Posted: 2010-01-14 10:48 AM
Hola Gloria!
I see that you are in Australia, enjoying.
Yes, your picture and mine are taken in the same area.
I was 10 days in South Korea, and 3 days in Jeju island to climb volcanoes, but that happened last month, December, and last year 2009.
Now I am back in Spain looking for a job to wash dishes in a restaurant in the Costa Brava.
hasta la vista
jorge
Thanks a million for your recent comments on my reports (some of them overdue), including the two on PRC.
It was funny to see how you realised that I really did not like Hangzhou that much. I was actually very disappointed with the city - as with PRC overall. I was thinking to myself "Ten thousand years of great history and unique traditions, and they give in to the US style of life? What is this business with American architecture of glass-and-steel blocks? Why do they need to have several McDonald's, KFC's, and Haagen Daazs restaurants within yards of each other?" I was looking for a nice 'traditional Sino architecture" packed in a large group in Hangzhou after seeing a few photos. But it was not so. I almost cried that I might have wasted so much time of coming to the city... Good job I had a company of funny guys, whom I met in Shanghai, and who took this day trip with me.
The Mutianyu Wall was not that hard, actually. It was hot, summer day, though.
Posted: 2009-12-17 10:18 PM
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it and a pleasant peaceful time to all of you! Have a good start in a happy new year with lots of travels. :)
Take care - Petra
Posted: 2009-11-23 05:05 PM
Gloria,
Congratulations on winning PoM, which I missed somehow during my holidays. Really great picture trully deserve this reward. Btw, we both been in Bali almost the same time :)
take care
Rafal
