“Out There Guy”

Olympic Wrap-up

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Bike tour or Suicide?

Riding a bike on the streets of Beijing is exhilarating, exciting and only a little bit dangerous. You see, not too long ago, these streets were owned by Bicycles. When I was here only eight years ago, bicycles were much more common than cars. I remember getting stuck in 'bike jams' not traffic jams, it was much more common to get in a tangle with another bike as opposed to a car. [+]

Bikin’ Beijing

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The Duze Nest

The Duze Nest Originally uploaded by duzercruzer Riding in a Taxi is alway an adventure in Beijing. It's not the crazy driving that makes me nervous, it's the fact that I never really know if the driver knows here he is taking me. This is how it works, I get my destination written in Chinese before hand, give it to the driver, he nods and begins speaking to me in Chinese, I then hold up [+]

It’s the Great Wall Charlie Brown

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The Wall

The Great Dork! Originally uploaded by duzercruzer I found out today that the ‘Great Wall’ is only called ‘Great’ in English. In Chinese it’s just the ‘Long Wall.’ To me though, it’s the ‘Tourist Trap Wall.’ I couldn’t believe how many people were visiting this place, and they were all Chinese too. I saw only one group of foreigners, maybe the rest were all sleeping off hangovers from the cheap beer. Anyway, [+]

USA USA USA!

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The Great…Dork!

Great Wall at Badaling Originally uploaded by duzercruzer Last night I went to my first event, USA Basketball vs. Greece. I totally lucked out with the tickets. I happened to be on Facebook and my old friend Leon popped up on the chat, "Hey, you're in Beijing?" He mentioned that he had tickets and I mentioned that I really wanted tickets and POOF! He gave me a ticket. I didn't really pay much [+]

tired

I got home today at 1am after an amazing USA-Greece basketball game--Yes, I actually went to an event today, or yesterday, whatever time it is. It's 3:30am now, I slept a solid two hours and we're off on another adventure. First to watch the flag raise at Tienanmen Square and then off to the Great Wall. Right now I have a great headache, let's hope the wall is so amazing that I [+]

Chinese Idol

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