Screen name: 
Age: 
33
Gender: 
Female
Travel status: 
Traveling now
Hometown: 
South Carolina
Currently in: 
Beijing
 
Traveling Next: 
Trans-Siberian
Favorite places I've been: 
St. Petersburg, the Himalayas, my sister's log cabin in North Carolina, my grandmother's kitchen, Edisto Beach (SC), China, China, China

Places I want to go to: 
Spain, Back to Japan, Tibet, Kashgar, Thailand, Cambodia, Peru, the Netherlands, More of Vietnam, Estonia, Vancouver

 
 
 
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by KateMonster | 2008/10/24

Thanks for asking, and more importantly, for reading:)

The clown asked (rather told) me that we were getting married, and although I was truly in love, and knew he'd make an incredible life partner, I didn't feel it was the best decision for either of our lives.

Alas, pressured by his parents, he's marrying a young woman next month--someone he's known for less than six months.

I see you've recently been in western China/Tibet...I have yet to make my westward travels but anticipate them wildly.

by Sascha | 2008/10/24

what happened with the clown?

By KateMonster  |  Location: China  |  09/21/07  |  Pics: 0

I'd prepared myself to totally push my social boundaries this evening:I'd commited to attending a Mooncake party at the Crowne Plaza Hotelat Wangfujing, sponsored by the Beijing Review magazine and bound tobe attended by the European Chamber types. I had the invitations in mycomputer satchel, and...

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By KateMonster  |  Location: China  |  09/21/07  |  Pics: 0

Because I'm usually the one asking a Chinese person to 'read' Chinesecharacters for me when I don't understand the writing on a product orsign, I always feel tickled when a Chinese native asks me to translatea product printed in English.

My very first, and certainly not the last, such encounter was...

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By KateMonster  |  Location: China  |  05/27/07  |  Pics: 2

The wedding...just as every region in China has its own dialect, regions also have their own wedding customs, which are still used despite the western influences that also have drifted into Chinese weddings (white dresses, photo albums, candle lighting,etc).

I went to the wedding with Song. He...

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