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Timing

Raining! They seeded the clouds too late. Usually they engineer a bright sunny day for Oct. 1. (By mid-afternoon it was beautiful out.)

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prrrrl on October 1, 2013 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013

Timing

Raining! They seeded the clouds too late. Usually they engineer a bright sunny day for Oct. 1. (By mid-afternoon it was beautiful out.)

written by

prrrrl on October 1, 2013 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013

The tall building has three elevators but today only one is working. It's on the eighth floor. I wait for it to descend. The doors open and I see three people, one with a dolly of boxes, one just standing there and one on a full size motorcycle. I back up to let the motorcycle back out but when...

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prrrrl on October 1, 2013 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013

My new job?

It's the national holiday so all offices are closed. Fortunately for me shops are open. I'm at one warehouse and only the owners are here. The phone rings and it's their customer in London. Poor Wu is confused - he does not speak English. He hands the phone to me. I act as translator conveying...

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prrrrl on October 1, 2013 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013

Wow! Talk about living up to its name!

The first time I passed that corner I thought, 'Open sewer?' The second time I thought, 'Industrial spill?' The third time I paid attention to the recorded sales pitch blasted endlessly to passers-by: "Chou Dofu!" Stinky tofu! I'll pass!

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prrrrl on September 28, 2013 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013

Chaoyang bound?

We were at the Xingcheng train station ticket window having just bought our soft seats for Chaoyang [only $10!] when the Drama began. I attempted to make a follow on request for two tickets to Beijing from Chaoyang. Having been told by a nation-wide reservation service that no hotels in...

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prrrrl on September 27, 2013 from Xingcheng, China

from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013

My Fault!

It would have been my fault. I would have rear-ended the car in front of me. The thing is, I wasn't driving. I was walking. The traffic was so bad the cars had taken over the bike lane. The "parking lot" was the side walk. So where do I stroll? I'm walking in the bike lane, distracted. I...

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prrrrl on September 26, 2013 from Shenyang, China

from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013

Hiqh Quality

"Please be careful to wet up and down steep slopes," read the sign. Chinglish at it very best! [Sign posted at the entry ramp to the ancient city wall of Xingcheng, one of only four remaining Ming Dynasty walled cities.]

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prrrrl on September 26, 2013 from Xingcheng, China

from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013

Spider Wall

I was so excited to see large argiope spiders in three consecutive battlements of the Ming Dynasty wall! I took many close up pictures! Then I kept walking... and counting... and there were about 20 consecutive battlements with argiope spiders. Must be favorable winds facing south. Spider Row!

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prrrrl on September 26, 2013 from Xingcheng, China

from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013

In no particular order... Today's events

Why do we take pictures? To remember an event? To document atrocities? To sustain awe of beauty? Why did the fluent English-speaking Chinese gentleman clandestinely take mine after helping me decipher which subway stop would bring me close to the wholesale tea market? Surely with his...

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prrrrl on September 25, 2013 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Liaoning, 2013

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