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Chinese Whispers – China in 1978
Enough of the childhood clear-out and back to my travels! I saw a photo today of racks of sweet corn cobs drying in the air, and it took me straight back to the first time I and my husband visited the...
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Blog Awards – A Big Thank You
I was going back through correspondence I’d kept to follow up yesterday and came across an award from Honey at A Slice of Heaven in Sweden. It’s probably going to be the surprise of her life now I’m...
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Chinese Whispers – Beijing (47)
We didn’t stay long in Guangzhou before flying to Beijing. In those days the domestic planes were flown by air force pilots so we shot along the runway at an amazing speed and walloped up into the sky...
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Chinese Whispers – The ‘Burbs (48)
Soapstone carving of a Chinese scholar which I bought during my trip. I forgot to mention that, when we arrived in Beijing, we were each issued with the ubiquitous winter coat that all Chinese wore at...
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Chinese Whispers – Art & Culture (49)
Chinese Artwork I rather think our tour of China in 1978 was a bit of trial and error for the Chinese as conducting tours was a very new venture. All I can say is that we concluded back in Hong Kong,...
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Chinese Whispers – Food (50)
When I started writing this post, I was reminded of one of the simplest and tastiest dishes I had in China – stir-friend green beans with almonds. It was perfectly cooked and delicious. So was the...
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