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Summer camp finishes today. After working more than two straight weeks it’s time to kick back and relax (after partaking in a few post-camp libations).<\/p>\n

I had planned a wonderful Asian adventure for this summer. Vietnam and Cambodia were my nations of choice (see the cool map – you can zoom in and move around). I considered Olongapo<\/a>, in the Philippines, too. My new camera, a neato CF card reader, an ultra-portable notebook computer, and moi, would have hit the road.<\/p>\n

I should have learned by now to never to get my hopes up.<\/p>\n

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\nMy passport has four blank pages left. Traveling to Hong Kong, then onwards to southeast Asia requires visas and immigration stamps, something my document has little room to hold. The idea of a grand summer adventure capped off by being refused entry to China due to no-stampable pages does not appeal to me.<\/p>\n

I’ve had to change my plans. Several times.<\/p>\n

I’ll stay in China. Hong Kong will see me visiting historic military sites and cemeteries. I’ll hit the former Portuguese colony of Macau and stay far away from the new Vegas-style casinos. Xi’an, home of countless tombs and the terracotta warriors (see another cool map, below) will be another excursion. Then there’s Mrs. Stevo’s village of Guiyang, and a possible trip to Shaoshan, the hometown of Chairman Mao. Instead of trains and buses, I will fly.<\/p>\n

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\nLike everything in China, this plan is subject to change. It’s time to play it by ear. If my posts are intermittent know I am somewhere in China, a camera in hand.
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