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Off to the capital….

February 7th, 2007 · 4 Comments

I’m traveling to Beijing today for a couple of days. I’ll try to keep up to date when we get there. Until then, I’ll be practicing my gong fu trying to find a place for me and my luggage on a train packed with Chunjie’rs. (Anyone who has ridden the rails in China around this time of the year knows what I mean.)

Tags: Life in China

4 responses so far ↓

  • 1 無名 - wu ming // Feb 7, 2007 at 6:52 pm

    those rugby skillz should come in handy. everything goes in the scrum, right?

  • 2 Tulio // Feb 7, 2007 at 7:22 pm

    What is that? Chungrie???

    Never heard it

  • 3 花崗齋之愚公 // Feb 7, 2007 at 11:26 pm

    “Chunjie’r” is Laowai hua for “Person who is participating in the annual Chunjie migration.” Sorry, should have added a crib.

  • 4 Chris // Feb 8, 2007 at 3:04 am

    Looks like I’m heading in the same direction, and onwards from there, in a desperate stab at something resembling a vacation. Perhaps I’m a glutton for punishment.

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