The first year of The Jiaxing Express comes to a close. Our first blog was June 16. Our first blog from China was September 3. There were 166 posts, 107 email followers, 87 Facebook followers, 451 comments, 18,897 views with the best ever one blog view being 259. Lynne, Lois, Ken, Joan, Peter and ValContinue reading “And so..”
Monthly Archives: July 2013
This Blog Had No Title
We are sitting on the plane in Shanghai waiting to take off. Air Canada – what can I say? I will be delighted to share my thoughts about this later, but this is about some experiences over the last couple of days in Bali and Shanghai. On Sunday (three days ago, we were in aContinue reading “This Blog Had No Title”
Sharper than a Home Dog
Well, we are winding down our Bali experience. It has been interesting, to say the least. We took a guided tour “inside Bali” to see how the real (read poor) Balinese live. It was fascinating to see the local villages, family temples, ways of work. Bali is beautiful inland—much nicer than the crowded, noisy touristContinue reading “Sharper than a Home Dog”
Bali Ho! (or is that Bali Hai?)
Well, we have been in Bali for four nights – almost as long as the time in immigration! We have shopped, drank, eaten, drank, toured, drank, swum, drank and drank. Greg and Chan, friends from Shanghai, have joined us for the first few days, and it has been under their careful guidance that we haveContinue reading “Bali Ho! (or is that Bali Hai?)”
China thoughts
We are on our way home via Bali and so this morning, as we left Jiaxing, China thoughts were flowing. For instance, ladies, the shoes in China are amazing. If you can imagine them, they have been made and someone is walking around in a pair of ill-fitting, crazily designed, plastic shoes. Size does notContinue reading “China thoughts”
Road to Bali*
What a trip! Since our flight left (supposedly) at 8:05 am Monday morning, Sunday evening we stayed at the Ramada Pudong Airport so that we wouldn’t have to get up at some ungodly hour to be at the airport by 6:00. We, along with about 8 others (including an elderly couple, a young couple withContinue reading “Road to Bali*”
We Have Winners!
Well folks, after a couple of beer and several glasses of wine (Greg), a spiked fruit juice, and several glasses of wine (Chan), a beer, a G anT and several glasses of wine (Terry), a beer, a G and T and several glasses of wine (Geoff), a plunge or two in the pool and much discussion, we have come toContinue reading “We Have Winners!”
