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This editing interface (blogger.com) works intermittently, but does work most of the time. However, my page at blogspot.com is simply not available to me.</p><p>If you are one of the nice folks whom have posted a note, I cannot reply (I only know about them because of the moderation interface) except in this very public way (or via Email). Thanks for your notes, and here are some public replies.</p><h2 id=lost-day-in-china>Lost Day in China<a hidden class=anchor aria-hidden=true href=#lost-day-in-china>#</a></h2><p>TD, When I say I went the wrong direction, it is that &mdash; not as far as I walked this day &mdash; in a different direction is the Zhong Guan Cun Shopping District. KFC and Cold Stone Creamery would have agreed with me on the Lost Day, but instead I went the other way, and found nothing very interesting.</p><h2 id=short-update-in-china>Short Update in China<a hidden class=anchor aria-hidden=true href=#short-update-in-china>#</a></h2><p>TD, The tea was probably oolong, but I haven&rsquo;t had it again to ask someone to confirm. Considering how simple tea is, it can really have a lot of flavors.</p><p>I thought I would mention though that Japanese restaurants are not actually so rare. I&rsquo;ve seen two (which also means I was able to recognize them as Japanese). This is a fairly large metropolitan area, and even though I can&rsquo;t read much (about 10 to 15 percent of public signs and product labels have English translations &ndash; only about 5% of business signs). That&rsquo;s not to say that all of the locals &ldquo;like it&rdquo;, there is no shortage of Mazdas on the roads either.</p><h2 id=big-night-in-china>Big Night in China<a hidden class=anchor aria-hidden=true href=#big-night-in-china>#</a></h2><p>TD, No, I&rsquo;ve seen no traffic accidents. &ldquo;The Other American&rdquo; did - but only the aftermath. A mangled bicycle, a dented taxi and broken glass.</p><p>TD & DH: After about a week you realize that along with the insanity of breaking all the rules, everybody in cars move with a determined sense of caution, which often makes traffic ooze instead of move. The merge thing is part of that ooze. Those whom are a little less cautious will simply get around those who are a little more cautious.</p><p>Crossing streets - especially large streets - the dynamic changes with crowds. The crossing is simply done in the form of safety by numbers. Where the lead - least cautious - walkers take the risk and lead the way for the rest of the group. Crossing a street alone is pretty much what I described though.</p><p>DH: I think HongKong tracks more closely to Brittan - as they were the law of the land until fairly recently. Audio crossing is definitely a downtown London sound.</p><p>UD: Hey, everyone&mldr; It&rsquo;s my Uncle! &mldr; I&rsquo;m still working out how to get some photos in the blog, there are lots of sites that can help don&rsquo;t exactly agree with me from here (either intermittent or non-existent).</p></div><footer class=post-footer><ul class=post-tags><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/tags/blog/>blog</a></li><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/tags/in-china/>in-china</a></li><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/tags/history/>history</a></li><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/tags/work/>work</a></li></ul><div class=share-buttons><a target=_blank rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share A Note To My Readers...(from China) on twitter" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?text=A%20Note%20To%20My%20Readers...%28from%20China%29&url=https%3a%2f%2fblog.vollink.nyc%2fin-china%2f2007%2f10%2fa-note-to-my-readers...from-china%2f&hashtags=blog%2cin-china%2chistory%2cwork"><svg viewBox="0 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This editing interface (blogger.com) works intermittently, but does work most of the time. However, my page at blogspot.com is simply not available to me.</p><p>If you are one of the nice folks whom have posted a note, I cannot reply (I only know about them because of the moderation interface) except in this very public way (or via Email). Thanks for your notes, and here are some public replies.</p><h2 id=lost-day-in-china>Lost Day in China<a hidden class=anchor aria-hidden=true href=#lost-day-in-china>#</a></h2><p>TD, When I say I went the wrong direction, it is that &mdash; not as far as I walked this day &mdash; in a different direction is the Zhong Guan Cun Shopping District. KFC and Cold Stone Creamery would have agreed with me on the Lost Day, but instead I went the other way, and found nothing very interesting.</p><h2 id=short-update-in-china>Short Update in China<a hidden class=anchor aria-hidden=true href=#short-update-in-china>#</a></h2><p>TD, The tea was probably oolong, but I haven&rsquo;t had it again to ask someone to confirm. Considering how simple tea is, it can really have a lot of flavors.</p><p>I thought I would mention though that Japanese restaurants are not actually so rare. I&rsquo;ve seen two (which also means I was able to recognize them as Japanese). This is a fairly large metropolitan area, and even though I can&rsquo;t read much (about 10 to 15 percent of public signs and product labels have English translations &ndash; only about 5% of business signs). That&rsquo;s not to say that all of the locals &ldquo;like it&rdquo;, there is no shortage of Mazdas on the roads either.</p><h2 id=big-night-in-china>Big Night in China<a hidden class=anchor aria-hidden=true href=#big-night-in-china>#</a></h2><p>TD, No, I&rsquo;ve seen no traffic accidents. &ldquo;The Other American&rdquo; did - but only the aftermath. A mangled bicycle, a dented taxi and broken glass.</p><p>TD & DH: After about a week you realize that along with the insanity of breaking all the rules, everybody in cars move with a determined sense of caution, which often makes traffic ooze instead of move. The merge thing is part of that ooze. Those whom are a little less cautious will simply get around those who are a little more cautious.</p><p>Crossing streets - especially large streets - the dynamic changes with crowds. The crossing is simply done in the form of safety by numbers. Where the lead - least cautious - walkers take the risk and lead the way for the rest of the group. Crossing a street alone is pretty much what I described though.</p><p>DH: I think HongKong tracks more closely to Brittan - as they were the law of the land until fairly recently. Audio crossing is definitely a downtown London sound.</p><p>UD: Hey, everyone&mldr; It&rsquo;s my Uncle! &mldr; I&rsquo;m still working out how to get some photos in the blog, there are lots of sites that can help don&rsquo;t exactly agree with me from here (either intermittent or non-existent).</p></div><footer class=post-footer><ul class=post-tags><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.com/tags/blog/>blog</a></li><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.com/tags/in-china/>in-china</a></li><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.com/tags/history/>history</a></li><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.com/tags/work/>work</a></li></ul><div class=share-buttons><a target=_blank rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share A Note To My Readers...(from China) on twitter" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?text=A%20Note%20To%20My%20Readers...%28from%20China%29&url=https%3a%2f%2fblog.vollink.com%2fin-china%2f2007%2f10%2fa-note-to-my-readers...from-china%2f&hashtags=blog%2cin-china%2chistory%2cwork"><svg viewBox="0 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was mostly a pile of bones on the plate. Otherwise there were two
potato dishes, and a green vegetable (hard to say what it was - but
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to rye to Wonder white. Potato Bread, cottage, Italian sesame loaf,
split top country, English muffins, bagels; hard or soft, biscuits;
dropped or cut. Even the low carb options that are not really
......@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ I&rsquo;m betting that the locals can pay even less for it, but I&rsquo;m not
about to attempt to bargain at my skill level not for something
so inexpensive. I&rsquo;ve had great Thai, Japanese and Korean BBQ here.
I had some &ldquo;O.K.&rdquo; Chinese food, but as they say&mldr; nothing
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Papaya is very strong, but I liked the ginger bit.\nHairy crab. Well, that’s what the menu said, but SG was immediately convinced that it wasn’t really hairy crab at all. She went through it looking for something to eat and really couldn’t find anything. Myself, I ate a few tiny skinny legs worth of meat, but couldn’t find anything substantial either.\nAt this point, OA and LD were both thinking that I’m just crazy for listening to these Asian folks at all. Dessert came and there were custard pies (which LD really liked) and durian puffs. Whether or not anybody would eat it became a joke. CLG took a video of me trying while quietly laughing. .. At the table they suggested that another name for it was Jack Fruit, but it turns out (thanks Google) that it’s definitely durian. It wouldn’t take long to get used to, but I really wasn’t in the mood with a camera in my face.\nReally - nobody really liked any of the food (which wasn’t cheap by local standards). It was approx $30 each. The service was good, and the presentation was great, but as SG said, “It’s not Szechuan”.\nCleaning the Palette Afterwards OA went back to the hotel, and the remaining four of us went to a bar for a few drinks. It took a while to find a bar that wasn’t a restaurant or a “club”. Finally we did, and I had a Heineken or two. We got back here just before 10PM.\n","wordCount":"556","inLanguage":"en","datePublished":"2007-10-20T14:00:00+08:00","dateModified":"2007-10-20T14:00:00+08:00","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gary Allen Vollink"},"mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/friday-night-out/"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"On My Mind...","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://blog.vollink.nyc/favicon.ico"}}}</script></head><body id=top><script>localStorage.getItem("pref-theme")==="dark"?document.body.classList.add("dark"):localStorage.getItem("pref-theme")==="light"?document.body.classList.remove("dark"):window.matchMedia("(prefers-color-scheme: dark)").matches&&document.body.classList.add("dark")</script><header class=header><nav class=nav><div class=logo><a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/ accesskey=h title="Home (Alt + H)"><img src=https://blog.vollink.nyc/AllenWrench.gif alt=logo aria-label=logo height=35>Home</a>
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Adventures with Hairy Crab A group of people who are working in the office, none of whom are from China, decided we&rsquo;d do dinner as a group. Singapore girl (whom was part of Thursday&rsquo;s dinner) heard that Hairy Crab was in season and that this particular restaurant had it. A quick search on the internet wasn&rsquo;t very promising, but I promised myself I&rsquo;d keep an open mind. So, off we went in two cabs (there&rsquo;s a four person limit per cab, and we were a party of 5)."><meta name=author content="Gary Allen Vollink"><link rel=canonical href=https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/friday-night-out/><link crossorigin=anonymous href=/assets/css/stylesheet.min.043dbe50dd3b5aeece8e1fd6b52fdb9ce2bb5c714d321cc709b5e740e61345eb.css integrity="sha256-BD2+UN07Wu7Ojh/WtS/bnOK7XHFNMhzHCbXnQOYTRes=" rel="preload stylesheet" as=style><script defer crossorigin=anonymous src=/assets/js/highlight.min.67ab6ccbad53232b614f9dbcbe19c8759e16f8552b23f5068b953ee70a6dd94f.js integrity="sha256-Z6tsy61TIythT528vhnIdZ4W+FUrI/UGi5U+5wpt2U8="></script>
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from China, decided we&rsquo;d do dinner as a group. Singapore girl
(whom was part of Thursday&rsquo;s dinner) heard that Hairy Crab was in
season and that this particular restaurant had it. A quick
......@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ local standards). It was approx $30 each. The service was good,
and the presentation was great, but as SG said, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not Szechuan&rdquo;.</p><h2 id=cleaning-the-palette>Cleaning the Palette<a hidden class=anchor aria-hidden=true href=#cleaning-the-palette>#</a></h2><p>Afterwards OA went back to the hotel, and the remaining four of us
went to a bar for a few drinks. It took a while to find a bar that
wasn&rsquo;t a restaurant or a &ldquo;club&rdquo;. Finally we did, and I had a
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Don&rsquo;t get me wrong, it wasn&rsquo;t an unpleasant flight - as flights go. It just wasn&rsquo;t fun. 13 hours chasing the sun the whole way, and really not being able to catch any sleep. 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Both of them were flying with people who had been given upgrades to business class. Jennifer was very friendly, and told me about her children and about her friend, who is an Ex-Pat on year two of her assignment. Gretchen was less sharing, but works for “the University” as some sort of Foreign Programs coordinator.\nI have an iPod, and had loaded several movies on it, so I watched some, but kept having to pause it for interruptions anyway. One of the interruptions occurred when the in-flight movie suddenly shut-off, and both Jennifer and Gretchen commented on how obnoxious it was.\nFirst Meal - another iPod movie on pause. “Our selections for this meal are Steak or Curry Chicken,” on the PA. 20 minutes later (remember, row 60)… only Curry Chicken left. It sort of worked out. There was so much curry smell in the air, the steak would have tasted like curry. It wasn’t bad for airline food, but it wasn’t “good” either.\nOctober 13 Flying Over North East Asia\nOn two of my leg stretching walks around the cabin - I took some pictures out one of the massive exit door windows. One of those - maybe two and a half hours out of landing, I got a picture of what looked like a forest fire, except on what basically looked like dark brown desert.\nI give up on movies after two and a half, and finally decide maybe I’ll try to sleep for real. 10 minutes later, snack time is announced. Chinese noodle bowl (pretty much Ramen Noodles with a few “actual” vegetables). After snack, I tried to snooze a little, and then more in flight movie problems made everyone restless.\nI slept for about 15 minutes. Pure exhaustion.\nMeal two (also lunch). Choices this time was a Turkey and Cheese on a Pretzel roll, or some sort of Chicken and Noodle thing. I got my choice, and … the Turkey and Pretzel roll were fine, but the Cheese was really greasy making the whole meal hard to stomach.\nI slept another 5 minutes - I think - then the descent starts.\n","wordCount":"468","inLanguage":"en","datePublished":"2007-10-14T04:00:00+08:00","dateModified":"2007-10-14T04:00:00+08:00","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gary Allen Vollink"},"mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/getting-there-is-not-half-the-fun/"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"On My Mind...","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://blog.vollink.nyc/favicon.ico"}}}</script></head><body id=top><script>localStorage.getItem("pref-theme")==="dark"?document.body.classList.add("dark"):localStorage.getItem("pref-theme")==="light"?document.body.classList.remove("dark"):window.matchMedia("(prefers-color-scheme: dark)").matches&&document.body.classList.add("dark")</script><header class=header><nav class=nav><div class=logo><a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/ accesskey=h title="Home (Alt + H)"><img src=https://blog.vollink.nyc/AllenWrench.gif alt=logo aria-label=logo height=35>Home</a>
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It just wasn&rsquo;t fun. 13 hours chasing the sun the whole way, and really not being able to catch any sleep. I was in a middle seat of a 747 - row 60 (only two rows from the absolute back), and even with my noise canceling headphones in, there was just too much light, and too much going on. Drink service every 90 to 120 minutes or so.</p><p>I was between two very nice women, Jennifer and Gretchen. Both of them were flying with people who had been given upgrades to business class. Jennifer was very friendly, and told me about her children and about her friend, who is an Ex-Pat on year two of her assignment. Gretchen was less sharing, but works for &ldquo;the University&rdquo; as some sort of Foreign Programs coordinator.</p><p>I have an iPod, and had loaded several movies on it, so I watched some, but kept having to pause it for interruptions anyway. One of the interruptions occurred when the in-flight movie suddenly shut-off, and both Jennifer and Gretchen commented on how obnoxious it was.</p><p>First Meal - another iPod movie on pause. &ldquo;Our selections for this meal are Steak or Curry Chicken,&rdquo; on the PA. 20 minutes later (remember, row 60)&mldr; only Curry Chicken left. It sort of worked out. There was so much curry smell in the air, the steak would have tasted like curry. It wasn&rsquo;t bad for airline food, but it wasn&rsquo;t &ldquo;good&rdquo; either.</p><h2 id=october-13>October 13<a hidden class=anchor aria-hidden=true href=#october-13>#</a></h2><p>Flying Over North East Asia</p><p>On two of my leg stretching walks around the cabin - I took some pictures out one of the massive exit door windows. One of those - maybe two and a half hours out of landing, I got a picture of what looked like a forest fire, except on what basically looked like dark brown desert.</p><p>I give up on movies after two and a half, and finally decide maybe I&rsquo;ll try to sleep for real. 10 minutes later, snack time is announced. Chinese noodle bowl (pretty much Ramen Noodles with a few &ldquo;actual&rdquo; vegetables). After snack, I tried to snooze a little, and then more in flight movie problems made everyone restless.</p><p>I slept for about 15 minutes. Pure exhaustion.</p><p>Meal two (also lunch). Choices this time was a Turkey and Cheese on a Pretzel roll, or some sort of Chicken and Noodle thing. I got my choice, and &mldr; the Turkey and Pretzel roll were fine, but the Cheese was really greasy making the whole meal hard to stomach.</p><p>I slept another 5 minutes - I think - then the descent starts.</p></div><footer class=post-footer><ul class=post-tags><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/tags/blog/>blog</a></li><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/tags/in-china/>in-china</a></li><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/tags/history/>history</a></li><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/tags/work/>work</a></li></ul><div class=share-buttons><a target=_blank rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share Getting there is NOT half the fun on twitter" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?text=Getting%20there%20is%20NOT%20half%20the%20fun&url=https%3a%2f%2fblog.vollink.nyc%2fin-china%2f2007%2f10%2fgetting-there-is-not-half-the-fun%2f&hashtags=blog%2cin-china%2chistory%2cwork"><svg viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M449.446.0C483.971.0 512 28.03 512 62.554v386.892C512 483.97 483.97 512 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Don&rsquo;t get me wrong, it wasn&rsquo;t an unpleasant flight - as flights go. It just wasn&rsquo;t fun. 13 hours chasing the sun the whole way, and really not being able to catch any sleep. I was in a middle seat of a 747 - row 60 (only two rows from the absolute back), and even with my noise canceling headphones in, there was just too much light, and too much going on."><script type=application/ld+json>{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"In China","item":"https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Getting there is NOT half the fun","item":"https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/getting-there-is-not-half-the-fun/"}]}</script><script type=application/ld+json>{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BlogPosting","headline":"Getting there is NOT half the fun","name":"Getting there is NOT half the fun","description":"October 12 Minneapolis, MN, USA\nSo, I\u0026rsquo;m in China for the next few months, and getting there is not half the fun.\nDon\u0026rsquo;t get me wrong, it wasn\u0026rsquo;t an unpleasant flight - as flights go. 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Both of them were flying with people who had been given upgrades to business class. Jennifer was very friendly, and told me about her children and about her friend, who is an Ex-Pat on year two of her assignment. Gretchen was less sharing, but works for “the University” as some sort of Foreign Programs coordinator.\nI have an iPod, and had loaded several movies on it, so I watched some, but kept having to pause it for interruptions anyway. One of the interruptions occurred when the in-flight movie suddenly shut-off, and both Jennifer and Gretchen commented on how obnoxious it was.\nFirst Meal - another iPod movie on pause. “Our selections for this meal are Steak or Curry Chicken,” on the PA. 20 minutes later (remember, row 60)… only Curry Chicken left. It sort of worked out. There was so much curry smell in the air, the steak would have tasted like curry. 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It just wasn&rsquo;t fun. 13 hours chasing the sun the whole way, and really not being able to catch any sleep. I was in a middle seat of a 747 - row 60 (only two rows from the absolute back), and even with my noise canceling headphones in, there was just too much light, and too much going on. Drink service every 90 to 120 minutes or so.</p><p>I was between two very nice women, Jennifer and Gretchen. Both of them were flying with people who had been given upgrades to business class. Jennifer was very friendly, and told me about her children and about her friend, who is an Ex-Pat on year two of her assignment. Gretchen was less sharing, but works for &ldquo;the University&rdquo; as some sort of Foreign Programs coordinator.</p><p>I have an iPod, and had loaded several movies on it, so I watched some, but kept having to pause it for interruptions anyway. One of the interruptions occurred when the in-flight movie suddenly shut-off, and both Jennifer and Gretchen commented on how obnoxious it was.</p><p>First Meal - another iPod movie on pause. &ldquo;Our selections for this meal are Steak or Curry Chicken,&rdquo; on the PA. 20 minutes later (remember, row 60)&mldr; only Curry Chicken left. It sort of worked out. There was so much curry smell in the air, the steak would have tasted like curry. It wasn&rsquo;t bad for airline food, but it wasn&rsquo;t &ldquo;good&rdquo; either.</p><h2 id=october-13>October 13<a hidden class=anchor aria-hidden=true href=#october-13>#</a></h2><p>Flying Over North East Asia</p><p>On two of my leg stretching walks around the cabin - I took some pictures out one of the massive exit door windows. One of those - maybe two and a half hours out of landing, I got a picture of what looked like a forest fire, except on what basically looked like dark brown desert.</p><p>I give up on movies after two and a half, and finally decide maybe I&rsquo;ll try to sleep for real. 10 minutes later, snack time is announced. Chinese noodle bowl (pretty much Ramen Noodles with a few &ldquo;actual&rdquo; vegetables). After snack, I tried to snooze a little, and then more in flight movie problems made everyone restless.</p><p>I slept for about 15 minutes. Pure exhaustion.</p><p>Meal two (also lunch). Choices this time was a Turkey and Cheese on a Pretzel roll, or some sort of Chicken and Noodle thing. 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27 October 2007
North East Beijing Territory
Some people from work were talking about a Great Wall Hike. I was reluctantly invited to go along, after being told many times that it would be a lot of up and down, and it&rsquo;s very strenuous&mldr;
Gubeikou The group starts off at a break-neck pace, and I become winded almost immediately."><script type=application/ld+json>{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"In China","item":"https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Great Wall Hike","item":"https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/great-wall-hike/"}]}</script><script type=application/ld+json>{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BlogPosting","headline":"Great Wall Hike","name":"Great Wall Hike","description":"For those who saw the pictures as they were still uploading, they now have more captions, and show up \u0026ldquo;in order\u0026rdquo;.\n27 October 2007\nNorth East Beijing Territory\nSome people from work were talking about a Great Wall Hike. I was reluctantly invited to go along, after being told many times that it would be a lot of up and down, and it\u0026rsquo;s very strenuous\u0026hellip;\nGubeikou The group starts off at a break-neck pace, and I become winded almost immediately.","keywords":["blog","in-china","history","work"],"articleBody":"For those who saw the pictures as they were still uploading, they now have more captions, and show up “in order”.\n27 October 2007\nNorth East Beijing Territory\nSome people from work were talking about a Great Wall Hike. I was reluctantly invited to go along, after being told many times that it would be a lot of up and down, and it’s very strenuous…\nGubeikou The group starts off at a break-neck pace, and I become winded almost immediately. I think, “this is not a good sign”. Then we start heading up this very steep trail, I find myself and two others are lagging behind already. The rear trail master (there are three) tells us to take our time, and rest if we need to (but we haven’t been walking for more than 10 minutes).\nAdvise or not, I had to stop twice. Finally, I made it to the top of the wall. As I go from one tower to another (down and up), I note that I’m lagging behind the bulk of the group. The two with me becomes one ahead, and one behind (with the tail trail master).\nMilitary Base Leads to Up-Close Rural Life So, I reach the point on the wall that guards an active military base. Note how they built a barrier on top of the wall to make sure we don’t go past.\nThe Hike Leaves the Trail here to walk around in the valleys and past the base. During this part of the hike (downhill without a stone walk), I make up some time, and I was actually jogging in some areas.\nIn some ways this was the most interesting part of the hike. We went through two little rural villages - lots of pictures, starting here.\nAfter about an hour of this, I found the mid trail master waiting for me with two other hikers that doubled back a bit. They asked me how far behind the rear trail master was, and they had been two towers behind when I left the wall, and I hadn’t seen them since.\nBack up to the wall So, the greater bulk of the hiking group were here pausing a little before going up an even steeper trail than any I’d done before. They had already rested, and bounded up the hill. It was like a goat trail, criss crossing up a steep hill. I didn’t get any pictures of this - can’t really see the trail anyway. There are some shots of the view looking back over the trail though.\nLunch By the time I got to the lunch tower, the rest of the group had been there for 15 minutes. But the person at the tail never caught up while we were there. While I sat eating my sandwiches, and drinking more water, my legs started hurting. Then, just then, we were off again. Second tower on, the mid trail master was walking with me, and I almost lost my balance a few times. My legs were cramping, and I was trying to work through it.\nThe rest of the group was already two towers ahead. By the fourth tower, the mid trail master said he was going to leave me to option 1 with the rear trail master and the other slow hiker. The mid trail master, was now the new rear trail master. I was disappointed with myself, but also knew that I realistically couldn’t have done the full hike.\nJin Shan Ling Park When I finally made it to the border of Jin Shan Ling Park (Actually, I’m still not sure, nobody was there to check the ticket I had) - I’m guessing in that I spotted a trash can in that tower, and this is where evidence of restoration work was noticeable. Two towers from here, I stopped\n I saw the parking lot. A minute later, the rear trail guide called to me to make sure I wouldn’t go any further, as this was our exit. Ride to Si Ma Tai Me and the other slowpoke rode in a hired van with the rear trail-master to a restaurant at Simatai. It was a 40 minute drive, and when we arrived we still had an hour and a half of waiting for the rest of the hiking party. I definitely could not have made the journey.\nI had a lot of time here to take shots of the Simatai wall.\n","wordCount":"740","inLanguage":"en","datePublished":"2007-10-28T14:00:00+08:00","dateModified":"2007-10-28T14:00:00+08:00","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gary Allen Vollink"},"mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/great-wall-hike/"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"On My Mind...","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://blog.vollink.nyc/favicon.ico"}}}</script></head><body id=top><script>localStorage.getItem("pref-theme")==="dark"?document.body.classList.add("dark"):localStorage.getItem("pref-theme")==="light"?document.body.classList.remove("dark"):window.matchMedia("(prefers-color-scheme: dark)").matches&&document.body.classList.add("dark")</script><header class=header><nav class=nav><div class=logo><a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/ accesskey=h title="Home (Alt + H)"><img src=https://blog.vollink.nyc/AllenWrench.gif alt=logo aria-label=logo height=35>Home</a>
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Gubeikou The group starts off at a break-neck pace, and I become winded almost immediately."><script type=application/ld+json>{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"In China","item":"https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Great Wall Hike","item":"https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/great-wall-hike/"}]}</script><script type=application/ld+json>{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BlogPosting","headline":"Great Wall Hike","name":"Great Wall Hike","description":"For those who saw the pictures as they were still uploading, they now have more captions, and show up \u0026ldquo;in order\u0026rdquo;.\n27 October 2007\nNorth East Beijing Territory\nSome people from work were talking about a Great Wall Hike. I was reluctantly invited to go along, after being told many times that it would be a lot of up and down, and it\u0026rsquo;s very strenuous\u0026hellip;\nGubeikou The group starts off at a break-neck pace, and I become winded almost immediately.","keywords":["blog","in-china","history","work"],"articleBody":"For those who saw the pictures as they were still uploading, they now have more captions, and show up “in order”.\n27 October 2007\nNorth East Beijing Territory\nSome people from work were talking about a Great Wall Hike. I was reluctantly invited to go along, after being told many times that it would be a lot of up and down, and it’s very strenuous…\nGubeikou The group starts off at a break-neck pace, and I become winded almost immediately. I think, “this is not a good sign”. Then we start heading up this very steep trail, I find myself and two others are lagging behind already. The rear trail master (there are three) tells us to take our time, and rest if we need to (but we haven’t been walking for more than 10 minutes).\nAdvise or not, I had to stop twice. Finally, I made it to the top of the wall. As I go from one tower to another (down and up), I note that I’m lagging behind the bulk of the group. The two with me becomes one ahead, and one behind (with the tail trail master).\nMilitary Base Leads to Up-Close Rural Life So, I reach the point on the wall that guards an active military base. Note how they built a barrier on top of the wall to make sure we don’t go past.\nThe Hike Leaves the Trail here to walk around in the valleys and past the base. During this part of the hike (downhill without a stone walk), I make up some time, and I was actually jogging in some areas.\nIn some ways this was the most interesting part of the hike. We went through two little rural villages - lots of pictures, starting here.\nAfter about an hour of this, I found the mid trail master waiting for me with two other hikers that doubled back a bit. They asked me how far behind the rear trail master was, and they had been two towers behind when I left the wall, and I hadn’t seen them since.\nBack up to the wall So, the greater bulk of the hiking group were here pausing a little before going up an even steeper trail than any I’d done before. They had already rested, and bounded up the hill. It was like a goat trail, criss crossing up a steep hill. I didn’t get any pictures of this - can’t really see the trail anyway. There are some shots of the view looking back over the trail though.\nLunch By the time I got to the lunch tower, the rest of the group had been there for 15 minutes. But the person at the tail never caught up while we were there. While I sat eating my sandwiches, and drinking more water, my legs started hurting. Then, just then, we were off again. Second tower on, the mid trail master was walking with me, and I almost lost my balance a few times. My legs were cramping, and I was trying to work through it.\nThe rest of the group was already two towers ahead. By the fourth tower, the mid trail master said he was going to leave me to option 1 with the rear trail master and the other slow hiker. The mid trail master, was now the new rear trail master. I was disappointed with myself, but also knew that I realistically couldn’t have done the full hike.\nJin Shan Ling Park When I finally made it to the border of Jin Shan Ling Park (Actually, I’m still not sure, nobody was there to check the ticket I had) - I’m guessing in that I spotted a trash can in that tower, and this is where evidence of restoration work was noticeable. Two towers from here, I stopped\n I saw the parking lot. A minute later, the rear trail guide called to me to make sure I wouldn’t go any further, as this was our exit. Ride to Si Ma Tai Me and the other slowpoke rode in a hired van with the rear trail-master to a restaurant at Simatai. It was a 40 minute drive, and when we arrived we still had an hour and a half of waiting for the rest of the hiking party. I definitely could not have made the journey.\nI had a lot of time here to take shots of the Simatai wall.\n","wordCount":"740","inLanguage":"en","datePublished":"2007-10-28T14:00:00+08:00","dateModified":"2007-10-28T14:00:00+08:00","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gary Allen Vollink"},"mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/10/great-wall-hike/"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"On My Mind...","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://blog.vollink.com/favicon.ico"}}}</script></head><body id=top><script>localStorage.getItem("pref-theme")==="dark"?document.body.classList.add("dark"):localStorage.getItem("pref-theme")==="light"?document.body.classList.remove("dark"):window.matchMedia("(prefers-color-scheme: dark)").matches&&document.body.classList.add("dark")</script><header class=header><nav class=nav><div class=logo><a href=https://blog.vollink.com/ accesskey=h title="Home (Alt + H)"><img src=https://blog.vollink.com/AllenWrench.gif alt=logo aria-label=logo height=35>Home</a>
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<a href="http://photos.vollink.com/main.php?cmd=album&var1=Wall1%2F">the pictures</a>
as they were still uploading, they now have more captions,
and show up &ldquo;in order&rdquo;.</p><p><em>27 October 2007</em></p><p><strong>North East Beijing Territory</strong></p><p>Some people from work were talking about a
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It was a 40 minute drive, and when we arrived we still had an hour and
a half of waiting for the rest of the hiking party. I definitely
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So I go alone to the KFC. I look at the choices, and the cashier gets the picture menu that they bring out for illiterates, and I point to it with two fingers and very haltingly say, &ldquo;Wo You Er&mldr;&rdquo;
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the picture menu that they bring out for illiterates, and I point to
it with two fingers and very haltingly say, &ldquo;Wo You Er&mldr;&rdquo;</p><p>The kid behind the counter looks at me like I&rsquo;m an idiot and says,
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I draw the curtains a little… Of course not. 5:10AM is quite an improvement over yesterday, maybe I’ll be able to face this work thing. Head down for the Hotel’s breakfast. No hard boiled eggs today, but they have sliced cold peppered beef and sautéed vegetables. Interesting. That and more steamed buns, and add a bowl of corn flake cereal. I poured a glass of some sort of juice… turned out to be peach.\nHead back up to the room to grab the computer and my camera, and back to the lobby. That other guy shows up two minutes later, and someone else from the office comes too. We all share a taxi to the office. The day is very clear. Not at all as smoggy as it was when the jet landed. Blue skies, and lots to see. I take pictures of lots of things, but the most interesting things I see - I end up with photos of large buses.\nI catch a glimpse of the Summer Palace, and a huge, official looking building with a rocket in front of it (Saturn V size maybe). 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strobe lights on top of it. It&rsquo;s tall enough to require them if
the building were in a flight path, but there are buildings as
tall around it, and they don&rsquo;t seem to need strobe
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number 28). A small proud moment.</p><p>Afterwards we found the grocery / super store (and attached
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I went to bed early last night, to try to get some much needed rest.
I didn&rsquo;t eat dinner, but I had a huge lunch.</p><p>I had dinner two nights ago at this really great Korean style BBQ place.
They cook the food right at the table. The menu has pictures and a few
English descriptions which helps me a lot. I asked for the lamb in
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Considering timezones, I landed 26 hours after I took off, with no sleep to speak of.
Looking out the windows, it wasn&rsquo;t possible to see very far. This must be one of the &lsquo;bad&rsquo; smog days.
I remembered to take some pictures of the Airport terminal on the way to customs.
My employer was nice enough to arrange for me, a ride from the Beijing Airport to the Hotel."><script type=application/ld+json>{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"In China","item":"https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Welcome To Beijing...","item":"https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/welcome-to-beijing.../"}]}</script><script type=application/ld+json>{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BlogPosting","headline":"Welcome To Beijing...","name":"Welcome To Beijing...","description":"October 13\nBeijing, China\nConsidering timezones, I landed 26 hours after I took off, with no sleep to speak of.\nLooking out the windows, it wasn\u0026rsquo;t possible to see very far. This must be one of the \u0026lsquo;bad\u0026rsquo; smog days.\nI remembered to take some pictures of the Airport terminal on the way to customs.\nMy employer was nice enough to arrange for me, a ride from the Beijing Airport to the Hotel.","keywords":["blog","in-china","history","work"],"articleBody":"October 13\nBeijing, China\nConsidering timezones, I landed 26 hours after I took off, with no sleep to speak of.\nLooking out the windows, it wasn’t possible to see very far. This must be one of the ‘bad’ smog days.\nI remembered to take some pictures of the Airport terminal on the way to customs.\nMy employer was nice enough to arrange for me, a ride from the Beijing Airport to the Hotel. A very nice gentleman who didn’t speak any English but “This way”, “Please” and “Thank you” was holding a sign with my name once I got past customs into the main area.\nHe grabbed two of my three bags, and started walking me towards where he parked the van. As we left the Airport, there was a certain smell. It was not particularly strong, but it was particularly industrial. I couldn’t smell it after an hour, and only notice it now for a minute or two after walking outside. I imagine after another day, I probably won’t notice it at all.\nWe got to the Hotel van (a Buick minivan), and he started driving. Merging - I notice immediately is a factor of who’s front bumper is in the space first. It seems to be the responsibility of the slightly slower person to slow down more to let in the more aggressive driver. Even out of the toll gate where several lanes have to merge all at once. I didn’t get a picture of that though. I did get a picture of the Beijing Ikea store, an MG dealership and a glimpse of the Olympic Stadium.\nI got here, and the service was very good, but even the English speaking front desk staff were very difficult to understand. They had to repeat themselves several times while explaining to me the various charges they were putting on my credit card. The housekeeping staff said hi to me, but I had a very, very hard time understanding what they were asking me to do. They were all patient with me (Cultural training note: In China, it is considered the listener’s responsibility to understand, not the speaker’s responsibility to clarify), and I eventually did what they needed me to do (sign an inventory form).\nI took several pictures of the hotel room, and a close-up of the TV and DVD player remotes. I unpacked, used every hanger in the room - and almost all of the drawer and shelf space. I called my wife, and Emailed several people (after getting my laptop connected), and finally went to bed around 9PM local time.\n","wordCount":"432","inLanguage":"en","datePublished":"2007-10-14T12:00:00+08:00","dateModified":"2007-10-14T12:00:00+08:00","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gary Allen Vollink"},"mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/10/welcome-to-beijing.../"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"On My Mind...","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://blog.vollink.nyc/favicon.ico"}}}</script></head><body id=top><script>localStorage.getItem("pref-theme")==="dark"?document.body.classList.add("dark"):localStorage.getItem("pref-theme")==="light"?document.body.classList.remove("dark"):window.matchMedia("(prefers-color-scheme: dark)").matches&&document.body.classList.add("dark")</script><header class=header><nav class=nav><div class=logo><a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/ accesskey=h title="Home (Alt + H)"><img src=https://blog.vollink.nyc/AllenWrench.gif alt=logo aria-label=logo height=35>Home</a>
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to speak of.</p><p>Looking out the windows, it wasn&rsquo;t possible to see very far. This must
be one of the &lsquo;bad&rsquo; smog days.</p><p>I remembered to take some pictures of the Airport terminal on the way to
customs.</p><p>My employer was nice enough to arrange for me, a ride from the Beijing
......@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ needed me to do (sign an inventory form).</p><p>I took several pictures of the h
TV and DVD player remotes. I unpacked, used every hanger in the
room - and almost all of the drawer and shelf space. I called my
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There I was, minding my own business when I got an Email. There was a team building outing that was at a &ldquo;natural area&rdquo;. While team-building can go either way, after another week in Beijing, a &ldquo;natural area&rdquo; sure sounded inviting, so I signed up.
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November 1, 2007
There I was, minding my own business when I got an Email. There was a team building outing that was at a &ldquo;natural area&rdquo;. While team-building can go either way, after another week in Beijing, a &ldquo;natural area&rdquo; sure sounded inviting, so I signed up.
Double Dragon Gorge Somewhere West of Beijing
Saturday, November 3, 2007
First, it&rsquo;s a long way away. It took nearly three hours by bus, through mountains (and one unexpected detour due to construction)."><script type=application/ld+json>{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"In China","item":"https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Double Dragon Gorge","item":"https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/11/double-dragon-gorge/"}]}</script><script type=application/ld+json>{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BlogPosting","headline":"Double Dragon Gorge","name":"Double Dragon Gorge","description":"Very Near Shang Di\nNovember 1, 2007\nThere I was, minding my own business when I got an Email. There was a team building outing that was at a \u0026ldquo;natural area\u0026rdquo;. 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However, once we arrived it was totally different from anything I had expected…\nThe Parking Lot We arrived just before noon. The team building game that was supposed to happen right when we arrived, ended up getting pushed to days' end. I feel really bad for the guys who took the bag of balls all the way to Frog Rock and back. More on that later.\nWe milled around the restaurant areas until we figured out where we all actually had made the reservation… Finally we found the right door. It was an empty dining room like all the other doors, but this was “our” empty dining room.\nLunch So, first up was lunch. “Oh, this is country food,” exclaimed a disappointed co-worker nearby. I wouldn’t have been phased if this were another ex-pat like myself. No, this was a local Chinese woman who was being polite enough to say it in English so that wait staff wouldn’t understand. I must say that I’m glad I braced myself for what was ahead, and grabbed more rice than usual (which means as much rice as everyone around me).\nIn China (at least around Beijing), it seems that the habit is to bring rice last, unless it’s asked for. So it was specifically requested early.\nThe food was endless, in that one dish after another uneatable dish came out. But that’s not fair, there were a few vegetables that I liked, and a few pieces of meat had enough actual flesh that I could nibble a taste without swallowing bone or cartilage. There was a soup that nobody around me could take more than a bite of, and a cold porridge that had the consistency of a swallowed sneeze. The second of which I tried (before I knew what it felt like going down). Then there was a fish that seemed like everyone’s favorite, but it was covered in something black, and I was too done with the lunch to dare ask.\nThis lunch is what made me realize that there’s a limit to my ability to try new things. The limit is around 15 minutes where I can not mentally take any more. I will note that the bus driver really enjoyed everything served. Nobody knew where he was from, but everyone assumed he was from the mountains just West of Beijing.\nThe Parking Lot (again) Next we milled around the parking lot trying to figure out where to go next. There are grass slides that most of the guys (outnumbered nearly 2 to 1) wanted to go on, and there was a sign that pointed to a big gate that said “Go here for check ticket”, and it must have said something similar in Chinese because we all stood near there expecting something to start happening. The door opened, and someone yelled, someone else yelled, and finally someone yelled “get out of the way”, and the cart drove through bringing grass sleds up from the bottom (having driven around a hill and up from the bottom).\nSo then someone figured out where we were supposed to go. 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Dangling us over the water that usually isn’t so low. I note that as the heaviest person, everyone followed at least a meter back, and I was somehow leading. Even while protesting that I don’t really have to go so cautiously. Someone remarked that I was just kidding around, but that observation was only half true. I was really quite worried about the safety of this structure.\nSure, it’s a gorge, and I expected steep sides, but I guess I didn’t expect the whole thing to feel so cramped.\nAnother Dam Here we find another cement wall. This one wasn’t as tall as the first, but starts to define what I’ve come to expect anywhere I go in China, more stairs. The top of this is a full pond with paddle-boats, and some are shaped like swans. There’s a big line here, so about half of the group decided to explore a little further. The path goes two ways, of course, we go up the stairs, instead of going straight and flat.\nGazebo with a Pagoda Roof Probably the best views of the day were here. I could have left here and been fully satisfied. Of course, there was the waterfall that the photos promised.\nPaddle Boating Back to the pond, and the paddle boating. I was explicitly instructed to sit in the middle of the boat on one side. This is a bit embarrassing, mostly because from this position, I was unable to paddle. I had two girls opposite me both on the paddle peddles. This didn’t keep me from trying anyway - I got a few minutes in, but my feet were too big to keep up the angles necessary, so I was relegated to passenger.\nWe had a half-an-hour, around the pond, and still had 20 minutes left. We got together with another boat, and held on, then two more boats joined up, so we had a four boat wide flotilla in the pond. We went back and forth this way a little before being called back.\nAs we left to walk further, the next people out were hooking their boats together (we may have started something)!\nOn to the Waterfall So the bulk of the group walked down the straight path (which still mostly went “up”, and along a trickling stream. Some of the group stayed here to just enjoy sitting. Had I known this, I may have joined them, but I was still near the front of the pack, moving on. There were some bridges, and places where we had to jump across the creek. Then we came to the trickle. It was a fairly high waterfall, but there wasn’t a lot of water. It was pretty, and you could definitely see the potential for a great spring view, but wasn’t really spectacular in this form.\nI went up a staircase to the top of the falls, to look down, and expected that this would be the end of our experience. Then the ranking member of the group saw a sign about a scenic overlook some many meters ahead, and decided that we should drive on.\nThe Path to Frog Rock This is where I start falling behind the group. The path was a lot of “uphill”, and not a lot of “flat”. I kept going. I passed a few people who had decided to stop along the way and wait for the groups return. I was determined to not be left behind, so I kept going. I caught up to the group again at the second of a few stair-cases (made of rusty metal bound by bamboo), and lost them again not to far later. Someone said it was only 20 more minutes further. 15 minutes later, someone said it was only 20 minutes further.\nFinally, we made it to something called “Frog Rock”. It was decided at this point that it was too late in the day, and that we would have to turn back. I took a group photo (without me in it), and we left to head back down the trail.\nThere was a big bag full of balls and prizes, and no place flat to do the “game”. 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Then we went back to the bus.\nI won a prize on the bus ride for knowing how to spell Eminem. I spelled it both ways, the second… (M-A-R-S-H-A-L-L M-A-T-H-E-R-S). Everyone was confused as to how I knew his real name. I absolved myself from any more questions. It was unfair. 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First, it&rsquo;s a long way away. It took nearly three hours by bus, through mountains (and one unexpected detour due to construction)."><script type=application/ld+json>{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"In China","item":"https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Double Dragon Gorge","item":"https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/11/double-dragon-gorge/"}]}</script><script type=application/ld+json>{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BlogPosting","headline":"Double Dragon Gorge","name":"Double Dragon Gorge","description":"Very Near Shang Di\nNovember 1, 2007\nThere I was, minding my own business when I got an Email. There was a team building outing that was at a \u0026ldquo;natural area\u0026rdquo;. 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However, once we arrived it was totally different from anything I had expected…\nThe Parking Lot We arrived just before noon. The team building game that was supposed to happen right when we arrived, ended up getting pushed to days' end. I feel really bad for the guys who took the bag of balls all the way to Frog Rock and back. More on that later.\nWe milled around the restaurant areas until we figured out where we all actually had made the reservation… Finally we found the right door. It was an empty dining room like all the other doors, but this was “our” empty dining room.\nLunch So, first up was lunch. “Oh, this is country food,” exclaimed a disappointed co-worker nearby. I wouldn’t have been phased if this were another ex-pat like myself. No, this was a local Chinese woman who was being polite enough to say it in English so that wait staff wouldn’t understand. I must say that I’m glad I braced myself for what was ahead, and grabbed more rice than usual (which means as much rice as everyone around me).\nIn China (at least around Beijing), it seems that the habit is to bring rice last, unless it’s asked for. So it was specifically requested early.\nThe food was endless, in that one dish after another uneatable dish came out. But that’s not fair, there were a few vegetables that I liked, and a few pieces of meat had enough actual flesh that I could nibble a taste without swallowing bone or cartilage. There was a soup that nobody around me could take more than a bite of, and a cold porridge that had the consistency of a swallowed sneeze. The second of which I tried (before I knew what it felt like going down). Then there was a fish that seemed like everyone’s favorite, but it was covered in something black, and I was too done with the lunch to dare ask.\nThis lunch is what made me realize that there’s a limit to my ability to try new things. The limit is around 15 minutes where I can not mentally take any more. I will note that the bus driver really enjoyed everything served. Nobody knew where he was from, but everyone assumed he was from the mountains just West of Beijing.\nThe Parking Lot (again) Next we milled around the parking lot trying to figure out where to go next. There are grass slides that most of the guys (outnumbered nearly 2 to 1) wanted to go on, and there was a sign that pointed to a big gate that said “Go here for check ticket”, and it must have said something similar in Chinese because we all stood near there expecting something to start happening. The door opened, and someone yelled, someone else yelled, and finally someone yelled “get out of the way”, and the cart drove through bringing grass sleds up from the bottom (having driven around a hill and up from the bottom).\nSo then someone figured out where we were supposed to go. There’s a train ride to the actual gorge section, and you get on from the other north corner of the parking lot. So, we started our journey beyond the parking lot and into the park.\nTrain Ride So a pleasant narrow gauge ride, 6 minutes at a very slow pace. The ride was fairly scenic if you look beyond the grass slides and the parking lot/restaurants. The hills and mountains surrounding the area are very beautiful. It was a really nice day, and I could see quite a long way. Finally, the train brought us to a big cement wall, which is a dam. There are 99 steps to the top of this dam. On the other side, and 2/3 of the way down the wall is where the water is. I knew that waterfalls wouldn’t be as big in the fall, but this tiny amount of water here had me a little worried.\nInto the Gorge There’s a sign that says ’this way to the waterfall’, except the English wasn’t quite right, and the trail led up-river over a very rickety hand-welded and rusting walk-way. Dangling us over the water that usually isn’t so low. I note that as the heaviest person, everyone followed at least a meter back, and I was somehow leading. Even while protesting that I don’t really have to go so cautiously. Someone remarked that I was just kidding around, but that observation was only half true. I was really quite worried about the safety of this structure.\nSure, it’s a gorge, and I expected steep sides, but I guess I didn’t expect the whole thing to feel so cramped.\nAnother Dam Here we find another cement wall. This one wasn’t as tall as the first, but starts to define what I’ve come to expect anywhere I go in China, more stairs. The top of this is a full pond with paddle-boats, and some are shaped like swans. There’s a big line here, so about half of the group decided to explore a little further. The path goes two ways, of course, we go up the stairs, instead of going straight and flat.\nGazebo with a Pagoda Roof Probably the best views of the day were here. I could have left here and been fully satisfied. Of course, there was the waterfall that the photos promised.\nPaddle Boating Back to the pond, and the paddle boating. I was explicitly instructed to sit in the middle of the boat on one side. This is a bit embarrassing, mostly because from this position, I was unable to paddle. I had two girls opposite me both on the paddle peddles. This didn’t keep me from trying anyway - I got a few minutes in, but my feet were too big to keep up the angles necessary, so I was relegated to passenger.\nWe had a half-an-hour, around the pond, and still had 20 minutes left. We got together with another boat, and held on, then two more boats joined up, so we had a four boat wide flotilla in the pond. We went back and forth this way a little before being called back.\nAs we left to walk further, the next people out were hooking their boats together (we may have started something)!\nOn to the Waterfall So the bulk of the group walked down the straight path (which still mostly went “up”, and along a trickling stream. Some of the group stayed here to just enjoy sitting. Had I known this, I may have joined them, but I was still near the front of the pack, moving on. There were some bridges, and places where we had to jump across the creek. Then we came to the trickle. It was a fairly high waterfall, but there wasn’t a lot of water. It was pretty, and you could definitely see the potential for a great spring view, but wasn’t really spectacular in this form.\nI went up a staircase to the top of the falls, to look down, and expected that this would be the end of our experience. Then the ranking member of the group saw a sign about a scenic overlook some many meters ahead, and decided that we should drive on.\nThe Path to Frog Rock This is where I start falling behind the group. The path was a lot of “uphill”, and not a lot of “flat”. I kept going. I passed a few people who had decided to stop along the way and wait for the groups return. I was determined to not be left behind, so I kept going. I caught up to the group again at the second of a few stair-cases (made of rusty metal bound by bamboo), and lost them again not to far later. Someone said it was only 20 more minutes further. 15 minutes later, someone said it was only 20 minutes further.\nFinally, we made it to something called “Frog Rock”. It was decided at this point that it was too late in the day, and that we would have to turn back. I took a group photo (without me in it), and we left to head back down the trail.\nThere was a big bag full of balls and prizes, and no place flat to do the “game”. A few people kept volunteering to carry this bag, and had taken it all this way, just to take it back to the parking lot again.\nWay Back It had been about 1 and a half hours of walking to get up to Frog Rock. It took 20 minutes to get back. I took some pictures, but we mostly just walked. We got back to the train, and took the last ride out of the gorge to the parking lot (there was a foot-path, but nobody wanted to have to do that).\nSlide I decided to ride the grass slide. This was a whole lot of fun, but there’s no photographic evidence that I did it. I can simply attest to the 300 stair steps back up the hill to get back to the top again. I could have taken a second ride, but it simply didn’t seem worth more stairs.\nParking Lot So there was a toss the ball game. Two groups, and the idea was to pass three different sized balls around the group in order, and whichever group got the balls around the most times would win. Then we went back to the bus.\nI won a prize on the bus ride for knowing how to spell Eminem. I spelled it both ways, the second… (M-A-R-S-H-A-L-L M-A-T-H-E-R-S). Everyone was confused as to how I knew his real name. I absolved myself from any more questions. It was unfair. 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a team building outing that was at a &ldquo;natural area&rdquo;. While
team-building can go either way, after another week in Beijing,
a &ldquo;natural area&rdquo; sure sounded inviting, so I signed up.</p><h2 id=double-dragon-gorge>Double Dragon Gorge<a hidden class=anchor aria-hidden=true href=#double-dragon-gorge>#</a></h2><p><strong>Somewhere West of Beijing</strong></p><p><em><strong>Saturday, November 3, 2007</strong></em></p><p>First, it&rsquo;s a long way away. It took nearly
......@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ we went back to the bus.</p><p>I won a prize on the bus ride for knowing how to
Eminem. I spelled it both ways, the second&mldr; (M-A-R-S-H-A-L-L
M-A-T-H-E-R-S). Everyone was confused as to how I knew his real
name. I absolved myself from any more questions. It was
unfair. I know English much better than anyone else there.</p></div><footer class=post-footer><ul class=post-tags><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/tags/blog/>blog</a></li><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/tags/in-china/>in-china</a></li><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/tags/history/>history</a></li><li><a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/tags/work/>work</a></li></ul><div class=share-buttons><a target=_blank rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share Double Dragon Gorge on twitter" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet/?text=Double%20Dragon%20Gorge&url=https%3a%2f%2fblog.vollink.nyc%2fin-china%2f2007%2f11%2fdouble-dragon-gorge%2f&hashtags=blog%2cin-china%2chistory%2cwork"><svg viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M449.446.0C483.971.0 512 28.03 512 62.554v386.892C512 483.97 483.97 512 449.446 512H62.554c-34.524.0-62.554-28.03-62.554-62.554V62.554c0-34.524 28.029-62.554 62.554-62.554h386.892zM195.519 424.544c135.939.0 210.268-112.643 210.268-210.268.0-3.218.0-6.437-.153-9.502 14.406-10.421 26.973-23.448 36.935-38.314-13.18 5.824-27.433 9.809-42.452 11.648 15.326-9.196 26.973-23.602 32.49-40.92-14.252 8.429-30.038 14.56-46.896 17.931-13.487-14.406-32.644-23.295-53.946-23.295-40.767.0-73.87 33.104-73.87 73.87.0 5.824.613 11.494 1.992 16.858-61.456-3.065-115.862-32.49-152.337-77.241-6.284 10.881-9.962 23.601-9.962 37.088.0 25.594 13.027 48.276 32.95 61.456-12.107-.307-23.448-3.678-33.41-9.196v.92c0 35.862 25.441 65.594 59.311 72.49-6.13 1.686-12.72 2.606-19.464 2.606-4.751.0-9.348-.46-13.946-1.38 9.349 29.426 36.628 50.728 68.965 51.341-25.287 19.771-57.164 31.571-91.8 31.571-5.977.0-11.801-.306-17.625-1.073 32.337 21.15 71.264 33.41 112.95 33.41z"/></svg></a><a target=_blank rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share Double Dragon Gorge on linkedin" href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3a%2f%2fblog.vollink.nyc%2fin-china%2f2007%2f11%2fdouble-dragon-gorge%2f&title=Double%20Dragon%20Gorge&summary=Double%20Dragon%20Gorge&source=https%3a%2f%2fblog.vollink.nyc%2fin-china%2f2007%2f11%2fdouble-dragon-gorge%2f"><svg viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M449.446.0C483.971.0 512 28.03 512 62.554v386.892C512 483.97 483.97 512 449.446 512H62.554c-34.524.0-62.554-28.03-62.554-62.554V62.554c0-34.524 28.029-62.554 62.554-62.554h386.892zM160.461 423.278V197.561h-75.04v225.717h75.04zm270.539.0V293.839c0-69.333-37.018-101.586-86.381-101.586-39.804.0-57.634 21.891-67.617 37.266v-31.958h-75.021c.995 21.181.0 225.717.0 225.717h75.02V297.222c0-6.748.486-13.492 2.474-18.315 5.414-13.475 17.767-27.434 38.494-27.434 27.135.0 38.007 20.707 38.007 51.037v120.768H431zM123.448 88.722C97.774 88.722 81 105.601 81 127.724c0 21.658 16.264 39.002 41.455 39.002h.484c26.165.0 42.452-17.344 42.452-39.002-.485-22.092-16.241-38.954-41.943-39.002z"/></svg></a><a target=_blank rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="share Double Dragon Gorge on reddit" href="https://reddit.com/submit?url=https%3a%2f%2fblog.vollink.nyc%2fin-china%2f2007%2f11%2fdouble-dragon-gorge%2f&title=Double%20Dragon%20Gorge"><svg viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M449.446.0C483.971.0 512 28.03 512 62.554v386.892C512 483.97 483.97 512 449.446 512H62.554c-34.524.0-62.554-28.03-62.554-62.554V62.554c0-34.524 28.029-62.554 62.554-62.554h386.892zM446 265.638c0-22.964-18.616-41.58-41.58-41.58-11.211.0-21.361 4.457-28.841 11.666-28.424-20.508-67.586-33.757-111.204-35.278l18.941-89.121 61.884 13.157c.756 15.734 13.642 28.29 29.56 28.29 16.407.0 29.706-13.299 29.706-29.701.0-16.403-13.299-29.702-29.706-29.702-11.666.0-21.657 6.792-26.515 16.578l-69.105-14.69c-1.922-.418-3.939-.042-5.585 1.036-1.658 1.073-2.811 2.761-3.224 4.686l-21.152 99.438c-44.258 1.228-84.046 14.494-112.837 35.232-7.468-7.164-17.589-11.591-28.757-11.591-22.965.0-41.585 18.616-41.585 41.58.0 16.896 10.095 31.41 24.568 37.918-.639 4.135-.99 8.328-.99 12.576.0 63.977 74.469 115.836 166.33 115.836s166.334-51.859 166.334-115.836c0-4.218-.347-8.387-.977-12.493 14.564-6.47 24.735-21.034 24.735-38.001zM326.526 373.831c-20.27 20.241-59.115 21.816-70.534 21.816-11.428.0-50.277-1.575-70.522-21.82-3.007-3.008-3.007-7.882.0-10.889 3.003-2.999 7.882-3.003 10.885.0 12.777 12.781 40.11 17.317 59.637 17.317 19.522.0 46.86-4.536 59.657-17.321 3.016-2.999 7.886-2.995 10.885.008 3.008 3.011 3.003 7.882-.008 10.889zm-5.23-48.781c-16.373.0-29.701-13.324-29.701-29.698.0-16.381 13.328-29.714 29.701-29.714 16.378.0 29.706 13.333 29.706 29.714.0 16.374-13.328 29.698-29.706 29.698zM160.91 295.348c0-16.381 13.328-29.71 29.714-29.71 16.369.0 29.689 13.329 29.689 29.71.0 16.373-13.32 29.693-29.689 29.693-16.386.0-29.714-13.32-29.714-29.693z"/></svg></a></div></footer></article></main><footer class=footer><span>&copy; 2022 <a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/>On My Mind...</a></span>
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From both my work friends and my hotel friends, there were a lot of questions about Halloween that I was not able to answer at a deep enough level. Just the cursory stuff that everyone can easily look up. Of course, what everyone was looking for was a way for me to communicate the &ldquo;experience&rdquo; of Halloween. To my mind, this isn&rsquo;t really possible. I hope my reluctance to share hasn&rsquo;t been taken as rude&mldr; it&rsquo;s just not easy to express&mldr;"><meta name=author content="Gary Allen Vollink"><link rel=canonical href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/11/my-halloween/><link crossorigin=anonymous href=/assets/css/stylesheet.min.043dbe50dd3b5aeece8e1fd6b52fdb9ce2bb5c714d321cc709b5e740e61345eb.css integrity="sha256-BD2+UN07Wu7Ojh/WtS/bnOK7XHFNMhzHCbXnQOYTRes=" rel="preload stylesheet" as=style><script defer crossorigin=anonymous src=/assets/js/highlight.min.67ab6ccbad53232b614f9dbcbe19c8759e16f8552b23f5068b953ee70a6dd94f.js integrity="sha256-Z6tsy61TIythT528vhnIdZ4W+FUrI/UGi5U+5wpt2U8="></script>
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October 31, 2007
From both my work friends and my hotel friends, there were a lot of questions about Halloween that I was not able to answer at a deep enough level. Just the cursory stuff that everyone can easily look up. Of course, what everyone was looking for was a way for me to communicate the &ldquo;experience&rdquo; of Halloween. To my mind, this isn&rsquo;t really possible. I hope my reluctance to share hasn&rsquo;t been taken as rude&mldr; it&rsquo;s just not easy to express&mldr;"><script type=application/ld+json>{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"In China","item":"https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"My Halloween","item":"https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/11/my-halloween/"}]}</script><script type=application/ld+json>{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BlogPosting","headline":"My Halloween","name":"My Halloween","description":"Haidian District\nOctober 31, 2007\nFrom both my work friends and my hotel friends, there were a lot of questions about Halloween that I was not able to answer at a deep enough level. Just the cursory stuff that everyone can easily look up. Of course, what everyone was looking for was a way for me to communicate the \u0026ldquo;experience\u0026rdquo; of Halloween. To my mind, this isn\u0026rsquo;t really possible. I hope my reluctance to share hasn\u0026rsquo;t been taken as rude\u0026hellip; it\u0026rsquo;s just not easy to express\u0026hellip;","keywords":["blog","in-china","history","work"],"articleBody":"Haidian District\nOctober 31, 2007\nFrom both my work friends and my hotel friends, there were a lot of questions about Halloween that I was not able to answer at a deep enough level. Just the cursory stuff that everyone can easily look up. Of course, what everyone was looking for was a way for me to communicate the “experience” of Halloween. To my mind, this isn’t really possible. I hope my reluctance to share hasn’t been taken as rude… it’s just not easy to express…\nTo me, most of the “experience” of Halloween is gained from having grown up in a country where you “dress up” as your favorite character, and go door to door asking for candy. There isn’t much more to it for me, once I grew up. The time when scary movies are usually released, the time to buy some candy for any trick-or-treaters that will come by. There’s pumpkin carving (which I really don’t enjoy much). Otherwise, it’s just another day.\nWhile it was never my intention, outside of work, I’ve fallen into the habit of hanging out with people who are not from here. Most of them also stay at my hotel, so I’ll share a ride home, and then we might also catch dinner. Some of them I’ve met through other people who are far more outgoing than I am. The people at the hotel that I know are from many countries; UK (more of these than any other group), Germany, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, India, and Australia. Then there’s me and the other American.\nSo, some of the people at the hotel suggested having a Halloween party. Having a party on Wednesday night is not a particularly good idea, but it went ahead anyway. There is a room that used to be a bar in the hotel that we used, and the format was pot-luck.\nI searched the local grocery for things I recognize, and I decided to make deep fried Chicken Wings. Tobasco sauce is available from the imports section, so I made them Buffalo style. Simple party food. The apartment still smells like fry oil though.\nNobody attempted to dress up or anything. Overall the party was a lot of fun, but I stayed up way too late for a work night.\n","wordCount":"382","inLanguage":"en","datePublished":"2007-11-04T12:00:00+08:00","dateModified":"2007-11-04T12:00:00+08:00","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gary Allen Vollink"},"mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://blog.vollink.nyc/in-china/2007/11/my-halloween/"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"On My Mind...","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://blog.vollink.nyc/favicon.ico"}}}</script></head><body id=top><script>localStorage.getItem("pref-theme")==="dark"?document.body.classList.add("dark"):localStorage.getItem("pref-theme")==="light"?document.body.classList.remove("dark"):window.matchMedia("(prefers-color-scheme: dark)").matches&&document.body.classList.add("dark")</script><header class=header><nav class=nav><div class=logo><a href=https://blog.vollink.nyc/ accesskey=h title="Home (Alt + H)"><img src=https://blog.vollink.nyc/AllenWrench.gif alt=logo aria-label=logo height=35>Home</a>
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questions about Halloween that I was not able to answer at a deep
enough level. Just the cursory stuff that everyone can easily look
up. Of course, what everyone was looking for was a way for me to
......@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ bar in the hotel that we used, and the format was pot-luck.</p><p>I searched the
to make deep fried Chicken Wings. Tobasco sauce is available from
the imports section, so I made them Buffalo style. Simple party
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If I don&rsquo;t know you, you can still sign up for an account, but you&rsquo;ll get no benefit, and will have given your Email address to another random site on the internet."><script type=application/ld+json>{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"In China","item":"https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Note on Photos","item":"https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/11/note-on-photos/"}]}</script><script type=application/ld+json>{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BlogPosting","headline":"Note on Photos","name":"Note on Photos","description":"There are many pictures that I have posted to the photos site that are not visible to the general public.\nhttp://photos.vollink.com/\nIf I know you, you can sign up for an account, then Email me your login name. I will then enable your account to see the rest of the photo collections. This includes categories like, \u0026ldquo;Friends at Work\u0026rdquo; and \u0026ldquo;Friends at Hotel\u0026rdquo;.\nIf I don\u0026rsquo;t know you, you can still sign up for an account, but you\u0026rsquo;ll get no benefit, and will have given your Email address to another random site on the internet.","keywords":["blog","in-china","history","work"],"articleBody":"There are many pictures that I have posted to the photos site that are not visible to the general public.\nhttp://photos.vollink.com/\nIf I know you, you can sign up for an account, then Email me your login name. I will then enable your account to see the rest of the photo collections. This includes categories like, “Friends at Work” and “Friends at Hotel”.\nIf I don’t know you, you can still sign up for an account, but you’ll get no benefit, and will have given your Email address to another random site on the internet. Why would you do that?\n","wordCount":"100","inLanguage":"en","datePublished":"2007-11-11T12:00:00+08:00","dateModified":"2007-11-11T12:00:00+08:00","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gary Allen Vollink"},"mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://blog.vollink.com/in-china/2007/11/note-on-photos/"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"On My Mind...","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://blog.vollink.com/favicon.ico"}}}</script></head><body id=top><script>localStorage.getItem("pref-theme")==="dark"?document.body.classList.add("dark"):localStorage.getItem("pref-theme")==="light"?document.body.classList.remove("dark"):window.matchMedia("(prefers-color-scheme: dark)").matches&&document.body.classList.add("dark")</script><header class=header><nav class=nav><div class=logo><a href=https://blog.vollink.com/ accesskey=h title="Home (Alt + H)"><img src=https://blog.vollink.com/AllenWrench.gif alt=logo aria-label=logo height=35>Home</a>
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site that are not visible to the general public.</p><p><a href=http://photos.vollink.com/>http://photos.vollink.com/</a></p><p><strong>If I know you</strong>,
you can sign up for an account, then Email me your login
name. I will then enable your account to see the rest of
......@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ the photo collections. This includes categories like,
&ldquo;Friends at Work&rdquo; and &ldquo;Friends at Hotel&rdquo;.</p><p><strong>If I don&rsquo;t know you</strong>,
you can still sign up for an account, but you&rsquo;ll get no
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around to some sights. So, this Friday we agreed to meet on
Saturday morning, and she would show me around the area of
the Lama Temple.</p><h2 id=morning-meeting>Morning Meeting<a hidden class=anchor aria-hidden=true href=#morning-meeting>#</a></h2><p><em><strong>November 10, 2007</strong></em></p><p>We agreed to meet at a KFC (not &ldquo;the KFC&rdquo;, but one a block
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very kind in extending the offer, and it took all of her Saturday
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To My Readers&mldr; I have not posted in 30 days. Sorry about that&mldr;
For someone who reads my blog, but has not spent time in North America, something is missing. That person is without an understanding of the North American version of &rsquo;expected&rsquo;. Many of my posts, especially my earliest posts, are written from a North American perspective on what is &rsquo;expected'.
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To My Readers&mldr; I have not posted in 30 days. Sorry about that&mldr;
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To My Readers&mldr; I have not posted in 30 days. Sorry about that&mldr;
For someone who reads my blog, but has not spent time in North America, something is missing. That person is without an understanding of the North American version of &rsquo;expected&rsquo;. Many of my posts, especially my earliest posts, are written from a North American perspective on what is &rsquo;expected'.
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America, something is missing. That person is without an
understanding of the North American version of &rsquo;expected&rsquo;. Many
of my posts, especially my earliest posts, are written from a
......@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ about these things is interesting enough for me to write about
now. I still have a while to go.</p><h2 id=photos>Photos<a hidden class=anchor aria-hidden=true href=#photos>#</a></h2><p>The connection at the hotel sucks. I am still uploading
photos. Some newer ones have even made it to the &ldquo;Public&rdquo;
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