Tag Archives: china life

Continuing domestic upheaval

Posted on 24/05/2010 by haonowshaokao

For the past three months we have been living an easy (if busy) life in a beautiful courtyard, spoiled by one thing; Grandma. She’s not our Grandma, she’s just our landlady – but the smallness of the place and the fact that … Continue reading →

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Where I live

Posted on 17/05/2010 by haonowshaokao

About three months ago we finally managed to escape from Beijing’s suburban high-rise commuterland and found a new house in one of my favourite parts of town, Nanluoguxiang. This is what it looks like, except it’s not really so quiet. … Continue reading →

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Mayday

Posted on 04/05/2010 by haonowshaokao

My various workplaces gave me three days off for the holiday, so my father-in-law-to-be-or-whatever-I-count-him-as invited us to spend the weekend in Tongzhou. As usual we spent a day in the spa next-door – a giant, square faux-roman building which offers … Continue reading →

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Hubei

Posted on 02/05/2010 by haonowshaokao

A couple of weeks ago I went with V down to Hubei to “register”. It’s a bit like getting married, except the wedding itself won’t be for a few years, so best think of it as an engagement. Things didn’t … Continue reading →

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Come to China

Posted on 19/01/2010 by haonowshaokao

I invited quite a few people to come and visit me in China this year. If I didn’t invite you then I probably just forgot. It may seem a little daunting at first, but it’s really not as difficult or … Continue reading →

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V away. Made dinner. Doesn’t look very nice.

Posted on 11/11/2009 by haonowshaokao
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Beijing: househunting, housetrapping, housebaiting

Posted on 15/10/2009 by haonowshaokao

The plan, as much as it existed, had been to find a job with a flat. The two were supposed to arrive together. In all the hassle of getting here, though, both were indefinitely delayed, and after a couple of … Continue reading →

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Xishangbanna

Posted on 04/05/2008 by haonowshaokao

As I left Lijinag Mama Naxi packed me off with a selection of fruit and a bag of lavender and sent me with one of her drivers to the bus station, where I got on the sleeper bus to Jinhong. … Continue reading →

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Lijiang

Posted on 01/05/2008 by haonowshaokao

On the advice of Dylan from the hotel in Dali I saved myself a couple of quid by getting the bus to Lijiang from the side of the road instead of booking it through an agency in town. That’s how … Continue reading →

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Butterfly Deathcamp Themepark

Posted on 27/04/2008 by haonowshaokao
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