Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Home Sweet Home

After a painfully long flight home, a quick jaunt to the ER for intravenous rehydration, and a weekend of deep sleep, I'm back and settled in Seattle.

Despite getting sick, the trip to China was absolutely amazing. I've posted all the pictures on my flickr, and included a few of my favorites below for fun.

The pictures are mostly correctly geocoded, and I was looking forward to overlaying our path onto a map, perhaps using Popfly, but I noticed that neither Google Maps nor Live Search seem to have China coverage. Anyone know why not, and if there's a service that does (preferably with an API)?


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Watching sports on Tokyo airport TV


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How to ensure you'll never forget how to wash your sweatshirt


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:-(


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Smart way to keep the arrival area clear


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7 Eleven is everywhere in China


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One-way escalators... bad idea.


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Me looking kinda like a monkey


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MSN is everywhere in China


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Probably the best view of any CPK in the world


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I always wanted a wallet with an SD memory card holder!


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Spiderman.. spiderman..


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Human-sized PSP in a Hong Kong mall


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China entrance form. People living with HIV/AIDS are not allowed.


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Take a picture, send a postcard! All from your phone!


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Didn't think I'd see a hybrid car in China


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Shepherd looking at available phone numbers. More lucky numbers == more $$$.


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Everyone loves cards in China. Every store has a club card. A problem in dire need of a technological solution.


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New Audi Q7. Lots of expensive cars in China -- Porsche, Lexus, Audi, BMW, ...


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Good citizens kill bugs.


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Capitalism is alive and well


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All scaffolding in China is bamboo. Very cool sight.


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Brand newly sprawling Chinese suburbia


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Tom & Jerry cartoons from the 80s on the airplane!


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Beautiful Lijiang lanterns


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More beautiful Lijiang


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Farmers put their wheat on the road so cars going by will crush it for them


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Beautiful Lijiang water and sky


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Coolest bank storefront I've seen


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Picking out our vegetables, fish, and meat for lunch (the latter 2 of which were still hanging out alive by the entrance)


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Advertising on the baggage claim. Smart.


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Grandma old computer


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All foreigners staying in Beijing must report to the local police


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Grandma old computer runs pirated Windows :(


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Cute kitty with her 5 newborn babies!!


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Found a Sizzler when my stomach couldn't take Chinese food any longer. In the menu, they define "Western" and "Grill", sort-of how we do the same for concepts from distant, foreign lands


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Rooftops in the Summer Palace


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Magnum bar with a Windows Live Spaces promotion!


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Don't do... well, anything really.


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The ridiculous Starbucks that opened in the middle of the Forbidden City.


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My receipt from the ridiculous StarbucksCoffee Forbidden Store

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