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Touchdown in Tianjin... doh! |
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After a long-ass 15 hour flight, we've finally made here to Beijing. Our originally scheduled 12 and a half hour flight was delayed due to safety concerns, aka bad weather. Our plane had already begun it's descent and was a thousand feet away from the ground |
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Setting up house. |
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We went to sleep past 1am last night but Gordo woke up at 4:30am and went tramping around the neighborhood to look for an early morning breakfast of baozi (steamed buns with meat inside - 3 cents each). So much for adjusting to the local time.
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Orientation |
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Today we met everyone who signed up with thｅ WLE program. Basically the group is made up of 18 year old's delaying college, 20 year old international studies majors, 22 year old college graduates delaying reality and 27 year olds burn out from five years of working and want to |
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Shop shop shop! |
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Since we got back from Inner Mongolia all we've done is shop. During the past two days we hit all the major shopping areas in Beijing (Silk Market, Alien Street and Pearl Market). I had the rx lenses in my sunglasses replaced for $10 and Gordon's mom bought a brand |
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