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February 24, 2009

Some Local ‘Cul-cha’ (Australia #8)

Last month this continent country celebrated “Australia Day”, based on

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November 28, 2008

Crocs, Slang, Fruit (Australia #5)

My Croc-wearing Vancouver friends would be interested in knowing that Perthians seem

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October 8, 2008

Summer Camp (Australia #3)

The CampWhen I arrived at the mining camp, the promised wireless internet connection

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August 26, 2008

Rising Sun (China #10, to Japan)

I have continued my eastward trend and have come to Japan. Before commenting on all

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August 26, 2008

Go West. New Frontier. Escape from Xinjiang (China...

Here are the final three China updates, emailed separately but posted together: Go

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July 7, 2008

Thousands of Kilometers. Down the Yangtze. Shanghainese. (China #4 to...

Thousands of Kilometers (China #4) In the last few days Oker and his Mandarin has

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old Chinese man June 12, 2008

Rice Terraces (China #3)

I write to you from the Zhuang (a minority people) village of Pingan in China,

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May 7, 2007

Meetings, and Meatings (Zambia #2)

Zambians are the friendliest and smiliest people in the world. Everyone greets you

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