A Feast Of Red Lanterns

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May 28th 2008

Published: June 10th 2008

We caught a train to Taiyuan which is an hour away from Pingyao at 23.00, ending up at 7 am the following morning having no sleep and frustrated as hell as the squat loo were locked because some bright spark had sprayed their evil bout of D&V all over the place and must have died in there soon after, there were no western loo's anywhere which left me feeling constipated in Taiyuan. I had hea... Read Full Entry

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10th June 2008

Sheila
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Hello
Dear Claire. On seing that "Loyal and forgiving Hall" made me think could you not get a miniature of it for a keepsake or even get a pencil and a piece of paper and scribble all over it and get the imprint for prosperity!! How many times on your travels have you had your fortune told one way or another? Must be rather a lot now. Thinking of you Love Sheila xx

11th June 2008

denidax
Deni, Dax and Ella

Another hilarious entry, Claire...please, don't come back to England, we want some more blogs!!!!

11th June 2008

Gunga
Carolyn Taylor

Great stories
wonderful going along on your adventures. Thank you so much. Sorry about your camera. Gunga

12th June 2008

MAC from California
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Fame & Fortune
As usual darling Claire you made me laugh. Thanks so much for that. What an incredible place. I want to go there. I could feel the comfort you felt there. I cracked open a Chinese fortune cookie for you today. It read, "Fame and fortune await woman whose eyes disappear in joy." BIG HUG. BIG LOVE. MAC from California

17th June 2008

CJ
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Go Girl
Great use of 'Goldilocks and golf carts'. Surely that menu is not for real? Bring on that wealth fortune tellers! I just returned from a week working in Phuket. Presently defying jet lag. Blogs are reading better, not so much solid text. You're doing a fab job out there. xxx .

17th June 2008

Dani Hall
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Oh No!
Can't believe you dropped your brand new heavy expensive (but still within current budget) camera!..............GUTTED FOR YOU. Hope you managed to get it fixed. You should get this stuff published.

13th August 2008

Mary
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Love the photos and writing: funny!
I'm an American who bummed around China in 1990 with a friend, and so I always enjoy reading about another woman who's done the same or IS doing it. Just read WUHU DIARY: ON TAKING MY ADOPTED DAUGHTER BACK TO HER HOMETOWN IN CHINA by Emily Prager. You too will find all these books and blogs about China really funny (or too idealistic) when you get back. Are you going to adopt a daughter? Uh-oh!

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