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 thomo the lost posted this in  China, Hong Kong, Korea, Mongolia, Singapore, Taiwan on  January 21st, 2012It’s Lunar New Year with the New Year’s Eve tomorrow night. So, to my Korean friends – 새해 복 많이 받으세요. And to my Chinese friends – 新年快樂 or for those who are Cantonese, 恭喜發財 (did I get that right Pauline?). Prosperity, peace and happiness for all in the year of the Dragon. thomo the lost posted this in Asia Pacific, China, General, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Mongolia on February 13th, 2010Tonight is bituun so the home is cleaned and now the belly is full. Tomorrow is Tsagaan Sar (Цагаан сар) for Mongolians, the White Month. So, to my Mongolian friends – I hope you have a happy Tsagaan Sar. This year it also coincides (well, is one day different really) with the Lunar New Year [...] Well, not so much religion, more belief, or philosophy, or, well, something like that. I must be getting soft as I age as I almost believed a charlatan today. I was in Hong Kong, standing by the harbour near the Convention Centre (I ove a city that uses English English). I had been looking out [...] We crawled across the border, from Zamin-uud in Mongolia to Erlian in the Chinese S.A.R. of Inner Mongolia. About 5 kilometres and it took about 30 minutes to travel it. We arrived in Erlian Station with the Chinese Immigration and Customs folks standing to attention. They entered the train and fairly efficiently went through each [...]  Tags: Beijing, China, customs, Erlian, Gobi, Mongolia, train, travel, Ulaanbaatar, Zamin-uud | 
Nobody has commented yet, kick it off... |  Print This Post |  Email This Post |  There are no blog updates due for a couple of days as Thomo is currently travelling. Actually, sitting in Hong Kong at the moment. Updates to the blog will resume in a few days time. In the meantime, think of Thomo getting fatter again on the wonderful foods available in Hong Kong. |
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