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Category: Travel

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  • China: Some Observations

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    China: Some Observations

    A few observations from the trip. First and fore most, all the people we met were very friendly and helpful. This was manifest in many explicit and subtle ways, for example: You can, assuming you speak the language, ask anyone for directions, but more often than not the answer is “over there” with a hand…

  • Knowledge is power and cheaper too

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    The drive to the hotel from Pudong Airport in Shanghai took about 50 minutes. The route covered a combination of highways, collectors and side streets. The driver kindly let me plug my iPod into his cigarette lighter so I could recharge it. He seemed friendly enough engaging my wife in active conversation or as active…

  • Sleeping Tiger

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    Sleeping Tiger

    On our China trip, Linda and I regularly arose at an early hour. In Huangshan we joined a group to climb a local peak that left the hotel at 3AM. When we reached the top of the peak at around 4:30 AM there were probably several hundred people there already. 5:30AM in Hangzhou is as…

  • Flying in China

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    Flying in China

    I’ve been asked by a number of people about travel, and flying specifically, in China. Some observations: The flights to and from China via Cathy Pacific were also top notch. Not only was there full service, the leg room in economy was comparable to that offered in business class on domestic routes. But with every…

  • Earthquake

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    Earthquake

    Arriving just days after the earthquake it was possible to witness the news coverage as well as individual reaction to these events. The epicenter was in Wenchuan, less than 100KM from our originally planned route that took us to Chengdu. We were certainly lucky. CCTV–China Central Television–provided 24 hour coverage. Initially the content focused on…