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Weekly Photo Challenge: Journey
Far East Hostel, last week's home away from home Beijing subway New to The Daily Post? Whether you’re a beginner or a professional, you’re invited to get involved in our Weekly Photo Challenge to help...
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Zibo
Last Sunday Kristyn and I thought we’d be intrepid and head off to Zibo, a town known as the end of the Silk Road, for the day. We thought Zibo was about an hour’s bus ride from us and expected that...
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Poem of the Week
Wherever You Are by Jeffrey Harrison When I kissed you in the hall of the youth hostel we fell into the linen closet laughing twenty years ago and I still remember though not very often the taste of...
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Sweet Victory
Next time maybe he will use the meter Today I learned that my complaint against the black taxis, who refused to give my friends and I a ride using their meters, has resulted in some success. A Chinese...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Today 2
At Thousand Mountain Buddha Another Buddha, one of a thousand I like this challenge so I’m adding a post. Another day, another adventure since I’ve got a friend visiting from the U.S. We went to...
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Travel Theme: Art
Ancient bowl, Shandong Province, PRC Graffiti, Jinan 2012 Art Institute of Chicago, modern, 2011 Colonial Art, Santa Fe, NM I could include hundreds of art from my travels. Art is one of the joys of...
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Impressions of Henan
It’ll take some reflection and time before I can give a full narrative of my five day trip to Kaifeng and Luoyang in Henan, the province just south of here. Let me start with a few impressions:...
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Henan Trip: Hiccup #1
After so much tumult trying to get train tickets, we finally got some. We thought we were on an overnight train since that’s the only trains I asked for. Nope. We were given fast train tickets, which...
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Travel Savings for Educators: Edbeds
Edbeds.com is a way for educators to save on accommodations when traveling. The website lists and describes members’ beds and rooms that welcome guests, who must be teachers, for just $49 a night. I...
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Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge: Beginning
Thailand Where to? Ese’s inviting people to a new photography blogging challenge. Each week she choses a quotation and invites people to post a photo or two that are inspired by the quote. We start...
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Harbin
I just returned from a short trip to Harbin in Northern China. If you know anything about this little city of 6 or 7 million it’s that they host a big snow and ice festival every year. I went because...
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Harbin, Russian Tea Room
Russian Tea Room, Harbin Eating at the Russian Tea Room in Harbin is like eating in a Russian grandmother’s house. The decor is homey, full of antiques from former Russians who lived in Harbin in the...
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Pullman Journeys
There’s a new Pullman Car service between Chicago and New Orleans. A few old style Pullman Cars restored to their 1950s version with a dining car, club car and porter service offer a kind of time...
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Pullman Cars
If I could ride in one of these original Pullman cars, I’d do it in a minute. Maybe I need to go on the Orient Express Related Articles Must See: Luoyang Museum Pop-Up Restaurants on the Rails Top 5...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Dreamy
New Mexico Thailand Cambodia 1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog (a new post!)...
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Travel Theme: Belonging
mango & sticky rice belong together Friends belong together, Jinan This man felt he belonged here, – he lost that battle Each week Ailsa of Where’s My Backpack? challenges bloggers with a creative...
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Review: Westin Miyako
Zen Garden at Westin One of the best choices for this trip was to stay for a couple days at the Westin Miyako Hotel in Kyoto in one of their traditional Japanese rooms. Now not everyone wold want to...
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June Staycation
Dragon Boat Zongzi Since Friday the 26th is our last day of class and I’d given two tests and they needed to be graded, going out of town for the long Dragon Boat Festival weekend seemed foolish. So my...
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