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Happy Birthday Originally uploaded by greginchina.

Taken at Mask Bar, Kundu, Kunming.

New Year (24) Originally uploaded by gregsinclair_uk. Well its been an extremely long time since I’ve made myself heard. Apologies for that. The picture is from New Year’s Eve in the Lazy Lizard Bar in Dali. I spent a few days in Dali over New Year [...]

I left you all assuming that I’d be back in Kunming on Friday night (having left for Hong Kong on Thursday morning) – ah, the best laid plans of mice and men. The trip didn’t quite work out as planned and will be remembered by me as one of the most needlessly expensive excursions I’ve [...]

I am beginning this blog entry at Kunming airport. I’m about to take a flight to Shenzhen, the mainland China city on the border with Hong Kong. I need to go to Hong Kong to get a new visa for China and it’s considerably cheaper to fly in to Shenzhen as that is considered a [...]

Still alive

Just a quick post to let people know I’m alive. I’ve had a few queries about why I haven’t written anything in a while. I’m really chuffed that so many people are still reading this and its great to know you care. However, nothing whatsoever should be read into my lack of blogging activity. I’m [...]

DSC00482 Originally uploaded by gregsinclair_uk. DSC00475 Originally uploaded by gregsinclair_uk. DSC00479 Originally uploaded by gregsinclair_uk. I’ve been in Kunming just over a week and its been quite a busy week. [...]
We’re watching you Originally uploaded by gregsinclair_uk.

I’ve been unable to access this blog for the last 2 days and at first I feared the worst (see photo). It turns out to a bit of trouble with IP addresses and DNS files (don’t ask me). Its all [...]

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Originally uploaded by gregsinclair_uk.

After realising that I wouldn’t be able to leave Beijing for a week and with Cat feeling a bit bored too, we decided to go away a couple of days. We took the overnight train to Taishan (in Shandong Province), one of the 5 spiritual mountains in China.

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Originally uploaded by gregsinclair_uk.

Arrived at [...]

Baijiu Night

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Originally uploaded by gregsinclair_uk.

I didn’t make it to Fenghuangcheng (凤凰城) – Peacock Town in the end. I’m in Kunming instead nursing my first Baijiu hangover for a few years.

As its the Chinese National Day on the 1st October everyone in China is travelling and its really difficult to get tickets anywhere. I decided that if I went to [...]

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