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October 28th 2012
Published: October 28th 2012
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Could not put my book down on Friday night and read until midnight, and apartment dwelling in China does not lend itself to a sleep-in the next morning. Between people up and about and having a very noisy chat, or the men continually clearing their throats and lungs of any phlegm and vigorously and loudly expelling said phlegm on the ground, I was wide awake at 7am. Note to travellers- avoid th... Read Full Entry



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Ole has imported food from around the world- at the price!
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Children's floor display

These were animatronic; moving and making sounds
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East top end of Spring City Square
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A group of boys and girls hanging out and dancing, saw my second only girl smoking
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Dance moves were all feet and twirls
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Top end of Spring City Square, this lady was a poet in the 11thC



29th October 2012

Fountains
Dear Rosemary, I remember well being taken to the "new" fountain in Rockhampton, where locals would sit on a rug to watch the lights and water in the park- late 60"s! In June Jenny and I were entranced by the dancing fountains at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Glad to see Jinan has the same attraction! It rained in Mackay today for the first time since July- only settled the dust mind you, but it was very welcome! Our German friends are coming next week, so I will be a tourist operator for a few days! Keep up the blog- I scroll through all the entries to see a new one each day! Cheers, Paul
30th October 2012

Won't be blogging until Sunday now. Going to Beijing to get Martin and see the sights in 3 days. Will have a huge amount fo blogging to catch up on Sunday and Monday next week. And work, why yes i am doing that too!
31st October 2012

Updates good
Hi there, I see why people want to see pictures, that's how you SEE what you are doing...nice blog, thanks.
31st October 2012

Is this Leanne D? Can't access your blog the Great firewall of china vetos that along with YouTube, FB and even the Ultrasurf site

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