http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/G-Mack/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from G Mack en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 01:23:17 +0000 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:23:17 +0000 China BabyWe had this endearing expression that developed during my visit to Beijing Its China baby. This was our catchall statement to describe China at its best when we couldnt make sense of governmental policies when customer service was less than stellar or when things just felt confusing Its China baby roll with the punches. This kind of approach to travel is cruc http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/blog-555282.html Mongolia 2I am sitting on the train from Beijing South Station headed to Jinan. The trip will take about three hours and I am off to see Du Ying a friend from Madison who completed her PhD in economics last October. Wow so much has happened over the past year not to mention the last hour I love to travel. I love meeting new people and discovering new places but its hard to articulate an http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Kharkorin/blog-538109.html Mongolia...So I am writing from Beijing. I am sitting in a bookstore known as the Bookworm near the Tuanjihue neighborhood listening to Tori Amos eating a grilled chicken and pepper panini wfries and ketchup and reflecting on my experiences thus far. I might as well be in the U.S. but I find that these touches of home break up the trend of everything being foreign.Sidenote for my grammaria http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Ulaanbaatar/blog-535120.html