While I don’t miss living in China I do miss the convenience of being able to get anything at all anytime day or night, delivered to your door for almost nothing. I have always sought out the Chinese diaspora wherever I have lived; I still see a friend I made in Uganda. Of course my… Read More »
Wow – back after three weeks in the UK and I have managed to get to Harpenden, St Albans, Inverness, Sheildaig, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Stow-on-the-Wold and other Cotswold gems, Ledbury, Leominster, Shrewsbury and London. I have eaten ad drunk and laughed with Jim, Renee, Alex, Tom, Tudor, Teal, Roger, Eleanor, Graham, Pauline, David, Sue, Mairi, Jon,… Read More »
I don’t know how I’ve lasted so long in Shanghai without taking a walk down QiPu Lu. It’s full of shops and countless indoor markets selling cheap and fake clothes. The markets are a maze of small stalls specialising in underwear, jeans, children’s clothes, scarves, women’s ‘fashion’ and outdoor clothes. (If an item of clothing… Read More »