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Friday, 27 Jan 2012 | Views [351]
Well, Happy New Year from Chen Jia Gou! This coming year is the Year of the Dragon,
which I can’t help but feel is a fortuitous year to be here. I haven’t looked at the Chinese symbolism
surrounding Dragons yet, but seeing as to how my new power ... Read more >
Friday, 27 Jan 2012 | Photo Gallery
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Monday, 23 Jan 2012 | Views [544]
This really did happen the on Wednesday night. In hindsight it’s funny. At the time it was anything but.
My room has an en-suite bathroom with a hot water tank so
you can have a hot shower which is very welcome after a long, cold day. Rural ... Read more >
Monday, 23 Jan 2012 | Views [495]
Holidays never really cross my mind when I’m planning to go
somewhere. I didn’t realise it would be
Durga Puja until I got to Kolkatta, and I ran away from Diwali by spending it
in a tiny village in Sikkim where kids let off firecrackers until about ... Read more >
Saturday, 21 Jan 2012 | Photo Gallery
Cold, cold and colder
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Friday, 13 Jan 2012 | Views [912] | Comments [1]
I like the kitchen.
Everyone eats together and the cook is very friendly. His life’s mission seems to be to feed
people as much as he can in one sitting.
The food is basic but fine; breakfast is ‘zhou’ which is a very watery
kind of porridge ... Read more >
Sunday, 8 Jan 2012 | Views [943]
So, here I am! Chen Zhao Sen’s tai chi school in Chen Jia Gou. I’ve been here for almost two weeks now, and feel settled in the sense that it seems like I’ve been here for ages, Hong Kong seems forever ago, but at the same time I’m still trying ... Read more >
Monday, 26 Dec 2011 | Photo Gallery
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Sunday, 25 Dec 2011 | Views [474]
If anyone had asked me at any point over the last two years and nine months what I really wanted, the only answer I could have given, apart from for Tottenham to win the league (or anything at all!), was to come back to China, go to the Chen Village ... Read more >
Friday, 23 Dec 2011 | Photo Gallery
Trains, Trams and other Asian vehicles...
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Friday, 23 Dec 2011 | Views [480]
This blog hasn't been a daily occurrence, as you may have noticed, but sitting here in the deathly silence of this dorm I thought I'd write some more about Hong Kong, especially as Amy and Dave are thinking of going there for a holiday at Easter and ... Read more >
Wednesday, 21 Dec 2011 | Views [466]
So now I'm in mainland China! It's very different from Hong Kong; different clothes, hair, cigarettes..... Succumbed to temptation today and bought a pre-Chen Village packet of fags. I'd been eyeing them up all the time I was in Hong Kong and today ... Read more >
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