Shenzhen
It’s about a third cheaper to fly to Shenzhen and walk across the border than to fly direct to Hong Kong, so that’s what we did. We arrived very late on July 2 (actually the morning of July 3), and...
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Hong Kong
On July 3, we walked across the border to Hong Kong. You have to fill out two or three forms on each side, and there is this no-man’s land in the middle where you’ve filled out all your forms to leave...
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WWJD – What Would Jackie Do?
We went out Friday night in Hong Kong and were up late into the 4th of July Saturday. We had a couple of friends showing us around the bars of Lan Kwai Fong, then a club called Privée, and another...
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Macau
On the 4th of July, we took the ferry to Macau for a day trip. My newest T-shirt. We had Pasteis de Nata, just like the ones in Lisbon, and a tasty Portuguese-style filet sandwich. We wandered around...
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East meets West
Back from Hong Kong on the 13th. Some time ago I accidentally bought tea-flavored toothpaste. Even though I can read the tea character, I didn’t look at it. I bought it assuming that the green leaf was...
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Yangtze trip
We got back from Hong Kong via Shenzhen on July 13th, and had a week to recover from all the recent traveling. On the 18th we took a three-hour cruise up the HuangPu to where it meets the muddy...
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Total solar eclipse in Shanghai
The days leading up to the eclipse on the 22nd were hot and sunny, with no clouds in the sky, but it was all just a big tease. The clouds started rolling in on the evening of the 21st, and grew thicker...
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Taipei, Taiwan
The day after the eclipse, Andrew and I flew to Taipei to visit Mike, who was having a housewarming party. Taipei is a fun city, the area where we stayed reminded me a lot of Harajuku in Tokyo, cute...
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It’s been one year since I quit my job. I’m going to Bali on August 15 for a month to mark the occasion by learning to surf.
View ArticleNostos means homecoming
“Nostalgia” is composed of two Greek words: the first means “homecoming” and the second means “pain”. A year seemed like an impossibly generous amount of time to travel when I was setting out, but...
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