Well, I am sitting right now in the Hong Kong airport waiting for a ferry to Shekou. I haven’t been out in the city yet; I can’t wait to see it. I think it will feel more real when I actually see everything. Now all I see is a bunch of people in an airport lounge. I hear Chinese everywhere. It will be nice when that starts to sound familiar. I have met some great people along the way. This one student from Xian, China said to me in his broken English. “Humankind is so good, so many creations.” I…
Month: July 2010
miracle bag!
My sister Ann gave me theses great bags for packing called ‘Space Bags: to go’ – they are the kind of bags that one might see on an infomercial. You know, the kind where they show you how fantastic the product is with customer testimonials and a bunch of demonstrations? I have to tell you, they totally work! I am attaching a couple of photos. In the photo with the plastic bag, the bag is holding nine coats/jackets, one sweater, one hat, and two pair of jeans – it may not seem like much but it cuts the bulk just about…
packing
The countdown has begun! I leave next Friday, July 3oth. Very exciting, but I realized yesterday that I have more stuff than bags. I have to decide what stays and what goes. Then as I was supposed to be packing, I found an article on the internet about people who are on a ‘clothes diet’. They took the challenge to only wear 6 items of clothing for one month – they could use any accessories, but only 6 pieces of clothing. It makes sense – I usually wear the same stuff all of the time anyways, but it’s difficult because…
Shenzhen article
Here is an interesting article on Shenzhen… I will be there shortly. Weird. Shenzhen article
traveling with claire 