Travel Notes: Welcome to Shanghai

We arrived in Shanghai around 10:30am on Saturday, April 23rd. When we exited the train, we followed the hoardes of people up the stairs and toward the exit. We looked around for a… Continue reading

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Travel Notes: Hong Kong to Shenzhen to Shanghai

Even on the other side of the world, in China or Hong Kong, you will find people who think Mayor Daly is a jerk for having sold our parking meters to a private… Continue reading

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Time to Eat: Breakfast in Hong Kong

This morning we walked around a few blocks for about 10 minutes and after seeing nothing clearly open for breakfast, we stopped at a bakery where we tried a few different things. We… Continue reading

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Travel Notes: Leaving Hong Kong

Today is leaving day from Hong Kong. We will take a shuttle from the hotel to the Hung Hom/ Lo Wu train and we’ll take that to the end of the line to… Continue reading

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Travel Notes: The Scramble for tickets in Hong Kong

Apparently Easter is a somewhat serious holiday in Hong Kong because when we arrived at Hung Hom station at 7am Tuesday morning, the travel agency reconfirmed what I already knew – the train… Continue reading

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Travel Notes: Arriving in HKG!

It’s 17:15 local time in Hong Kong on Monday night (April 18). We landed and the plane emptied surprisingly fast. We grabbed our backpacks and hauled through immigration where they studied our passports… Continue reading

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Travel Notes: The Waiting Game at ORD!

9:30am on April 17th came and off we went, attached to our big backpacks, heading down our Logan Square streets toward the Blue Line train to the airport. $4.50 and 25 minutes later,… Continue reading

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