Life...after China...

We're Back and so are the COMMENT SPAMMERS!

We arrived back home in Suzhou about 11:45am today.  After the 23 hour train ride from my wife's hometown we decided that showers were in order.  While I was waiting for my wife so we could go and grab a bite to eat I checked out MBE.  It seems that over the past three weeks the comment spammers have been having their way with my blog!   To say the least I was more than a little upset.  I have mentioned before about how I feel about spam and the people/companies that use it.  (there is a special ring of hell for those folks) So to keep this sort of thing out of my mind for the time being I have had to limit my comments section to those people registered with Motime.  You can get an account and only use it for comments if you like it is not required that you set up another blog.  But if you are like me, I am registered with so many services that my inbox fills up with unwanted crap.  Until I am able to see up better filters for my comments than I will have to only get comments from Motimers.  (Sorry)

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The trip along the silk road was fantastic!  It was so great that I am going to have to write different blog entries for each place/city.  I am going through the 600+ photos at the moment and will let you know when they are online with my webshots page.  I am a little tired now so the details of the trip will have to wait until tomorrow.  Again, sorry about the comments!

Posted by: wjreagin at 07/31/05 17:41 | link | comments

Moved in and Moving on...

This past Wednesday my wife and I moved into our new apartment.  It is only about a mile and a half away from the old apartment but the new place is newer and a little bigger than the old one.  Of course, the only day in the last month that it has rained was the day we moved!  Oh well, at least it is over.

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Tomorrow we are flying to Yinchuan, Ningxia Province.  We will be there two nights and then off to Jiayuguan, Gansu Province.  I hope to have internet cafes along the way to report from, but I am not making any promises.

Posted by: wjreagin at 07/09/05 11:18 | link | comments (5)
china, silk road trip

End of the year GLEE...

On Friday we finished the 2004-2005 school year.  I can honestly say that I am overly excited to be finally done.  Yesterday we bought our air tickets to Yinchuan (Ningxia Province).  We will spend two nights there and then we are off to Jiayuguan.  But before all the fun begins we will move into our new apartment (Friday, July 8th).  I will have photos up as soon as possible when we return.  I will try to blog along the way, but I am not promising anything. 

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Lastly, I tried donkey meat this week for the first time.  I can say that it actually tasted nice.  The flavor was very hearty and the texture was really nice.  (You know you have been in China too long when you are actually talking about donkey meat!)

Posted by: wjreagin at 07/03/05 10:45 | link | comments
teaching, china, silk road trip