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rachael

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I am a traveller. I travel to learn about the world, about its people, and especially to learn the languages of the world - so I can have a deep conversation with a person I have met in whichever country, without the need of a translator. I like to learn about the world through its people in this way. I enjoy photography also, so this is what I prefer to be doing when I am not talking to people or studying language.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

I love to chat to people from all over the world. I don't care which country you are from, or whatever your background is. I love to study languages, so I'd love to chat with people who speak the languages I study now, or any at all that I could learn something of in the future. But all people have something that I can learn, and I hope people can learn things from me.

My Blog

In Singapore airport

I'm exhausted!! We've left China. It feels great. Jim will become sadder about it later, but for now he just seems glad. We had a difficult start, though. There was a possible engine problem so...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

Residences of Beijing

We¡¯ve gone to two nice residences in Beijing. One was the old residence of Soong Ching Ling (Sun Yatsen¡¯s wife). Jim says I¡¯m kind of a fan of Soong Ching Ling¡¯s,¡­and I guess I am. She was not...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

Mao Zedong

The other day we saw Mao Zedong! No kidding! Yeah¡­anyway¡­the other day we went to the Mao Mausoleum. We¡¯ve been trying to go for ages, but it¡¯s often closed. I think that¡¯s cause it¡¯s free, ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

Performances in Beijing

We have been having a particularly good time in Beijing cause of all the performances we¡¯ve seen, some of them traditional, and particularly famous in Beijing, and others from overseas or, at least, ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

Wanping Area/Marco Polo Bridge

One day this week (I think!) we took a chance and went to a place that didn¡¯t sound as cool as some of the others. We had time, and there were a few things listed in the lonely planet as being in t...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

Food!!! (mostly)

We¡¯ve eaten Beijing duck twice now (in Beijing). We went to the same place, cause it¡¯s cheaper than anywhere else. We went for dinner the first time and lunch the second, though. Also, the first ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

The Great Wall!

We have been to the Great Wall now...and it was awesome!! We had, luckily, extremely good weather for our trip to the Great Wall of China ("Long Wall/Chang Cheng"). It was not too cold (though, don...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

Jewellery!!

Hi....it's freezing. well, to be accurate I should say: It's below freezing! Minus three or so at the moment, but Im not sure. Let's just say, I came in from outside about 1.5 hours ago, and my le...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

Happy New Year!!!

Hi... Well, it's Chinese New Year today, or rather Spring Festival, and we are enjoying it here in Beijing. Yesterday, we left home in Jinan and came here. Yesterday and quite a while before that...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

News Media

We've just heard that there are three SARS cases in Guangzhou. It is south, not really near Nanjing, but (further south) in that direction. We were just there, and heard nothing. And we haven't hea...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT