we...

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Posted by laughingnomad on January 8, 2003 07:30 AM
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Yichang & Yangtse Dam

As we were checking into our hotel, Joe Peng, 30-something young entrepreneur that was with us on our trip up the little gorges showed up with four of his...

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Posted by laughingnomad on January 8, 2003 07:25 AM
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January 07, 2003

Off The Boat...Where?

Back on the boat from the little gorges tour, a woman appears at our cabin door...in her little English she says I have a hotel for you...a bus will...

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Posted by laughingnomad on January 7, 2003 07:21 AM
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January 06, 2003

Down The Yangtze

Side Trips on The Way At 6:05am a tour guide knocked at the door...follow me, follow me now, he says! We saw the ghosts...a series of temples in the...

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Posted by laughingnomad on January 6, 2003 07:18 AM
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January 05, 2003

You Can Always Fool a Foreigner

Down the Yangze River From itís origins in Tibet through Tiger Leaping Gorge to Chonqing every Chinese calls China's longest river Chang Jiang and at 6300km is the third...

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Posted by laughingnomad on January 5, 2003 07:13 AM
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Email From Paul

Before we left Chongquing Jana and I got an email from Paul, one of the Ruili kids. Jana and I were both very touched that these kids considered spending...

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Posted by laughingnomad on January 5, 2003 07:06 AM
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January 03, 2003

Chongqing

This is San Francisco...so hilly there are no bicycles, colored lights...lively with people walking through the pedestrian malls that fan out from Liberation Monument at the center...originally built to...

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Posted by laughingnomad on January 3, 2003 12:00 AM
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January 01, 2003

Panda Research Base

An early morning one-hour ride on Sam's Guesthouse bus took us south of Chengdu to the Panda Research Base where China is trying to keep the Giant Pandas from...

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Posted by laughingnomad on January 1, 2003 11:24 PM
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