Traveled to Shanghai, China, for an international trade conference.

To refuse an offer of drink, from a Chinese person, in China, when you're a foreigner, is very rude. Some people will get very cross if you don't have one on them. It's terribly impolite to say no. Add that with you being the novelty item in a country and place where there aren't many foreigners...  read more

My large Irish mate bought himself some boxing gloves whilst out in town one day. I knew, when he told me, what would be intended for these gloves, he's no sit down and do nothing guy. We, that is most of the guys, would now be boxing. It was decided at the top, that is, those who wanted to do i...  read more

One of my students decided to take me out for lunch oneday. His treat. Great. "This is one of the most famous restaurants in Harbin, many people come from far away to eat here." Wow, I thought, as we turned onto a street which had tables and chairs on the pavement, but no restaurant....  read more

It was my first week, it involved going out with the guys and eating lots of Chinese food and drinking lots of Chinese beer. I loved it. I was having a really great time. This day, they'd decided to take me out to the village. It was across the main road, where I nearly got run over on a few da...  read more

Trip to Nanjing. It was cold. And we visited the massacre museum. Damn the Japanese military troops!

Trip to beautiful Hangzhou in the cold chinese winter. Was beautiful, anyway.

My first trip to Xi'An, visiting the parents from my girlfriend.

Half-day trip to Suzhou in the Jiangsu province on a very sunny day.

Two day vacation to relatives (from my girlfriend) in Ningbo.