Tag: China
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Thoughts on Returning Home to Japan – Spring Begins in Hokkaido
I find myself in such a strange place. I don’t mean in terms of where I physically am – I’m back in Otaru, Japan at my house, Satoshi Manor. Â I…
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The Digital Divide – A Week in Shanghai and Hong Kong – China Rising
It went way too fast. I met great people, had some amazing adventures, and also had my mind blown on more than one occasion. Full disclaimer, my time was spent…
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10 Predictions for 2022 by Mybal the Mystic Mutant Ape
Mybal the Mystic Mutant Ape is a psychic ape from the BAYC/MAYC NFT community. After disappearing in the Mystic Swamp many years ago, she reappeared with extra eyeballs and an uncanny…
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Ibn Battuta – Moroccan Vagabond
The greatest adventurer of all time for me is the Moroccan vagabond, Ibn Battuta. He not only traveled everywhere in his known world, but he wrote about it in ways…
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Extraordinary Vagabonds: Harry Franck, Pioneer of the Vagabonds
Harry Franck’s willingness to travel with no money, his keen eye for the details of his journey and the societies he recorded (some of which soon disappeared) make him a…
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Silk Road Vagabond – Marco Polo
Going around the world hasn’t always been as easy as it is today. In fact, the great explorers of the past often suffered great hardships to see distant lands. One…
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Nomad Vagabond – Genghis Khan
Traveling round the world doesn’t usually involve conquest of foreign lands but for Temujin, also known as Genghis Khan, conquest was probably just a means of travel.
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How To Avoid The Dangers That Lurk Within China
There isn’t any reason to be afraid of China once you know what to look out for.
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Around the World through a Photographers Lens – China
Dave Stamboulis introduces readers to the Long Haired Yao of Ping An, China in this week’s Around the World through a Photographer’s Lens
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Jobs for Vagabonds – Get Paid to Travel the World
Who says freelancing isn’t for you? If you want to start looking for another way to travel and work for the man, there are options available for you. And many…
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How Not To Enjoy World Travel – Part 2
Don’t read anything about the country of place you are going to. That way you won’t understand the culture, the traditions, the history, the climate, or anything else. You will…
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Making Money While Traveling – A Few Ideas
Earning money while you are traveling the world isn’t as hard as you might think it is. Of course, making a lot of money…
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10 Largest Cities in the World by Population
2019 Largest Cities in the World The world has changed a lot since I originally wrote this article back in 2011. Almost a decade later – populations have shifted significantly…
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Exploring China and Making Friends with Terracotta Warriors and Panda Bears – Xian, Chengdu, Kunming – Flashback Friday
After I had climbed the heavenly mountain in Shangxi, I left from Tai Shan a changed man. Looking back, I can see that there was something different about me –…
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Climbing Tai Shan / Mt. Tai in Shandong China – Friday Flashback
One of the young artists I met in Beijing had told me that there was a legend that anyone who climbed the Great Wall of China would be a hero.…
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I was a Homeless Guy in China – Flashback Friday
Back in 2000, just when the dot-com crash was happening – I quit my job at a company called Tech Planet, bought a VW van for $150, moved out of…
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As the Economy Goes – So Goes the Nation….
There’s that annoying phrase you hear every four years – “As Ohio goes, so goes the nation” or sometimes it’s “New Hampshire” – I was in New Hampshire once and…
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Tourism and Reality in Southeast Asia
Quickly written…last weeks is now posted down the page a bit…semester is nearing an end… cd Tourism and Reality in Southeast Asia by CD Damitio While watching the food channel…
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Anarchist Guidebook
I don’t know if it’s just me or if it is the world in general…but at the moment…things seem pretty ho-hum….maybe I should be reporting that Larry Birkhead is the…
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North Korea tests Nuke. Expect huge changes.
Hmm…so much for George W. Bush’s determination to keep North Korea nuclear free. It is another example of the ridiculous and impossible international agenda he has buffaloed the citizens of…
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Ethnic games tainted by cross-dressing cheats
Don’t you hate it when perfectly good ethnic games get spoiled by crossdressing cheats? When I was in Southwest China, in a fit of morality, I decided not to go…
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Shanghai by Bike – September/October 2006 – Sierra Magazine – Sierra Club
I bike daily. Even in Honolulu, a city of a million, I have near misses several times a day. I can only imagine what it is like to bicycle in…
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Work! Work! Work! (But Don't Ask for a Wage – Workers in China Cost us $2500 a Year)
Globalization is a funny thing. It makes the rich richer and the poor poorer because capital happens to be mobile and capital is worth more some places than others. It eliminates…
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No more strip shows at funerals….
When I die, I hope that everyone celebrates with some hoochies and plenty of hooch… cd Striptease send-offs at funerals may become a thing of the past in east China…
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Breakfast, Pedicures, Chinatown, Zoo
Every day can be like a vacation if you know how to let go and enjoy yourself. It also helps if you don’t have a boss breathing down your neck…
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