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Europe Trip 11-12 – When in Rome, do as the other tourists do!

Catching up on my Europe Posts… A bit of a chore to be honest… But being there three weeks ago means it’s still somewhat fresh but clearly beginning to miss a few bits and pieces…

To think tht just three weeks ago, I had some beautifully crisp weather with an unseasonably warm 5-15 degrees depending on where I was. And just a week after leaving, it plummets and transforms the place into a winter nightmare. And it forces the closure of a number of ancient attractions…

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Europe Trip 11-12 – Bonne Année in Paris

Bonne Année once again!
This post is a little late to go up, but heck, who’s ever on time with things these days?

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Europe Trip 11-12 – Hong Kong Stopover

La bonne année!!! from Paris!
Arrived here three days ago, but for the four days before that, I had a stopover in “Asia’s World City” of Hong Kong. My first time overseas that’s not Shanghai or Beijing. So it was nice to explore a city other than Australia, and not exactly ‘China’.

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Buildings of the Shanghai World Expo 2010

Yes, these are incredibly late, in fact, the World Expo closes on the 31st of October (tomorrow) but, better late then never? Well anyway, back in May 2010, I went and saw the Shanghai World Expo 2010 for two days, and spent half of my time there waiting in lines to enter pavilions. So, here are the photos of some of the beautiful buildings of the Expo 2010. It’s a shame most of them are being demolished/dismantled once the Expo’s over…

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China 2010 – Shopping, Sampling and Sight-seeing in Shanghai – 25-29.05.2010

So, as I get ready to leave the big city of Shanghai, for my smaller city of Sydney, I spent the last few days just doing some simple things… Nothing to taxing on my age…

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China 2010 – Going Broke – 18.05.10

Today’s weather was pretty bad… Annoyingly humid, and… foggy? It’s like when it’s supposed to rain, but the rain evaporates before the it reaches the going? It was only 23 degrees celcius I think, but wow…

And, I bought my DSLR today. Phew… I’m pretty much broke now… I haven’t had a real chance to play around with it yet, but once we go World Expo-ing…

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China 2010 – Getting Acquainted – 16-17.05.10

Only just managed to gain access to the internet. For some reason, my laptop doesn’t like Chinese Ethernet Cables? And so… I’m using my uncle’s computer.

Days One and Two of my 2010 trip to China, the first day, essentially just the flight to. Planes are so boring…

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