Is that.. snow?

Well it is Monday and as we have become accustomed to it being, well, cold.  However, today it is actually snowing.  It’s not quite piling up, but it is certainly falling from the sky.  Toni, Matt and Chen have gone out to do various tasks while I am holding down the fort (not that I […]

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Settling into life in HangZhou (China)

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 […]

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Arrived 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 […]

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