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Tech Battles in Guilin: The Great Firewall of China
With less than a week to go until my month VPan package expires, the previously reliable Express VPN appears to […]
Day 52: From Hong Kong to Guilin
I walked quarter of a mile to find an open Metro entry point, as the two closest to my hostel […]
Around the world in 80 cakes #5 Hong Kong
After the last few days of posting about what I’ve seen of the Hong Kong protest movement, today was spent […]
Day 50: Why didn’t you go to Thailand instead of Hong Kong?
The reporter who translated the chants for me at the protest asked me this question. She wasn’t impressed with my […]
Day 49: Background to the Protests
I thought I would be writing about a day spent visiting Big Buddha and a stroll along the Path of […]
Day 46: Do you need to do what’s on your checklist… or just enjoy a relaxing day?
According to my planning notes, there were several places in Hangzhou that I could have gone to see today. When […]
Day 45 (Part 2): Was Marco Polo right?
In my earlier post today, I wrote that I was visiting Hangzhou because of something Marco Polo had written in […]
Day 45: Etiquette on the buses in Hangzhou
Another early start for me today, well, early in comparison with what I’ve quick become accustomed to through travelling. As […]
Day 44: The Ambassador of Suzhou
I came here to see a few gardens. I didn’t realise how much I would stumble across as I was […]
The Adventures of Phileas Fiona 
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