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Beijing is the capital of China and a well known city. It’s a pretty cool city but I still prefer Shanghai for it’s international influence compared to Beijing. My husband, Denny, and I flew to Beijing to pick up our friend Joseph who was visiting us from the states. We had two full days to […]
How I Got a Free Taxi Ride in China The story I am about to tell you is the taxi story of a lifetime. Denny (my husband) and I had our friend Joseph visiting us for about a week and a half from the states in Qingdao, China. Our story is us taking him to […]
What do you know about Pakistan? Well, I personally didn’t know that much until I asked our Pakistani couch-surfers, Dada and Hamza, about their home country. People love to share about their culture. Not only did I get to know them better, but I learned more about another country in this massive world. From them I […]
Like every culture, relationships can differentiate on region, areas within a city and groups of people that you interact with in life. In my post below, I will describe the dynamics I have witnessed in Qingdao, China, a second tier city. Let me preface that China is the land of paradoxes and it’s seen in […]
One of the best perks about being an expat in China is that the spa parlors that the average Chinese person goes to are cheap. You should expect to spend between 35-120RMB ($5-$10). My husband and I can’t read characters in Mandarin so we didn’t know that this place existed until another expat, JD, informed […]
