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June 10th 2007

Published: August 7th 2007

Chengdu brought increases in both temperature and casualness - for the first time in China, I saw many guys walking around in shorts. The city had a similar feel to Kunming, with umpteen Western brands, foreign cuisines, and bustling shopping zones though a good deal more greenery. There was a lot to see both inside and outside the city (so much so that I'll write 3 entries for it) and - despite a... Read Full Entry

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John McCabe

Jabe

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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28th June 2007

Goodsue
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I bet the tortoise is dinner!
I've been in Nanjing a year and never got to Yunnan. Your blogs are great--both the writing and the photos. Interesting that there are no pix of you and LA Woman. ;-) I think I'll subscribe to see where else you travel in China.

29th June 2007

pandora05
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sichuan
had you been to daocheng town during your trip in china ?if you didn't ,i strongly recommend you to trip there,it's amazing,welcome to china again

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