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Chengdu taxi rides and getting dressed up. Twice.

January 18th 2009
The year 2009. One year ago, I had no idea I would end up living in Chengdu and teaching English. Last year has been a year of surprises. It has also been a year of changes, going from dangerous levels of boredom in the workplace to enjoying my job again, leaving the relative security of a well paid job in favour of seeing the world, and of course going from traveling through crazy places to livin ... 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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Mark

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After a few years of the daily grind, I quit my job, bought a few plane tickets and set off around the world. After a 46 hour flight from Amsterdam - Auckland (with layovers), I arrived in New Zealand, where I spent two weeks. I then flew to Bangkok, and spent the next three months or so making my way through Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. I walked accross the Chinese border in July 2008, with six weeks left until my flight home from Shanghai. Those six weeks were of course never going to be enough, and I have still never been to Shanghai... I decided to let my ticket expire and stay... full info

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