Adding Passport Pages for US Citizens
If you’re like me—an American living in China—chances are you will reach a time when your passport has run out of empty pages. Let’s face it, we are not lucky Canadians who have 48 empty pages at their disposal. When I got my first passport in 2004, it came complete with 14 pages for visas and stamps. 4 years of living in China and 9 different Chinese visas later, I found that I had run out of space (my temporary 1-month resident visa took up the last page I had!) What to do?!? Luckily, I live in Hangzhou…just a 90-minute D-train ride from Shanghai—home of the US Embassy. I had visited their website about a year ago when I took another look at my passport when returning to Hangzhou from visiting the States and realized what little room there actually was in it. Turns out,...
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Wacky Weather
April is upon us...and the rain and the winds have truly come to play. Hang onto your hats and umbrellas! Thankfully, our fair city has plenty of indoor options. Restaurants (and increasingly better ones), bars and clubs abound in Hangzhou. So grab some friends or your sweetie and find a hotspot to bunker down in on this blustery Tuesday night!
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Evangelist to preach to 20,000 in Hangzhou – Update
Over the 2 day period March 20/21, 14,000 people came to hear Evangelist Luis Palau and the Rev. James Meeks preach in Hangzhou Chong Yi Church. The aim had been 20,000, but the rain didn't evaporate on the way down and dampened the spirits. ...
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The Norway Woods Bar
I dont really see myself rushing off to Norway Woods of an evening, but should try some time. Charlie of G+ / Wahaha fame is running the place now, and so I am sure it is a pretty slick operation. But perhaps Norway Woods is just as suited for a cheeky afternoon, early evening drink. A good...
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KLM does the decent thing
KLM will start direct flights between Amsterdam and Hangzhou from 8th May. These non stop flights between Amsterdam and Hangzhou with KLM are scheduled to depart Amsterdam on the flight number KL881 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays to reach Hangzhou the next day and KLM return flight number...
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Wacky Weather (2)
06/4/10 •
April is upon us…and the rain and the winds have truly come to play. Hang onto your hats and umbrellas!
Thankfully, our fair city has plenty of indoor options. Restaurants (and increasingly better ones), bars and clubs abound in Hangzhou.
So grab some friends or your sweetie and find a hotspot to bunker down in on this [...]
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Evangelist to preach to 20,000 in Hangzhou – Update (0)
30/3/10 •
Over the 2 day period March 20/21, 14,000 people came to hear Evangelist Luis Palau and the Rev. James Meeks preach in Hangzhou Chong Yi Church. The aim had been 20,000, but the rain didn’t evaporate on the way down and dampened the spirits.
http://www.palau.org/news/story/china_trip_successful_344
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The Norway Woods Bar (0)
30/3/10 •
I dont really see myself rushing off to Norway Woods of an evening, but should try some time. Charlie of G+ / Wahaha fame is running the place now, and so I am sure it is a pretty slick operation. But perhaps Norway Woods is just as suited for a cheeky afternoon, early evening drink.
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KLM does the decent thing (2)
30/3/10 •
KLM will start direct flights between Amsterdam and Hangzhou from 8th May. These non stop flights between Amsterdam and Hangzhou with KLM are scheduled to depart Amsterdam on the flight number KL881 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays to reach Hangzhou the next day and KLM return flight number KL882 will take off from Hangzhou on [...]
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Valentino Restaurant (2)
29/3/10 •
Probably the best thing about Valentino Italian Restaurant at Landison is the view looking out over Hangzhou as you stand at the urinal to pee. Well, the rest of the views are pretty good too. But nevertheless, that makes the restaurant the most expensive public toilet in Hangzhou. The other restaurants in the hotel are [...]
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The Hex of Hangzhou? 八卦田 (1)
29/3/10 •
The Hangzhou Octagram farm must be a well kept secret as it took quite a while to find the proper name for the place – 八卦田 – let alone its location – Yuhuangshan Road as it turns into Nanfu Road (玉皇山路和南复路). On a clean day there are great views of Hangzhou and West Lake and the Qiantang River, a little history and a pint at the end of it all.
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Guo’s Villa | 郭庄 (3)
25/3/10 •
Guo’s Villa is one of those places you wish were a secret. On a slightly off-colour day, the weather I mean, there are few people there and sitting right on the bank of West Lake drinking green tea with a book or friend is one of those unique-to-Hangzhou ways of whiling away an afternoon.
Whoever Mr. [...]
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Longjing New Tea 1Y per Leaf (4)
24/3/10 •
Despite the dustbowl that Hangzhou became on Sunday – something to do with the Gobi desert migrating to Japan – we decided to go for a wander and see of they had started picking the new tea yet… …I couldn’t figure out if they were trying to park, or drive, or just organise an impromptu air horn requiem to google.cn. Whatever it was, it was time to walk, because the cars wouldn’t be going anywhere for a while…
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Ground-breaking yo-yo tech to be used for Shanghai Hangzhou Maglev. (4)
20/3/10 •
China’s crown rail project is in trouble again a mere 4 days after the 8th approval …
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