When I first came to China back in the day, I had the pleasure of flying domestically a few times. I was amazed at how quick and efficient the service was, and how the flights left exactly as the time on the ticket was printed. How foolish I was.
I would say that flying in china […]
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In Tianjin this sign constitutes false advertising.
This weekend I made a quick jaunt up to Tianjin (or Tientsin for you British Imperial types) with friends for a mission with two primary objectives. This first objective was to examine a factory and make sure that the products they made didn’t spontaneously combust after one use; the […]
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The imbecility of my prior actions began to set in as I accepted that I had in fact missed the train and this was not some horrible hangover induced hallucination. The hangover itself was kicking into full gear and I hadn’t had the masochistic pleasure of one like this for a long time. The only […]
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Mount Tai or Tai Shan is one of the 5 holy daoist mountains of China. It is also the only one located in my home province of Shandong. My friend thought it would be a good place to visit during the week-long break we had as the rest of the class went on school trips […]
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After a quick flight from Beijing to YYZ I’m back in Canada for the first time in 8 months. It feels like even less. A few notes on this little trip so far.
If you’re flying from Toronto to Beijing, make sure to get on the direct flight. The airplanes are the most modern in the […]
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For the first time I made it outside of the mass of humanity that is the Kanto area. I decided instead of forking over $900 to the greedy airlines to take me on a two hour flight from Narita to Qingdao, I’d take the train and boat super happy combination vacation.
The bullet trains out of […]
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Aye! She’s a fine vessle indeed
This weekend, for no reason in particular, I thought it would be interesting to meet some people I had never met, in a city I’ve never been to, all to wind up doing something I’ve painfully experienced oh so many times before.
I had met a friend through the powers […]
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The train from Beijing to Lhasa leves Beijing West (Beijingxi huochezhan) Station at 9:30pm. For some reason we were recommended to arrive like 2 hours early because it was such a big station and we would need it to find our way around and all that bullshit the travel people tell you. Realistically, you could […]
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It has begun. This will be my last post from Canadian soil. Trying to sleep last night was a mission in itself. For some impromptu reason a noise manifested itself from within the walls of my room right by the head of my bed, and my head. It was like there was a team of […]
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