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Friday, March 21, 2014
Pearl River Draft
This is about my 25 th new beer for this trip. It's only 3.6 % alcohol so it's cheaper and safer than the water.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Mosquitoes and Me
On the 12th I was bitten by a mosquito in Renhe, which is a bit North of Guangzhou. Although there is no strong evidence of malaria in this area ... it is within the range of possibility. If I were infected with Malaria ... odds are good that sometime in the next 16 days I would be symptomatic.
Tips Regarding the Canton Tower
Hi. Today I went and looked at the Canton Tower. First tip. If you
want to go to the Canton tower and ride the elevator to the top and
maybe get a t-shirt, go to the nearest subway station and get off at the
Canton Tower. I have a lot of confidence in local knowledge, and often
it works out great. Not today.
Second tip: RTFM Shawn. I still haven't read it. But I bet it says right in there how to get to get to the Canton Tower.
Third tip: If you are a cabbie in Guangzhou and someone asks to go to the Canton Tower, please tell them to ride the subway and take them to the nearest station.
Fourth tip: If you are a Guangzhou resident, and a Western traveller asks to go to the Canton Tower, do not take them to the south end of the national mall and try to walk to the Canton Tower. It can't be done in a reasonable period of time (I think we walked about 4 miles), and I have no reasonable evidence it can be done despite the appearance of a bridge across the Pearl River. Take your friends to nearest subway station and go to the Canton Tower stop and get off.
Then look around for a really freaking big tower.
My apologies to the three English speaking young men, who asked me at 11:00 how to get to the tower, because I told them they would probably have to walk across the river. The correct thing to tell you, (as I found out a few minutes later) was to get on the subway and ride to the Canton Tower station. You had missed the last train on the short route, so it might have been faster to walk anyway.
Second tip: RTFM Shawn. I still haven't read it. But I bet it says right in there how to get to get to the Canton Tower.
Third tip: If you are a cabbie in Guangzhou and someone asks to go to the Canton Tower, please tell them to ride the subway and take them to the nearest station.
Fourth tip: If you are a Guangzhou resident, and a Western traveller asks to go to the Canton Tower, do not take them to the south end of the national mall and try to walk to the Canton Tower. It can't be done in a reasonable period of time (I think we walked about 4 miles), and I have no reasonable evidence it can be done despite the appearance of a bridge across the Pearl River. Take your friends to nearest subway station and go to the Canton Tower stop and get off.
Then look around for a really freaking big tower.
My apologies to the three English speaking young men, who asked me at 11:00 how to get to the tower, because I told them they would probably have to walk across the river. The correct thing to tell you, (as I found out a few minutes later) was to get on the subway and ride to the Canton Tower station. You had missed the last train on the short route, so it might have been faster to walk anyway.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Monday, March 17, 2014
Today, Lantau Island ... Tomorrow Chueng Chau Island
I spent today on Lantau Island, just across from Hong Kong Island. Apparently there are still native populations of the original occupants, and also feral cattle and buffalo. I shot film and ate wonton from a street vendor. I saw bananas growing and what appears to be a whole island full of local jungle. The local fishing village of Tai O is pretty interesting. I sent 6 rolls of 120 to the film guru in Tuscon at the Post Office in Tai O.
Tomorrow, the New Territories. Chueng Chau Island. A fairly informative post -- here -- if the monkey could actually remember where she went.
Tomorrow, the New Territories. Chueng Chau Island. A fairly informative post -- here -- if the monkey could actually remember where she went.
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Friday, March 14, 2014
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Where's All the Good Food Pictures?
Well, since I've been on this tour, there aren't any. In fact, last nights dinner, included pork stomach, pork colon and beef tendons, all things I'd rather not eat. I've managed to find the only cooked on the spot food in the hotel buffet breakfast. Thanks for the noodles.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Monday, March 10, 2014
Sunday, March 9, 2014
I am in Shangra-la ...
…I think. There's apparently some disagreement on the subject. https://maps.google.com.hk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=shangri-la&aq=&sll=27.070285,100.251789&sspn=0.085446,0.154324&vpsrc=6&brcurrent=3,0x0:0x0,0&ie=UTF8&hq=shangri-la&hnear=&ll=26.975933,100.202179&spn=0.342071,0.617294&t=m&z=11 shows it on the same side of the mountain from Lijiang. Which is where I am. I am going to go with it. I am in Shangri-la. Latte-da.
I'm in Shangri-la ...
…I think. There’s apparently some disagreement on the subject. https://maps.google.com.hk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=shangri-la&aq=&sll=27.070285,100.251789&sspn=0.085446,0.154324&vpsrc=6&brcurrent=3,0x0:0x0,0&ie=UTF8&hq=shangri-la&hnear=&ll=26.975933,100.202179&spn=0.342071,0.617294&t=m&z=11 shows it on the same side of the mountain from Lijiang. Which is where I am. I am going to go with it. I am in Shangri-la. Latte-da.
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Friday, March 7, 2014
Windows 7 Sucks ... I Am Sure Windows Nine will Make the Rest of My Hardware Obsolete
Windows you blow. I am never going to buy another product of yours, ever. I grabbed a sweet new laptop to take to China and assumed (stupidly, I could add) that my current memory card reader would work. It doesn’t. Why not? Total mystery. Then, I transferred a truckload of data to a new memory stick bought in China … can Windoze 3.1 recognize it … probably. Windows 7, no.
So from now on. I will only buy Macs. You totally screwed my plan.
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