Maria Abroad

Business Trip to Shenzhen – My China Experience 27

Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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A couple of weeks ago, my boss David Fu came up to me and asked me, if I would like to help out at a fair in Shenzhen in late November. Always eager to experience new things and see more of China, I happily accepted. If you have followed my story, you know that November [...]

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Chinese Wedding – My China Experience 26

Posted on 20. Oct, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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The weekend after I returned from Malaysia, I had another event I was looking forward to: A Chinese Wedding. My Boss, David Fu, was getting married and all the employees were invited. I was looking forward to it very much, but I was also very concerned that I might make some unforgivable cultural mistakes… So [...]

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Hospital in China – My China Experience 25

Posted on 20. Oct, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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Unfortunately, I do not have fond memories of my long and exhausting trip back from Malaysia. I had been carrying my backpack all day long and when I finally arrived in Beijing, I could hardly walk. My right ankle was really badly swollen and hurt like hell. The strange thing is that I don’t even [...]

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Langkawi – My China/Malaysia Experience 24

Posted on 19. Oct, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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Langkawi, the island of dreams… When I flew in to Langkawi, it was rainy and cloudy, but when we started to descend through the clouds, I got an amazing view of the island. It looked like the island in the old King Kong movie. The sea was grey and the island was of such a [...]

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Kuala Lumpur – My China/Malaysia Experience 23

Posted on 19. Oct, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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After I finally found a nice backpack in Beijing, I finally boarded the plane to Kuala Lumpur, or KL as the Malay say, on Saturday afternoon. After a six hour flight with Air China, I arrived at 11:30 PM in KL, went through immigration, got my backpack, went through customs and changed some money. As [...]

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Backpack Odyssey – My China Experience 22

Posted on 19. Oct, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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Due to the strange regulations of my visa, I can only stay in China for 60 days at a time. As I will be in China 60 days on November 5, 2007, I have to leave the country before or on this date. Foreign expats with the same kind of problems usually go to Hongkong [...]

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Fragrent Hills – My China Experience 21

Posted on 18. Oct, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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On Sunday, the weather was absolutely gorgeous, and Sabrina and I decided to postpone our tour through the Hutongs for two reasons: First, we could do that on a rainy day as well, and second, her friend, a German-speaking tour guide invited us to go to Fragrant Hills. Fragrant Hills is North West of Beijing, [...]

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Bell & Drum Tower – My China Experience 20

Posted on 16. Oct, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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Another week at work passed much too quickly, and time is flying by. I cannot imagine that I have been here for almost 2 months already. 2 weeks ago, Nir and I went to the Visa administration office, because he had to check something about his visa. When we were there, I also used this [...]

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Beijing Planning Exhibition Center – My China Experience 19

Posted on 15. Oct, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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I had visited all the major sights of Beijing on a previous visit, but all of them in 2 days, so yes, I can say I have been at the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Ming Tombs, and the Summer Palace, but have I seen them? Not really… So when I returned to Beijing [...]

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Farewell Nir – My China Experience 18

Posted on 14. Oct, 2009 by MariaAbroad.

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Tuesday was Nir’s last day in China, so he had to go find some nice souvenirs for his friends and family. While I was at work, he went to the Silk market and one last time to Tiananmen Square. He was supposed to come to my office at 5.30 PM so we could go home, [...]