http://outthereguy.pmpblogs.com Out There Guy Ryan Van Duzer at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:43:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://outthereguy.pmpblogs.com/uncategorized-olympic-wrap-up/ 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 ... http://outthereguy.pmpblogs.com/uncategorized-bike-tour-or-suicide/ http://outthereguy.pmpblogs.com/uncategorized-bikin-beijing/ 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 ... http://outthereguy.pmpblogs.com/uncategorized-the-duze-nest/ http://outthereguy.pmpblogs.com/uncategorized-its-the-great-wall-charlie-brown/ 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 ... http://outthereguy.pmpblogs.com/uncategorized-the-wall/ http://outthereguy.pmpblogs.com/uncategorized-usa-usa-usa/ 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 ... http://outthereguy.pmpblogs.com/uncategorized-the-greatdork/ 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 ... http://outthereguy.pmpblogs.com/uncategorized-tired/ http://outthereguy.pmpblogs.com/uncategorized-chinese-idol/