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Tag: China

Two Planes and Two Trains

Posted on August 18, 2012April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

So… here we go again.  After a fairly uncomfortable night in which we both dozed intermittently, we finally checked in for the first leg of our flight, Hong Kong to Shanghai.  We were able to check our cases right through to London Heathrow.  We then found somewhere to have a cup of coffee, then we…

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Wet Market and Wal-Mart

Posted on August 17, 2012April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Woke up this morning feeling a bit sad, as it was our last full day in Shenzhen with Alan and Margaret.   🙁 We checked the weather forecast on-line, because someone had said in Frog’s last night that a typhoon was supposed to be heading to Hong Kong and that the bridge between Shenzhen and HK…

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Pedicures and Pampering

Posted on August 16, 2012April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Woke up around 8.30 this morning, after waking up in the night a few times due to torrential rain and thunderstorms.  The lightning was really bright, even through the curtains and my closed eyes.  When we got up, however, the rain had stopped and the sun was attempting to get through the scattered clouds. We…

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Shopping in Shenzhen

Posted on August 15, 2012April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Woke up at about 5.00am with a splitting headache and feeling quite nauseous.   🙁  Got up for a drink of water and went back to bed again to try to get back to sleep, but only managed to doze on and off. Woke up again about 7 o’clock and went to the loo, where…

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Shanghai, Shaun the Sheep and Shenzhen

Posted on August 14, 2012April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

It was at 04:00 this morning when the wake-up call blasted in our ears and jolted us from sleep once more.  We had 45 minutes to be ready and down in the hotel foyer to collect our “breakfast box” (as the dining room wasn’t open at this unearthly hour) as the bus was due to…

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Another Brit in The Wall

Posted on August 13, 2012July 23, 2022 by bollingerbabe

We were up again at 7.00 this morning, fed and watered and out of the hotel by 8.30am.  As we crossed the road in front of the hotel on our way to the bus, we were accosted by various hawkers selling anything from postcards, fans and sun hats to “Rolex” watches and “Gucci” handbags, all…

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British in Beijing

Posted on August 12, 2012July 23, 2022 by bollingerbabe

A “lie-in” this morning as our wake-up call wasn’t until 7.00am!  We went down for breakfast in the already-crowded dining room and grabbed some food and some coffee before assembling in the hotel lobby for our bus at 8.30am. Off we went into the busy streets of China’s capital, once again marvelling at the apparent…

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Terracotta Army and Tea

Posted on August 11, 2012July 23, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Once again, the sound of the wakeup alarm shattered the air, and jolted us from sleep.  We had another early start and a lot to pack into this day, so we were up, washed and dressed and down at the breakfast table in good time. After fortifying ourselves with a substantial breakfast followed by cups…

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Off Again, on a Train and a Plane

Posted on August 10, 2012July 23, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Our early-morning wakeup call was even earlier today than yesterday: 06:30 hours, and we had to be ready to leave by 08:00am.  Fancy coming away on holiday just to be up earlier than you are when you have to go to work! We had our breakfast, a mixture of Chinese and Western style buffet food,…

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Sixty in Shanghai

Posted on August 9, 2012July 23, 2022 by bollingerbabe

TREVOR’S 60th BIRTHDAY Our jet-lagged sleep was shattered by a wake-up call at 06:45 hours this morning (!!) as we were due to leave the hotel at 08:15 to board our tour coach for a very full, action-packed day. Today is Trevor’s 60th birthday, and here we were spending it in Shanghai.  Certainly a different…

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