Off to China February 27, 2007
Posted by evilzenscientist in : Evangelism, Technology, travel , trackbackTomorrow morning I’m heading off early for a week in Beijing, China. It’s the first time for me; and to be honest the first time I’ve travelled anywhere where I really don’t have any ability to speak some basic local language and read my way around.
I downloaded a Rapid Mandarin course by Earworms from Audible - and I at least know some phrases. (Well - it’s another language I can order beer and coffee in ..)
Hopefully internet won’t be too shoddy during the week - I’ll be there with Laurence so I’ll make sure we post some pics.
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[...] then went wandering, found a restuarant, and using a combination of pointing and my month old mandarin skills - we ordered Peking Duck, rice and beer. I even managed to ask for a receipt and get the taxi [...]
[...] then went wandering, found a restuarant, and using a combination of pointing and my month old mandarin skills - we ordered Peking Duck, rice and beer. I even managed to ask for a receipt and get the taxi [...]