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71Shangri-La Adventure Tour Chapter 9: Xi'an II
Anyone who has been on an organized tour will tell you, if you have not experienced it for yourself, that it is not so much a vacation as a short period in which one is the charge of tour guides who tell you what time to eat, what time to sleep,...
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80Shangri-La Adventure Tour Part 8: Xi'an
On the train from Beijing to Xi’an, we slept in “soft-sleepers”. This is the equivalent in China of a cuchette in Europe: A compartment with a lower and upper bunk on each side, sleeping four people comfortably. I shared a sleeper with my tour...
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82Shangri-La Adventure Tour Part 7: Beijing III
The next morning, Sunday, April 21, we met in the lobby and drove out to the Great Wall. It would be too much to expect to go directly there, however. Not when there is a perfectly good government-run jade factory on the way! Therein one could spend...
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69King’s XI Punjab Vs Pune Warriors
Pune Warriors, after defending a low score of 122 against Mumbai Warriors, underestimated King's XI Punjab and paid the price
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68Shangri-La Adventure Tour Chapter 3
On April 5, I returned to the Chinese Consulate to retreive my passport and my new visa for travel to China. As before, I drove across town in my little blue '72 VW Super Beetle to give it a little exercise. I thank Jesus and the Archbishop for the...
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70IPL V – King’s XI Punjab Vs Rajasthan Royals
Had Adam Gilchrist, the great hitter succeeded, King's XI Punjab would have won the IPL match against Rajasthan Royals and Rahane's century would have gone in vain. But one salutes the skill of Rahane. He demonstrated that even in a T20 match one could play cautiously, avoiding risks, and still score high runs.
0 comments69Return to China: Shangri-La Adventure Tour Chronicle
This is the chronicle of my fifth trip to China. I have not returned since 2009, three years ago. I decided to return after receiving an email soliciting me to sign up for a tour which would benefit the Auburn, CA Joss House Museum. The tour is...
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61John Wycliffe revisited
Theoretically, there can be only one church. Historically, this had once actually been the case. Conceptually, there is still only one church, just as there can be only one God. In theory, too, the church can do no wrong. In practicality, however,...
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64Indian Premier League Season 5
IPL is also known as Indian Premier League and this year, its fifth season will be conducting.
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53Gateway to China: California
The recent visit by China's next president, Xi Jinping, Jinping called California one of China's may partners in trade, in that, the West coast, specifically, California with its numerous ports, help local economies and goods are imported and...
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