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Watashi ga chōkō o yomitoru koto ga dekimasen
Like many countries, the motorway signs are in both the local language and English, or rather, roman lettering. The Kyushu expressway takes me north and I am very happy to find that this is still AH1 [You remember the Asian … Continue reading
Life at a slower pace
There is plenty of time to do nothing. Life is so busy these days that any chance to just sit and watch is good for the soul. On a cargo ship there is plenty of time. The crew go about … Continue reading
Slow boat from China
I am up very early this morning to get to the port office and onto the ship. Its 18.2 m (59 ft) water front depth can provide access for vessels of up to 250,000 tons fully loaded. And with the exception … Continue reading
Long drive to Hangzhou
It’s a long slog today going east to Shanghai, where I will meet the East China Sea. My last couple of days have been a history-fest on the dynastic past of this great nation, but I have had many conversations over … Continue reading
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North to Nanchang
Leaving Ganzhou, I head out on the G45 along the east of the Luoxiao mountains and into Jiangxi province. The highway travels along the great plains bordered by three mountain ranges, and the rice grown along here are the dominant … Continue reading
Paying my way through China
I have a reasonable journey today that takes me initially north on my way to Shanghai to the north east. I’m a little nervous heading into China, as my current understanding is from my western/British point of view. Communist rule, … Continue reading
The G15 to Shenzhen
China has a population of about 1.4 billion people. That’s almost 20% of the world’s people in one country. I do like a good statistic, and I find that China is three times the size in area of India, but … Continue reading
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Heading into Guangdong province
This morning I plot the route from Dongxing, on the Chinese side, to Maoming in the Guangdong province, which Google maps tells be will take about five and a half hours, but is more likely six to six and a … Continue reading
A pass by Ha Long Bay
Today, Google maps plots a route across the Cau Long Bien Bridge out of Hanoi to the east and directly across the Red River. Out of the three routes offered by the map, I choose Route 2 to stay near … Continue reading
Hanoi, here I come
Big journey today. The plotted route on Google maps gives me three possible routes and I choose Route 3 for no other reason than it follows the coast all the way up. There’s less than half an hour between the … Continue reading