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After hours – Yiwu, China

21 May 2012 China
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It’s about 5° C outside. You’re in a foreign city, you’ve finished work and your feet are sore. It’s about to get dark and you’re feeling a little snacky. What to do? We have two options here: Stay in the hotel and catch the lift downstairs to the restaurant buffet. Rug up, put fresh socks [...]

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A reintroduction – Yiwu, China

7 May 2012 China
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Don’t be fooled by the delicate cherry blossoms. The city of Yiwu far from qualifies as being one of China’s beautiful cities. It’s industrial, it’s bleak, it’s polluted and like many parts of southern China the sky is a lovely shade white; thick with pollutants where after a few days in the city you can [...]

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Macau rambling

27 April 2012 China
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The very first time I left Australia’s shores was for a five-day trip to Hong Kong. It was exciting to say the least. I was about 22 years old and had only just moved to Sydney, met my partner and caught the travel bug. Who would have thought I’d be taking trips overseas every year [...]

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Eating Hong Kong

19 April 2012 China
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The eating options in a town like Honkers are sure to bring satisfaction to just about any fussy visitor. While some may just want to tuck into the local specialties and ignore other cuisine options, I like to mix it up a tad. Here’s a run-down of the bunch of places we sunk our teeth into. Bare [...]

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Street Food – Yiwu, China

10 May 2010 China
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One of the most endearing things about being in Asia is the variety and abundance of street food. The gutsyness, the authenticity, the honesty. Wafts of smoke and cooking smells make the crowds linger and assemble in alleys, carparks, markets, main streets and bus stations: a real sociable place to eat, catch up and get your [...]

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Work Food – Yiwu, China

5 May 2010 China
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The organised mess that is Yiwu International Trade City opened my eyes just a little bit more when it comes to human behavior and reminded me how clean and relatively sanitised Australia really is. If you’ve followed this series on my recent work trip you would have already learnt that Trade City is a massive [...]

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Ramada Plaza Hotel buffet – Yiwu, China

2 May 2010 China
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Our stay in Shenzhen, on my recent work trip, was very brief. Literally sleep, breakfast, an hour of dvd shopping and then a taxi to the airport. Yiwu, here we come! For those of you that don’t know, Yiwu is located 300 km from Shanghai and is the largest market of petty commodity wholesalers in the world. [...]

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