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on our first day here we met some travelers who said they’d come to yangshou for a few days and hadn’t managed to leave (2 years later). what’s so great about it? a few hours later i was offered a job, somewhere to live and carried on drinking in a funky western run bar into…

rather then spending £90 on a 27 hour train journey, we opted for £150 for an hour flight, then an hour ferry straight into the harbour. as expected it’s nuts, but nuts in a way that didn’t surprise me. after china, hong kong, though twice as bright and twice as busy as shanghai, everything is…

china is a country full of rich culture, vibrant people and a multitude of beautiful landscapes. china is also perfect for drink driving. there aren’t as such any drink driving laws here, but of course that would be stupid to put other people lives at risk. no no. instead we found a go karting track…

it’s a big city. i’ve been working all week, so haven’t had too much chance to explore. fortunately not too many temples here. lot’s of bars, a few foreigners and more chinese people that you can shake a stick at. decided against joining in the anti japan demonstrations in favour of all you can eat…

took us 2 days of mini bus chaos to get here…. was it worth it? er. we got the cable car half way up, walked another hour to the top (1868 m) then for some reason… ran back down! 6km of stone steps. i can’t explain how much my legs hurt.

right now i’m cruising down the yangzi river looking at ancient mountains farmed by an ancient culture. not quite as glamorous as it sounds though. we choose a budget tour for chinese tourists. (2 days for £14) we’re in a 6 bed dorm that smells of shit. stretch and i are the only people that…

Xi’an, so, after jumping off the overnight train we jumped straight onto a tour to the terracotta warriors. more like a theme park than a historical goldmine! just like the great wall tour, this one stopped off for a factory tour, museum and gift shop fun, a not included, but no choice banquet and then…

So… I’ll be in china then… with stretch! i’ve been here 5 days now. and i’ve loved every second. you’d think after living with bei for 5 years i’d know or wouldn’t have forgotten the chinese meaning of my name. the correct way to introduce myself is, ‘wor jyao ben’, the direct translation being ‘i…

it’s 7am and stretch and i are in bed together, that said the bed is 9 ft wide and could easily fit a few more people between us! we’re in the town of pingyao, it’s been everything i hoped to find in china. we took a night train from beijing to taijaun, a horrible city…

20th March 2005 puerto rico was another… lomo photo – view full set i like the puerto ricans. apparently they drink more per capita then any other nation. they also seemed to have more cars than america. lot’s of bling, big arses and loud latino music. good work puerto rico… keep it up.

some times some suprising things happen, new york was one of them… this is a lomo – view full set – what is lomo?