http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/qrichardson/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from qrichardson en-us Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:17:42 BST Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:17:42 BST . http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shanghai/Jing-An/blog-304928.html Canada. Amazing. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/blog-296327.html out of the city for a day http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/blog-267272.html mask day. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/blog-253370.html The end of our fall semester was celebrated by a punishing trip to the far north near russia. It was quite cold. The train was tiring but eyeopening. Talked to a woman who works in a kitchen cupboard manufacturing plant...heard about the low wages gt12 hr shifts with no sitting the rising cost of living etc. Her husband was deceased and she was still raising a son so it struck me as odd http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Heilongjiang/Harbin/blog-234384.html so i decided to try acting in a comedy TV series for a bit. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Daxing/blog-231412.html Just a few... http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/blog-228749.html an amazing improvement over the old apartment.to be honest the previous posting of my bedroom was highly selective...the rest of the apartment was a breeding ground for trashdisease. so now i live in a new place with good friends and all is well http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Haidian-district/blog-226293.html This past Friday I went with a handful of classmates and teachers to Xiang Shan Fragrant Hill. Even though we went on a weekday to avoid the crowd there were still about 0.5 billion people there to enjoy the fall colors. It was also the foggiest day ever meaning that you couldn't see anything that wasn't directly in front of you. Apparently planes could not land in Beijing that day....And like http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/blog-214716.html some assorted pics from daily life in the first month... http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Haidian-district/blog-211480.html Just one weekend but went with 30 students and 30 teachers. Much fun http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shaanxi/Xi--an/blog-211441.html Maybe the 2 most beautiful place in the world second only to Canada. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Japan/Nagasaki/Nagasaki/blog-209812.html