Get a SIM Card as You Travel in China
If you are traveling in China and you want a local number and the ability to make a few calls
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Tips for China’s Chengdu Airport
Chengdu’s claim to fame is the panda and you will see it prominently displayed just about everywhere. Even above the
Read MoreTaiwan is Number 52
Actually, this is my third trip to Taiwan and I realized I never posted my first blog about coming here.
Read MoreToxic China: Road Rage and Aggression
What disturbs me about China are the tempers… including my own. There is something to be said about the advice
Read MoreEating China: Beixingqiao and Gui Jie, a Beijing Food Street
In the evening, it’s red lanterns as far as the eye can see. It’s not a hutong with those little
Read MoreIn Which I Find Myself Panhandling in a Beijing Subway
I arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) grabbed my bags and was ready to make the easy Airport Express
Read MoreThe Funny Side of My Life: Getting Paid
It just so happened that I took the call in my car, in an empty gravel parking lot in an
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Changing Money at Beijing Airport
Changing Money in China: Beijing Airport Quick advice: avoid it! Unless you are changing a large sum of money, changing
Read MoreA Few Days in Beijing and Shanghai
As I flew into Beijing last week, I wondered if I might be able to see the Great Wall of
Read MoreDumplings in Shanghai: Foodhall Be Damned
Shanghai Eats Right across Nanjing Road from my hotel is “Shanghai First Foodhall,” a modern multi-floor building filled with food
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Pudong Airport Connection in Shanghai: Riding the Maglev
Taking the Maglev in Shanghai I love flying into Shanghai’s Pudong airport. There’s nothing like racing into town on the
Read MoreFunny Chinese English-Menu Translation in Beijing
OK, this is the travel blogging version of low-hanging fruit. It’s been done a bit, but when you’re tired, hungry,
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My Favorite Hutong in Beijing: Nan Luo Gu Xiang
I love my Beijing hutong. Oh, there are others, and this one is starting to show a bit too much
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Not a Lotta Terra Cotta: Bummed Out in Xi’an, China
Traveling in China can get my goat sometimes. Taxi drivers. Cheats. Hawkers. Cheats. Guys on sidewalk selling you socks. Cheats.
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The Shanghai Hustle (Video)
This is just a very short video compilation of various street hawkers along Nanjing Road in Shanghai. I gathered it
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A Beijing Sunday in Tiantan Park
What better way to spend a Sunday in Beijing than visiting Tiantan Park where many of the locals gather for
Read MoreShanghai: Stop and Smell the Clovers
The things you see when you look up from where you’re walking. I had a new business contact in Shanghai
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Have to Laugh in Shanghai
Back I go into the great circus of China. As the plane approaches Pudong International Airport, I only partly listen
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Water You Thinkin’? Blog Action Day 2010
There’s a bit of irony about my post today. One of the main characters is blocking me from posting it.
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Travels in Shanghai (Video)
Shanghai is China’s commercial center, maybe a little snobby at times, but definitely modern and on the move. With the
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