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nomadnorrie From Sydney to the formula 1 grand prix in Shanghai, Beijing, South Korea, Mongolia, Russia, Ukraine and Europe. Final destination by train is London. Hopping on a flight to Finland, then on to Japan and finally back to Sydney.

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Run up to xmas

CHINA | Monday, 24 Dec 2007 | Views [872]

I was invited out to dinner a few days before xmas with a South Korean guy called Joseph. That was after I spent an evening drinking cold beer in a cold hotel lobby with him and the owner of my hotel. It was a bit of a triumph for me because we talked ... Read more >

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Vegetarian buffet

CHINA | Sunday, 4 Nov 2007 | Views [2144]

I've started to get a little more adventurous when ordering meals in restaurants, I've been eating a bit too much Beef noodle soup. Ordering Beef is easy because it is very common, almost every restaurant serves it. Some restaurants are run by Muslims ... Read more >

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My darling Penny Ping

CHINA | Monday, 29 Oct 2007 | Views [1214]

"Oh my darling Penny Ping, I shall love you forever, for you taught my heart to sing." No I didn't make that up. I heard that tonight shortly after I had sat down to have dinner in a local restaurant. I'd ordered vegetable and rice soup ... Read more >

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Street food stalls

CHINA | Thursday, 25 Oct 2007 | Views [515]

This is just a quick post to let you know that I have added a photo gallery with recent pictures of street food that I've eaten. Each photo has a comment to let you know what is in the picture and some tell you what I ate. BTW. I have just found out ... Read more >

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Meal for 4 in Beijing restaurants

CHINA | Saturday, 20 Oct 2007 | Views [686] | Comments [2]

I've been eating out at Beijing restaurants for the last few nights(as opposed to street-side market stall food). Some restaurants have English menus which you would think makes life a lot easier, that's not been true for me. Typically what happens ... Read more >

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Beijing

CHINA | Wednesday, 10 Oct 2007 | Views [385]

I'm back in Beijing now. Last night I came back on the same bullet like train that I went to Shanghai on. I had a batch of four 1 hour lessons this morning at my language school, that's the same as every weekday scheduled for the next month. I am making ... Read more >

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Chinese cake shops

CHINA | Tuesday, 2 Oct 2007 | Views [8018] | Comments [1]

I popped into a cake shop today to buy something quick to eat. Just pick something up that looks good, pay and I'm all sorted I thought. As I was browsing the cake labels (with only Mandarin characters on) I noticed that many of the buns had meat in ... Read more >

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Shanghai - about town

CHINA | Monday, 1 Oct 2007 | Views [1789] | Comments [1]

I found The Bund today, it's amazing. The skyline on the eastern side of the river looks terribly exotic. The downside, well there were lots of other tourists about and because of that there were lots of touts about too. "Hello, where do you come ... Read more >

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