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Hmmm... find some random photos, and stick them in...Rickshaw in Beijing, China. We rode in it to explore a hutong. Not a bad ride. Next... colourfully decorated trishaws in Melaka, Malaysia. Only for tourists. Yes, we were sort of tourists but we were on a walking tour.And finally... I wouldn't get into this rickshaw with "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/5238296313702336081/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2009/08/rickshaws.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/5238296313702336081"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/5238296313702336081"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2009/08/rickshaws.html","title":"Rickshaws"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Q3ICFhAyEFQ/So1FhTFa5YI/AAAAAAAAFi0/HCX23lodeFI/s72-c/rickshaw-china.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-6406264507185458277"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-06T00:40:00.002+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-06-06T17:31:00.136+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Three-Wheelers"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"These cute little Chinese three-wheelers were hardly seen in busy Beijing, but they were all over in other parts of China, especially when we were in Inner Mongolia, and in the north-eastern cities.I think they're not classified as cars (since they do not have four wheels!), but are licenced as motor-bikes instead. 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SOBS!Does thinking about food make one put on weight? Because...... here's something from two years ago, when we were in the city of everlasting spring (although personally I think it ought to be more correctly known as the city of everlasting winter) in "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/4885367051025118205/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2009/06/too-much-food.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/4885367051025118205"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/4885367051025118205"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2009/06/too-much-food.html","title":"Too Much Food"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Q3ICFhAyEFQ/SiSw4NKHsBI/AAAAAAAAFSs/aSr64Wa5jSQ/s72-c/food2.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-7609142764218464579"},"published":{"$t":"2008-11-19T00:40:00.003+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-02-13T11:51:12.758+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"PicK Of The Day"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Inner Mongolia"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"PicK Of The Day: Little Lambs"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Unlike some people whom I've travelled with on trips who would not give furry four-legged animals a chance at all (You know who you are, squealing like a fire-engine whenever a cute little doggie passed by!), I don't mind them most of the time. I like dogs. I don't mind cats. I will squeal, though, if a lizard drops on my shoulder, such as a huge one did on the person sitting next to me when we "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/7609142764218464579/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2008/11/little-lambs.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/7609142764218464579"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/7609142764218464579"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2008/11/little-lambs.html","title":"PicK Of The Day: Little Lambs"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-8428965793376992451"},"published":{"$t":"2008-08-06T00:40:00.003+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-08-06T00:40:01.028+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"ABC Wed"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Travelogue"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Beijing"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"China Celebrates"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"In celebration of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which will begin two days from today, here are some pics from my previous trip to China.Clockwise from top right: at the egg-shaped Beijing National Theatre; Tiananmen Square; our hotel in Beijing; outside the Forbidden City; outside the Beijing subway.Above clockwise from top right: close-up of the refurbished Temple of Heaven; a drum performance at "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/8428965793376992451/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2008/08/china-celebrates.html#comment-form","title":"14 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/8428965793376992451"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/8428965793376992451"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2008/08/china-celebrates.html","title":"China Celebrates"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"14"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-9054763418998078150"},"published":{"$t":"2008-06-21T07:40:00.001+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-06-21T11:37:54.422+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Food"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Travelogue"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Ice Cream Tales"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"It had been so hot lately that I have been putting on weight. Oh yes, waistline expanding, due to eating too many ice creams. If you want some, come to my house and look into the freezer - my parents prefer vanilla ice cream in a tub, but I'd much rather have the chocolate cones (pictured). I try to ration to not more than one a week, but they seem to disappear quite quickly. Why oh why!When we "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/9054763418998078150/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2008/06/ice-cream-tales.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/9054763418998078150"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/9054763418998078150"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2008/06/ice-cream-tales.html","title":"Ice Cream Tales"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-457332963571699940"},"published":{"$t":"2008-06-04T03:03:00.001+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-06-04T03:03:01.152+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"ABC Wed"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Beijing"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Photos"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Tiananmen Square"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Beijing must be very busy spruncing up with the 2008 Olympics just around the corner, so these photos taken during my visit last year may not be reflective of what you may find if you go there now. Above was our first glimpse of Tiananmen Square from the airport bus. A very smoggy (coff, coff!) day.Thank goodness for clear skies when we finally went for a walk. Our hotel was just ten minutes walk"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/457332963571699940/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2008/06/tiananmen-square.html#comment-form","title":"6 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/457332963571699940"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/457332963571699940"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2008/06/tiananmen-square.html","title":"Tiananmen Square"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"6"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-3395094220372395609"},"published":{"$t":"2008-05-24T12:59:00.012+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-07-13T00:02:46.269+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Philippines"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cambodia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Shopping"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Phnom Penh"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Singapore"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The GSS Is Back But..."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"The start of this year's GSS i.e. the Great Singapore Sale was yesterday, 23rd May, and I didn't bother about it. Singapore's not really my favourite place to shop, unfortunately. I live here, I WORK here, I have too many things to do and not much leisure time. Whatever time I have, I sit in my room and type silly articles like this one on my laptop. However, when I travel, and after determining "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/3395094220372395609/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2008/05/gss-is-back-but.html#comment-form","title":"5 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/3395094220372395609"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/3395094220372395609"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2008/05/gss-is-back-but.html","title":"The GSS Is Back But..."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"5"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-8838736900934784864"},"published":{"$t":"2008-04-26T22:40:00.003+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-04-30T17:24:16.457+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Travel Tips"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Persecution"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ramblings"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Travelogue"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Visa Or No Visa"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"A couple of weeks ago there was a big hoo-ha in my office and everyone forgot to work for a while - one of my colleagues was preparing for a business trip to China and she received conflicting advice; someone said, You don't need a visa because your trip is less than fourteen days, another said, The rules have changed, you needed a visa, the travel agent said, Wait, let me check and call you back"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/8838736900934784864/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2008/04/visa-or-no-visa.html#comment-form","title":"6 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/8838736900934784864"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/8838736900934784864"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2008/04/visa-or-no-visa.html","title":"Visa Or No Visa"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"6"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-3569420026406034229"},"published":{"$t":"2008-03-05T07:00:00.002+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-03-12T21:27:38.133+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"ABC Wed"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Beijing"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Photos"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Great Wall Of China"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Enough of weird fruits and nasty eggs, here's something different... and awesome for a change. I spent three days in Beijing last July, and here are highlights of the visit to one of the Seven Wonders of the World - the Great Wall Of China.©@F2008.5 All rights reserved.Related Post:The Great Wall Of China - Travelogue and more photos"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/3569420026406034229/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2008/03/great-wall-of-china.html#comment-form","title":"23 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/3569420026406034229"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/3569420026406034229"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2008/03/great-wall-of-china.html","title":"Great Wall Of China"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"23"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-7055734200816467147"},"published":{"$t":"2008-01-09T06:53:00.000+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-02-25T22:16:36.268+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"ABC Wed"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Inner Mongolia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Photos"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Yurt"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":" I've never heard of the word 'yurt' before, and I certainly didn't know what it meant until I went to northern China last year. The 'yurt' is to the Mongolians what the 'igloo' is to the Eskimos. Genghis Khan, who conquered nearly all the known world in the thirteenth century, lived in one, and so do many of his descendants to this day.The yurt usually has some blue on top, representing the sky,"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/7055734200816467147/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2008/01/yurt.html#comment-form","title":"11 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/7055734200816467147"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/7055734200816467147"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2008/01/yurt.html","title":"Yurt"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"11"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-1369433462237500820"},"published":{"$t":"2007-12-12T01:01:00.000+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-02-25T22:16:36.282+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Getting Around"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"PicK Of The Day"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"ABC Wed"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Beijing"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Photos"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"PicK Of The Day: Underground"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"During our recent three-day tour of Beijing, China, we walked a great deal. Many of the roads were very wide, with motorists hell-bent on running over anything and anyone in their way. Of course we didn't want to risk our lives, so, like everyone else, we used the underpasses to get from one side of the street to the other. A very interesting community of peddlers existed underground, which, I'm "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/1369433462237500820/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/12/underground.html#comment-form","title":"15 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/1369433462237500820"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/1369433462237500820"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/12/underground.html","title":"PicK Of The Day: Underground"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"15"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-1066949496603909995"},"published":{"$t":"2007-10-24T07:12:00.000+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2007-11-05T22:20:10.015+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"PicK Of The Day"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"ABC Wed"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Inner Mongolia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Photos"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"PicK Of The Day: No, No, No!"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"That's a word we often use on small children and dogs. A word small children (throwing tantrums, accompanied by stamping feet and piercing screams) use back on us. And then, it's also a word the authorities (or those who think they're in authority) use indirectly on everybody else. We were filling up on supplies (bottled water, biscuits) in a supermarket in a small town in inner Mongolia, and it "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/1066949496603909995/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/10/no-no-no.html#comment-form","title":"19 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/1066949496603909995"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/1066949496603909995"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/10/no-no-no.html","title":"PicK Of The Day: No, No, No!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"19"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-2667234806309072230"},"published":{"$t":"2007-10-18T10:03:00.000+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2007-10-18T10:04:35.848+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Prayer"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Travelogue"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Inner Mongolia"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Mountain Top Experience Part 2"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I'm still lost in my latest Koh Kong adventures but at the end of Part 1, I did promise Part 2 of the mountain top story in inner Mongolia, so... here goes. The title would have given you a big clue whether I made it to the top or not. How could I write about a 'mountain top experience' if I was sitting somewhere at the bottom having my own little meeting while the rest got up there?Actually, I "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/2667234806309072230/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/10/mountain-top-experience-part-2.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/2667234806309072230"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/2667234806309072230"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/10/mountain-top-experience-part-2.html","title":"Mountain Top Experience Part 2"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-7639077877450806193"},"published":{"$t":"2007-10-10T10:03:00.001+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-04-26T22:36:35.153+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"ABC Wed"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Inner Mongolia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Photos"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Lake"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Somewhere in inner Mongolia. In this landlocked autonomous region in north China, all they have is grass. So I think they get pretty excited when they find a big blue fresh-water lake in the midst of the grasslands, and some decent trees. The tour guide from the traditional yurt hotel said she would like to take us to see a forest. We went... um, ah, really, a forest? And thought, what's so "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/7639077877450806193/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/10/lake.html#comment-form","title":"9 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/7639077877450806193"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/7639077877450806193"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/10/lake.html","title":"Lake"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"9"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-6182305065465911164"},"published":{"$t":"2007-10-06T19:42:00.000+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2007-10-06T19:57:29.652+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Travelogue"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Inner Mongolia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Accomodation"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Photos"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Mountain Top Experience Part 1"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"We were up bright and early the next morning and went down for breakfast. Ranie was very popular in the dining hall, and we soon found out that it was because of the instant coffee she had bought at the supermarket the previous evening. Coffee is not a popular beverage in this part of the world. We all missed our Starbucks, didn't we. VG came along with some good news: we could proceed to our "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/6182305065465911164/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/10/mountain-top-experience-part-1.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/6182305065465911164"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/6182305065465911164"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/10/mountain-top-experience-part-1.html","title":"Mountain Top Experience Part 1"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-4053211652743565269"},"published":{"$t":"2007-10-04T11:54:00.000+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2007-10-06T19:42:26.143+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Shopping"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Travelogue"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Inner Mongolia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Accomodation"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Photos"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"In the Grasslands Briefly"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"While we were feasting upon an endless line-up of dishes at dinner, VG, our tour manager, disappeared and did not join us. Some of us wondered if the poor fellow had lost his way, until Uncle R told us he had gone scrambling to find alternative accomodation for us for the night. Eh... what alternative accomodation?? According to the itinerary, after dinner, we were to hop into our bus for an "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/4053211652743565269/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/10/in-grasslands-briefly.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/4053211652743565269"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/4053211652743565269"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/10/in-grasslands-briefly.html","title":"In the Grasslands Briefly"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-1088715333201486536"},"published":{"$t":"2007-09-29T20:06:00.000+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2007-10-15T21:59:20.406+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Food"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Travelogue"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Inner Mongolia"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Somewhere In Inner Mongolia"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"From hereon I'm going to be vague about where we went and the people we met, in order that our work in this region may continue and grow without hindrance. If you hadn't realised it yet, the purpose of our trip wasn't to climb great walls or indulge in too much shopping and eating; it just happened that those were 'safe' subjects to write and show plenty of pics about.We embarked on a seven-hour "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/1088715333201486536/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/09/somewhere-in-inner-mongolia.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/1088715333201486536"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/1088715333201486536"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/09/somewhere-in-inner-mongolia.html","title":"Somewhere In Inner Mongolia"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-6016081641512806461"},"published":{"$t":"2007-09-26T07:20:00.000+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-02-07T11:19:02.568+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Shopping"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Food"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Travelogue"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Beijing"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Photos"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Shopping And Eating In Beijing"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"A leisurely evening stroll in Tiananmen Square became a shopping spree for many in our group.It was our last day in Beijing. We went out before dinner to see the sights, and the touts swooped upon the Americans in our group like vultures after a fresh kill! Hah, Vivien and I had been in Tiananmen Square a few times (looking for taxis, looking for the Forbidden City etc) and never encountered a "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/6016081641512806461/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/09/shopping-and-eating-in-beijing.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/6016081641512806461"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/6016081641512806461"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/09/shopping-and-eating-in-beijing.html","title":"Shopping And Eating In Beijing"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-9056262217989386467"},"published":{"$t":"2007-09-22T11:06:00.000+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-02-25T22:17:47.689+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"PicK Of The Day"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Inner Mongolia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Photos"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"PicK Of The Day: An Accident Waiting To Happen"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Hohhot City Inner Mongolia China. Here's a photo Vivien took of one of our bus drivers as he drove us through the city. You can click here to read and see more photos of our bus journey through inner Mongolia. While we all had to look out for VG (our tour manager who had bad eye-sight) in case he fell into any potholes while walking, our driver also had to look out for such things! An opened "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/9056262217989386467/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/09/pick-of-day-accident-waiting-to-happen.html#comment-form","title":"5 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/9056262217989386467"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/9056262217989386467"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/09/pick-of-day-accident-waiting-to-happen.html","title":"PicK Of The Day: An Accident Waiting To Happen"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"5"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-1358362187334272593"},"published":{"$t":"2007-09-19T07:01:00.000+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2007-09-22T11:12:16.167+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Travelogue"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Beijing"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Video Clips"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Photos"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hutong Tour Part 2"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"We continue from part one with the hutong tour in the second ring of the city. After visiting that very nice couple who lives in a beautiful home with their brand-new flat-screen TV and other 21st century comforts, we returned to our rickshaw. It was almost 2pm, we still hadn't had lunch, but the tour was not yet over. We tipped Mr Baldy, our rickshaw driver, and the tour guide took us to the "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/1358362187334272593/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/09/hutong-tour-part-2.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/1358362187334272593"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/1358362187334272593"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/09/hutong-tour-part-2.html","title":"Hutong Tour Part 2"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-5929574281540010281"},"published":{"$t":"2007-09-15T21:24:00.000+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2007-09-19T07:00:29.228+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Travelogue"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Beijing"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Photos"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hutong Tour Part 1"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Vivien arranged for a hutong tour with the tour guide on the return trip from the Great Wall. As for the others in our group, PP told them that the bus would drop them off at Wangfujing shopping street so that they could find their own lunch and get more shopping done.We got off in the second ring of the city, and met our hutong tour guide at Macdonalds. We did expect to have to walk down the "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/5929574281540010281/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/09/hutong-tour-part-1.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/5929574281540010281"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/5929574281540010281"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/09/hutong-tour-part-1.html","title":"Hutong Tour Part 1"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-3737658634395143931"},"published":{"$t":"2007-09-13T22:11:00.000+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2007-09-15T21:13:33.749+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Getting Around"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Travelogue"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Inner Mongolia"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"On The Road"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"The hot springs hotel was our last stop in a civilised city. Because after that we left the city far, far behind and headed for the Mongolian grasslands, and we were supposed to spend two nights in a traditional yurt, just like the normadic Mongols. However, that yurt had no water and electricity and couldn't take in guests, and so we finally had only one night there. God is so good!We checked "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/3737658634395143931/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/09/on-road.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/3737658634395143931"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/3737658634395143931"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/09/on-road.html","title":"On The Road"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-1509938055270551851"},"published":{"$t":"2007-09-09T20:39:00.000+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2007-09-16T19:47:02.858+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Travelogue"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Beijing"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Inner Mongolia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Accomodation"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Photos"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Our Hotels In Beijing, Baotou, Hohhot"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"I should start a series on accomodation, because some folk who talked to me during Sunday lunch have reeeeally, really strange ideas about where we slept when we go on m-trips. Who gave you those ideas, huh? Hudson Taylor? That's soooo 18th century! We're less than a year away from Beijing 2008 Olympics, man!Our top class hotel in BeijingTwo trips to Beijing within 3 years, and both times, we "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/1509938055270551851/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/09/our-hotels-in-beijing-baotou-hohhot.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/1509938055270551851"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/1509938055270551851"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/09/our-hotels-in-beijing-baotou-hohhot.html","title":"Our Hotels In Beijing, Baotou, Hohhot"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582486474419691958.post-1613054121372430312"},"published":{"$t":"2007-09-08T12:59:00.000+08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2007-09-16T19:47:02.859+08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Getting Around"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Travelogue"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Beijing"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Photos"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Getting Around: Rickshaw Ride"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"Our first encounter with a rickshaw was on our first day in Beijing, right in the middle of the city. We had walked around the Egg... I mean the National Grand Theatre and Tiananmen Square the entire afternoon, looking for an elusive art gallery, and it was time to get back. We knew our hotel was not very far away, but seeing a few cabs parked along the road, we approached one. The taxi driver "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/feeds/1613054121372430312/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/09/getting-around-rickshaw-ride.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/1613054121372430312"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8582486474419691958/posts/default/1613054121372430312"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://tenforty.blogspot.com/2007/09/getting-around-rickshaw-ride.html","title":"Getting Around: Rickshaw Ride"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Deb"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"10942792235631790949"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}}]}});