A Beijing Christmas and Hong Kong New Years: Photos 21 to 42

It’s been awhile—the holidays were a blur here as I went to Beijing for Christmas and Hong Kong for New Years with my friend Sulava from college. Here’s a somewhat brief overview from the last few weeks.


Christmas in Shenzhen: It was very strange being away for Christmas. Not many people celebrate it here, and the lack of Christians assures unbridled commercialism without any of the “true meaning of Christmas” stuff. Communism at its finest. My Christmas lesson was fun with the kids. We sang carols and designed stockings, and I got more Christmas cards than I knew what to do with. I also had to do final oral exams, which was kinda a bummer because the kids were really nervous about it, but it made me feel like my class was more legit. For our Christmas, Cody got me two hats and a pair of gloves for Beijing (thank god, I needed them! It was windy, between 15 and 30 degrees the whole time, and all of the sites are outside!! Brrrrr!), some McVities digestives that I didn’t know you could get here, and then he took an orange and taped a bunch of orange flavored little chocolates

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Hi MVA! I'm glad you've had some strange, but nice Chinese holiday. I loved reading about your trip to hong kong. It's cool to hear about the same places I saw when I was there I guess about 2 years ago or so. I especially enjoyed the escalator and the ability to find cadbury chocolate! Went into the uhh "chun ching mansion" ( I think that was the name) it sounded like the hostel you stayed at, sketchy as hell! My dads going to Macau for definitely this summer, probably june/July. You won't be in china then, will you? I don't have a huge desire to go back, but I totally would if we could meet up. Oh yeah, I hope you intend on eating a ton of pho while you're in Vietnam. I am so jealous of your travels! Take care!

Hi MVA! I'm glad you've had some strange, but nice Chinese holiday. I loved reading about your trip to hong kong. It's cool to hear about the same places I saw when I was there I guess about 2 years ago or so. I especially enjoyed the escalator and the ability to find cadbury chocolate! Went into the uhh "chun ching mansion" ( I think that was the name) it sounded like the hostel you stayed at, sketchy as hell! My dads going to Macau for definitely this summer, probably june/July. You won't be in china then, will you? I don't have a huge desire to go back, but I totally would if we could meet up. Oh yeah, I hope you intend on eating a ton of pho while you're in Vietnam. I am so jealous of your travels! Take care!