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Published: September 24th 2009
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Hello everybody.
Finally convinced myself that I don't care if I'm sick, I'm not wasting any more of this holiday watching The Office...although I really do like watching The Office, so maybe that will change...
Anyway, I flicked through a book, found a temple I wanted to go visit, and at 3:00 finally worked out how I was going to get there! Unfortunately, it closed just as I arrived, but it didn't matter, you can still see it from the hutong I was walking through, and I got to check out a few other things as I walked through.
It's a funny place, there is a shop for everything, and they're all in the same place, if that makes sense. For example, today, after I left the closed temple, I was walking along the road and there was a shop I walked past that sold used trophies - I'm not joking. And if you think that's obscure, well, there were twenty of those shops in a row. Then it changed to plumbing repairs, and then it changed to incense vendors, because there was a buddhist temple up ahead, and then around the corner it turned to smashed up
computer components stores. If I ever need to buy any of those things, I know where to go. Right now, I bet that the words "hammock district" are going through Troy's mind...
Afterwards I strolled around to a little park just to have a look around. I probably should have stayed there a little bit longer, it's one of those awesome places just to have a bit of a sit down and watch the people for a few hours. There were people dancing, playing hacky-sack/volleyball, old men playing Mahjong and cards, and comparing their little birds in their little cages. And six million dogs peeing everywhere.
I went home after that. Susie's still not well, but definitely improving, so hopefully tomorrow she'll be up and about. A couple of Kate & Lloyd's friends dropped around today to give Susie some gifts to make her feel better, so that was very nice!
Righto, that's all, hope everybody's well and you don't have lungs filled with red dust - now you guys know what it's like here!!!
Bye!
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Danette
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Sounds like you'r having a great time
Hi guys, Wow, some of your blogs have bought back lots of memories. Just thought I would say for the fifteenth time (in case you don't remember). . . I'm so jealous! I actually saw Maos' embalmed body and if you look at one of his ears really closely you can see the stitch marks where they had to sew it back on, cos if fell off a few years back. He's really freaky. I also empathise with you over being sick. Sue, I lost six kilos in six weeks when I was there, thanks to some dodgy Beijing Kao Ya and Sweet 'n Sour Pork. The Summer Palace took my breath away too, such extravagance and all at the expense of tax payers! The lake was frozen when I was there which was cool. Well guys, I hope you keep having an awesome time and that you both get better soon. And remember, not all karaoke bars are 'karaoke' bars, if you get my drift :o)