We arrived in HangZhou on Thursday after spending the day in Shanghai with Will (one of two people who we know in Shanghai) and having some fun with the train ticketing system – a blog entry for another day.. It has been extremely cold since we arrived. Literally temperatures under 4’C and with lows into […]
Continue ReadingArrived in Shanghai (again)
Hi all! Toni and I have arrived safely in Shanghai, China. We landed just after 7pm Beijing (local) time and checked into the hotel at around 8:30pm with no problems. The taxi ride cost us about AUD $30 for a 45min trip (about 40kms). We’re staying not far from all the action in the PuDong […]
Continue ReadingUpon the changing landscape
Today marks 31 years for one Canberran (me), and sitting here at the breakfast bar in my ancestral home I can safely say this has been one of the best, most idyllic weekends in recent memory. The past four years have seen a lot of turbulence* on or around February 20th, so this is the […]
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