Entering the Dragon
January 22nd 2007 First entry for a while, and we've now made it to China (and have been here for 2 weeks). First impressions are that it's very big & very cold (and getting colder as we go north!), people still "clear their throat" (ie spit) a lot, and there's definitely a language barrier here; nothing that good old sign-language & pointing can't overcome, aided by some misguided (but well meaning) Mandarin/Engli
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