September 8th, 2011 | in
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Leave a comment As it turns out, strangely enough, my days off here are exactly the same days off that i had back at home. Around the world mondays and tuedays seem to be the days that i was given to relax and enjoy the world. This last “weekend” i decided it was about time i did some adventuring around china and booked a ticket to see the great
wall. The place i picked was Shan Hai guan, a place best known for where the
wall meets the sea. I had ...
September 10th, 2011 | in
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Leave a comment ...east and a procession would carry it to the round tower, where it was offered up to the gods. What happened to it afterwards was not made clear. The park around the temple was massive. It was 1.6km from the temple to the Echo
Wall, wherein a curved
wall makes it possible, when standing in one building, to clearly hear someone in another building nearby. Of course, the two or three hundred Chinese tousists make it impossible to hear much of anythi...
January 28th, 2012 | in
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Leave a comment I did it! Kate conquers the Great
Wall of China.I could write a lot about the Great
Wall. I did my best to write about it in my paper journal. Here are excerpts from my journal, which can probably best put into words my thoughts on this World Heritage Site. “The drive to the Great
Wall was a long and winding one. According to Griff, it makes the Sea to Sky Highway in BC feel smooth. The Great
Wall tour did not include the cable car ticket...
October 1st, 2011 | in
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Leave a comment On September 17,
2011 we want to see 20000 people flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy
Wall Street for a few months. Once there, we shall incessantly repeat one simple demand in a plurality of voices. *** Schedule for Saturday, Sept. 17: 1) At Noon, meet at Bowling Green Park: on.fb.me 2) At 3pm, meet at One Chase Manhattan Plaza for a people’s assembly: on.fb.me *** CAMPAIGN TIP: First,...
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January 4th, 2012 | in
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Leave a comment PekingLange habe ich auf meine Reise nach Asien gewartet und am 15. Dezember war es dann soweit. Nach 22 endloslangen Stunden kam ich in Peking an, wo Magdalena schon auf mich wartete. Die folgenden zwei Wochen waren herausragend und ich möchte nicht eine Minute missen. Ich habe viel gesehen, sehr viel gegessen und noch viel mehr gelacht. Ich könnte ein Buch über meinen Asienurlaub schreiben, euch zu liebe halte ich mich aber kurz: J 1.Tag (16....
