there and back again
in case you didn't notice, i haven't been around for a little while. janette, freya and i just got back from a three-week trip to hong kong and china. the main purpose was to visit friends (my brother and his family live in hong kong, and we have other friends in h.k. and in china), but we managed to fit in some sight-seeing along the way. our enjoyment of the trip was somewhat lessened by a bad flu we all picked up along the way, but it was great to visit our family/friends and see where they live, and get a few glimpses of what life is like for them.
naturally, we took a lot of pictures. we only took along a film camera (how terribly 20th century of us), but we've had some of the pics digitised. here are a few highlights from beijing, others to follow presently...
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Nice to have you back. Nothing wrong with film, the pics are still great. Can't get over that sign...the self renovating building with nice manners...and your daughter is way cute.
thanks for dropping by again, saint. i have to agree with you about freya's cuteness (not that i'm biased) - the curly blonde hair did make her a major attraction in china, though, which grew tiresome (for all of us) very quickly!
about the sign, there were many more of similarly interesting translation. i was going to post a list (couldn't help writing them down), but didn't want it to sound like a patronising china-bashing thing. personally i wish signwriters in australia were equally imaginative - it would make getting around in public a lot more fun!
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