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Ancient Observatory

November 6th 2007
Regrettably the "fast" train from Shanghai to Beijing was a 200km/h crawler, giving me a burst of maglev nostalgia. I did however learn a new word for toilet, as a sign in the smallest room requested people to not put wastepaper in the "closestool". Beijing is an exhausting city, and I don't mean that in the same positive way I might use that adjective to describe New York. With it covering s ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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John McCabe

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I quit the rat race in 2005, after working as an IT project manager for over a decade. I then travelled around the world for 4 years, a period of my life which is covered by this blog. After finishing my trip, I wrote a book about my dissatisfaction with my career, my reasons for quitting my job, life as a first-time thirtysomething backpacker, and finally the lessons learned from being exposed to experiences and people that I would never have encountered if I'd stayed in my office. The book is called "Out Of Office Male" and is available at all the usual eBook outlets. I took a ... full info

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