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Re: Discovering Georgia's History on St. Simons Island ~ The World of Deej

Steve — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 10:26:08 -0000

This was a great read, as it's somewhere I knew nothing about - keen to visit now.

Re: 16 Small Ways to Help the Kids in Your Life in 2013

Steve — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:11:20 -0000

These are some wonderfully thoughful suggestions, most of which we would do well to carry over into our adult lives

Re: Unusual roadside attractions

Steve — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:48:20 -0000

We're off to the US next month - will keep an eye out for a few of these. Loving the giant picnic basket - Yogi would be over excited

Re: Local Food and Travel Guide | Eat Your World

Steve — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 04:23:53 -0000

The Mandarin name is a Jian Bing

Re: The price of travel around the world-meals

Steve — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:53:50 -0000

whoops! Beijing, China

Re: The price of travel around the world-meals

Steve — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 22:20:46 -0000

A sit down 1-dish meal or a large plate of Chuan'r kebabs is about 18rmb ($2.80)

Re: The price of travel around the world-cheap eats

Steve — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 22:20:42 -0000

A cheap yet filling meal of xialongbao or jianbing street food in China is 4rmb, which is $0.63.

Re: Hotel Confidential - How To Avoid Being "Walked" ~ The World of Deej

Steve — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 22:04:59 -0000

I'd only ever heard of this on planes (and have volunteered to 'be walked' before) but it's not happened yet in a hotel. Good to know how to handle it when it eventually occurs.

Re: Climbing the Filbert Steps to Coit Tower ~ The World of Deej

Steve — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 03:32:39 -0000

This looks like hard work, but worth it for that great view

Re: Traveling in Style

Steve — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:51:20 -0000

Didn't try them in Peru, but the buses in Argentina were amazing - they even had wi-fi

Re: Pad Krapow Moo – spicy stir-fried pork with Thai holy basil

Steve — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 05:40:38 -0000

Thanks for this - We've just grown a great smelling pot full of Thai basil and were looking for a recipe to do it justice

Re: Life-Size Optimus Prime

Steve — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:34:42 -0000

It's currently in 798 Art District in Beijing

Re: GROOVETRAVELERS • Beijing The Shoppers Paradise

Steve — Thu, 24 May 2012 07:12:46 -0000

The Silk and Pearl Markets are some of the most popular, but also the cheapest places for foreigners to find clothes, both fake and occasionally real.

Re: The Holiday Hustle: Chinese Travelers are Tired of Getting Gouged - TIME

Steve — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:01:07 -0000

An increasingly common practice in China is selling inflated priced tickets giving 3 days access, to attractions which are comfortably viewed in a day or two. Most recently Pingyao Ancient City and WuTai Shan

Re: Sick in China

Steve — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:18:57 -0000

fwiw, McDonalds in China isn't particularly hygienic - a recent CCTV report showed that they don't discard unsold food very regularly - so it may have been that. I'm pretty sure it's made me ill on a couple of occasions, the most recent leading to 3 days of hallucinations and feinting. Tasted good though...

Re: Introducing Stavanger – Our New Home

Steve — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:22:45 -0000

Easy to see why you'd choose to stay there!

Re: 18 hours in Nanjing

Steve — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:43:45 -0000

On arrival in China I was greeted by a driver holding a card: "Welcome to Mr Steve", which I rather liked.
The accommodation look good, and I really do understand the sense of accomplishment you feel the first time you go shopping on your own (and come back with what you actually wanted).

Re: 14 Things To Do Before You Leave Home To Go On Vacation

Steve — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:02:18 -0000

Helpful list. Re #7, there's a similar portal for UK citizens at https://www.locate.fco.gov....

Re: Sauteed Loofah and other Chinese food that got lost in translation

Steve — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 03:06:43 -0000

The loofah there is actually loofah squash, which is edible when young, but can be dried out to make the same loofah you might use in the bath to scrub your back.

The rest is reasonably well translated - gristle is the soft bones that can be chewed and swallowed. Not my favourite dish in China...

Re: Renting Your House When You Travel

Steve — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:38:10 -0000

I've just done this, and as you say, an agent was invaluable to maintaining the property whilst abroad.

Re: http://punditspew.com/post/16456279457

Steve — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:05:58 -0000

That's the first time I've see Newt as a young man - I thought he was born old!

Re: Chinese Lantern Festival 2012 - In Focus - The Atlantic

Steve — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:44:33 -0000

The festival in Nuanquan is traditionally known as DaShuHua, or Fire Flowers:

http://yourenotfromaroundhe...

Re: Touring Korea’s DMZ

Steve — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:56:43 -0000

I really enjoyed the southern side of the DMZ, but we missed visiting the JSA as they were busy discussing recent missile firings (inconsiderate!), so were trying again in April, this time from the North.

Re: Beijing Sideways!

Steve — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:06:40 -0000

This looks great fun - I get terrified driving round Beijing in a car or even a bus, so well done for braving it out in a sidecar.

Re: http://www.filehippo.com/download_soluto/comments/10600/

Steve — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 05:45:02 -0000

Anyone know where to download the full 13mb package? The installer runs, but will only ever download the first 277k