#19 The People’s Documentary, disappearing stores, The Forbidden City, and crazy Tibetans August 17th 2005 June 2
We are still laughing about the silly documentary we watched last night on the only English channel on Beijing TV. Did you know that Beijing Duck is less greasy now than it used to be? Customers demanded that it be less greasy so chefs developed new non-greasy ways to prepare it. The traditional way of cooking Beijing Duck by pumpi ... read more
Asia » China » Beijing 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
Hi! Welcome to the Crabby Travelers' travel blog! We are Martha & Tony Dancy and we travel whenever possible. This year we attained our fantasy/goal to break from the norm (boring work-a-day life in the states) and find a way to live & work overseas. Tony took a music gig in Hong Kong recently that has turned out to be a unique, long-term stint. Or so we hope. I did the practical thing and quit my perfectly good job, packed up, sold and/or stored our stuff and joined him here. The log starts in HK & who knows where it will go next....
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