China Trip – Day 14: The journey home

The last in a series of posts detailing my adventures in China exactly one year ago (give or take a few days). I intend to finish off with a few thoughts on my trip one year on sometimes in the next few days. Extract from my journal:Saturday 10th March 2007 The plane is somewhere over […]

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China Trip – Day 11: Out to the village

Part of a series of posts detailing my adventures in China exactly one year ago (give or take a day or two!). Extract from my journal:Wednesday 7th March 2007 I’m writing this on Thursday morning, and yesterday was the maddest, most fascinating, most genuinely Chinese day of the trip. We woke early on the overnight […]

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China Trip – Day 10: Train Travels

Part of a series of posts detailing my adventures in China exactly one year ago (give or take a day!). Extract from my journal:Tuesday 6th March 2007 Here we are on the sleeper train somewhere in the middle of China, en route from Xi’an to Wuhan, from which we will head to to Suizhou to […]

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China Trip – Day 4: North to Beijing

Part of a series of posts detailing my adventures in China a year ago. Extract from my journal:Wednesday 28th February 2007 If I didn’t need to keep up with my journal to make sure I have a record of the whole trip, I’d go to sleep right now. I’m tired, especially after losing the others […]

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China Trip – Day 3:Birthdays and Memorials

Part of a series of posts detailing my adventures in China a year ago. Extract from my journal:Tuesday 27th February 2007 Began the day with singing “Happy Birthday” to Nick when he arrived at breakfast, after getting Dan to delay him. Left on the bus for a hectic day rushing from place to place, starting […]

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