Category Archives: Outside Shanghai

Carrying Poles

Posted on October 28, 2016 by The Pearl

Sometime last year I posted about our trip to Amoy in Fujian Province (Amoy in Fujian; Xiamen in Mandarin) with its large round houses and some of the pictures showed women selling fruit from baskets which they carry along on … Continue reading →

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A Retirement Idea

Posted on February 5, 2016 by The Pearl

Over the last year, we have done quite a bit of travelling through airports.  Not as much as many I know, for sure, but as I have more free time than most, I do find myself wandering around the duty-free … Continue reading →

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I Fly in July

Posted on July 31, 2015 by The Pearl

It’s been quite a while since my last blog post, a month in fact.  There are a number of reasons for this.  At the beginning of July our landlord appears to have started work on renovating the apartment upstairs.  We … Continue reading →

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It’s Been a While

Posted on May 26, 2015 by The Pearl

It’s been a while since I have posted an article to this blog and that was not because I succumbed to the attentions of the black dog.  I did in fact make it to the Shanghai Botanical Gardens the very next … Continue reading →

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