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Post by nikkortorokkor on Aug 24, 2011 4:31:36 GMT -5
Finally the long-alluded-to move is on the way. What's left of my camera collection is sealed away, the house is almost packed up, and we begin our somewhat wending path to China tomorrow.
We'll visit my mother in Christchurch before flying to Guangzhou via Auckland, and then on to the seaside resort of Zhuhai, where both my wife and I have taken teaching posts with a technical institute.
Hopefully I'll still be able to log on to CC from behind the great firewall of China. If not, I'll 'see' you all again next time I hop the border (I'll be a short walk from Macao and a slightly longer boat ride from HK).
Michael.
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mickeyobe
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 24, 2011 4:37:22 GMT -5
Michael,
Bon voyage and best wishes.
Mickey
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Post by nikonbob on Aug 24, 2011 5:25:18 GMT -5
Michael
The very best to you and your wife, safe journey.
Bob
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Post by daveh on Aug 24, 2011 7:06:20 GMT -5
Michael,
It seems a wise move going just before the circus that is the world cup hits town. You will also be able to avoid the period of mourning that inevitably follows a Kiwi world cup campaign.
I have never been, but I have always thought that Macao would have prospered more if it had been under British rather than Portuguese control. (I mean this only in the sense that Portugal had long gone as a world power and was unable to pour money in Macao, in the way it was to HK, to enable it to thrive. I gather, though, it is 'on the up'.)
Have a good trip, and a good stay in China - plenty of photo opportunities there.
Dave.
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