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The Butcher’s Son – China
The Butcher’s Son
China
The sheep was tethered into a crooked light pole with a white rope. Large and restless, the sheep pulling at her little rope, biting it.
The butcher’s son, a boy with the wispy beginnings of a mustache and droopy eyelids was sent to fetch the sheep. We cross
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Things to do – Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Things to do
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Mountains
There are not high mountains in Kaohsiung, and the parks are built for the purposes of relaxation and natural reservation.
Wansoshan Park
Located in the West of Kaohsiung City, the park is famous for forests, caves, limestone and wild monkeys. There are
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Where to Eat – Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Where to Eat
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
The best way to experience the Taiwanese culture is trying the vendor food. In Kaohsiung, there are six night markets where the vendors gather at night and make a living. In fact, you can pretty much find something to eat anywhere, anytime in Taiwan! Including Kao
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Ilan: A Visit to Unexplored Site – Taiwan
One of the most difficult things about studying abroad is that I can take only short trips home to be with family and friends. My grandma said that it is like dipping the food in the soy sauce, and it is a taste many people cannot resist. My first couple years in college, I made two short trips
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The Karaoke Facists – Dunhuang, China
The Karaoke Facists
Dunhuang, China
I was awoken by singing. I thought it had come from outside, perhaps from one of the many bars on the street. It was awful and loud. It sounded like howling, like an animal had been wounded and was suffering badly.
I lie awake in my bed trying to gauge the di
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The Burial of Mr. Ping – Fengxiang, China
The Burial of Mr. Ping
Fengxiang, China
There were ten of them walking in a tidy single file line. The four in front were old men dressed in suits while the other seven were dressed head to toe in white sheets.
The men had a complex knot tied on their backs and the women were veiled. The four m
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The Music Box – Turpan, Xinjiang Provence, China
The Music Box
Turpan, Xinjiang Provence, China
There was to be a raffle, I was told. The MC was going to call out the number of a ticket and a prize would be given; nobody knew what it was. There were two small boys sitting with me at the wobbly little table. I had originally been sitting alone
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In Taiwan Basic Physics Does Not Apply – Taipei, Taiwan
In Taiwan, Basic Physics Does Not Apply
Taipei, Taiwan
Basic Physics:
A body in motion will stay in motion unless acted up by an equal or greater force in the opposite direction. At which point the body will reverse direction or come to a complete stop.
There are appoximately 6 million people i
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The Trap – Xin Hui, China
My abdomen pushed down against my bladder creating that unmistakable urge that meant only one thing. Find a toilet, and find it now!
"You should have used the restroom in the restaurant," my fiancé chastised.
I hurried from person to person:"Chee so?" "Chee so?"
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Forget Me Not: Notes from a Kashgar Wedding – China, Asia
The bride's reception hall was located outside of town, in an impoverished residential district. Much of the neighborhood was made of mud and the roads were unpaved. There was loose dirt on the ground and tiny clouds of fine dust would rise up with each step. With thick, heavy grey clou
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Ultash Language School – China
Ultash Language School
China
I met Yusup under strange circumstances. In the market in Turpan a young girl came to me; “Hallo,” she said handing me a grey mobile phone, “English Man?”
I took the phone and heard a tinny, far away male voice. The voice told me its name, Yu
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Escape From Yangzhou – Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
Escape From Yangzhou
Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
“Troublemakers never think they’re wrong.”
– Chinese proverb
“Your bikes are ready!” Miss Jane shouted as she cornered Craig and me like frightened rats at the top of the stairs.
She, who had been our g
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Xanax, KFC, and Celebrity Status – China
Xanax, KFC, and Celebrity Status
China
They say there are several stages a traveler or expatriate goes through abroad, and they go something like this: 1. a stage of general fascination and delight with how everything is so different from home, 2. a stage of annoyance with how everything is so
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48hrs – Chengdu, Sichuan to Shanghai, China
48hrs
Chengdu, Sichuan to Shanghai, China by train
Chengdu (the most densely populated and relatively poor economical region) to Shanghai (the commercial hub of opportunities) via Xian. The end of Chinese new year festivities. 48 hours by train hard seat.
Not a good idea!
48hrs on a train.
Incr
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Tiger Leaping Gorge – Hutiao Gorge, Yunnan, China
Tiger Leaping Gorge
Hutiao Gorge, Yunnan, China
He lay fully clothed on the wooden bed, freezing. Battling against the cold, the suffocating smoke and Shang Li for ownership of the only blanket.
Tiger Leaping Gorge Inevitably the famous flower eluded us and our hosts, as does the name of this s
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Er shi jiu ri (29 day) – Shanghai, China
Er shi jiu ri (29 day)
Shanghai, China
Looking out WindowSome say that the worst part of a nightmare is that brief moment when you wake up not knowing fact from fiction. But theirs actually begins with the acclimation back into reality. The sounds were maddening; even for the few minutes I was
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Reading Material – Beijing, China
Reading Material
Beijing, China
In a country like China, where everyone seems to either want to learn English or to improve whatever English they already know, there are a wide range of money-making opportunities available to driven, proactive native English speaker. Unfortunately, I don’
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Huangshan Mountain, Chinese Chicken Feet and the Mighty Yangtze – China
Huangshan Mountain, Chinese Chicken Feet and the Mighty Yangtze
China
Introduction
As the sun beat down on another scorching day in China, I rushed to buy a ticket on the 11:30 bus to Hefei, the next stop on my travels around the country. Finding my way through the maze of buses filling the par
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Shenzhen: An Alien’s Shopping and Gustatory Trek – Shenzhen, China
Shenzhen: An Alien’s Shopping and Gustatory Trek
Shenzhen, China
Should you find Hong Kong in your travel itinerary with a day or two to spare, get a visa to China and do a side trip to Shenzhen. You will not be disappointed!
Shekou is a half-hour ferry ride from the Hong Kong Internation
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Travel Tips for First Time Visitor to China – China
Travel Tips for First Time Visitor to China
China
China is a large country at a size of 9,596,960 sq km. China was only partially opened to the world from 1980 onwards and has been a communist country for many decades. Although there is much progress in the travel industry and infrastructure of
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