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Solo To London

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I didn’t plan to put up a Photo Friday post today – mainly because yesterday, I said “Goodbye” to CAM as he headed off to the UK, Portugal and Ireland for his first solo backpacking trip in Europe (at the grand old age of 16!!). For me, this was as big as his first day at school. My house feels too quiet without him.

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My only rule for CAM as he was heading off yesterday was that he post a photo a day on Facebook so we could follow along with his trip. He just landed in London this morning and luckily was able to spend this evening at the Athletics events at London’s Olympic Stadium with my sister – where he took the photo above.

When I saw Debbie’s post today: London Sunshine, I thought that I should post CAM’s photo as a parenting bookend: her photo is of her kids playing in a playground in London, mine is taken by my child watching people play on his first solo trip to London.

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The Great Wall Of China

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Once you heard we were going to visit China you knew there’d be a Great Wall photo (or twenty). Let’s just get this over and done with, shall we?

We opted to take a tour all the way out to Simatai – a three hour drive from Beijing – to hike the Great Wall. It was a 10k hike along a less-touristed part of the Wall (the drive being pretty de-motivating for most people) and I thought it was spectacular. It was everything I imagined the Great Wall would be: a crenellated medieval wall in a remote, mountainous part of China. Murph wasn’t so sure that it was worth the effort – it’s just as well that I do most of our planning.

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That small black spot near the front of the picture is BigB, marching off into the distance. Pretty cool photo, eh?

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This is a gratuitous “in case you were jealous” photo. The hike was only 10k but it was pretty strenuous with some fairly steep sections and a lot of crumbling brick – but it was still worth it.

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Exercising Baboons

 

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We first “discovered” outdoor exercise equipment such as that in the photo above in Santiago, Chile. My kids were immediately hooked on what they refer to as big kid playground stuff. We’ve seen it in parks, playgrounds and on streets in Chile, Peru, Argentina, Thailand and now, in China.

We were walking back to our hostel in Chengdu when we came upon this set of bars and steppers. BigB and CAM (who had just been complaining about walking) dashed over and jumped on the steppers. As they pumped furiously, the little Chinese lady who’d been doing a quiet, calm and gentle work-out looked around as if seeking help from these raucous baboons.

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First Chinese Toilet Signs

I have to admit that we had a bit of a drought in humorous toilet signage after leaving Bangkok. I was sad that this little photo-blog series would have to come to an end. But folks at Rock and Wood International hostel in Shanghai saved the day with the following on their main floor public restrooms:

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and then, just for good measure I found the following particularly Chinese gems on the bathroom doors on one of the upper floors:

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Instructive I know, but the LineRider style is cute.

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Origami In Hue

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Just inside the square of the main palace at the Citadel or Imperial City in Hue, Vietnam, there are a pair of massive bronze urns filled with rain water. Unsurprisingly, as with fountains and other such water features in any city, people throw loose change into the urns for good luck. When CAM peeked into one of the urns, he spotted an origami crane, now sunken, among the coins. Being an origami nut himself, he though this was a capital idea. Since we didn’t have any origami paper on us (!), he settled for a Dong note instead.

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The resulting origami boat.

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Setting the boat afloat on the urn “pond”.

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Thai Motorway Toilet Sign

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Spotted at a motorway gas station on the way into Bangkok. There were regular male/female toilet signs posted but some humorist had put this up on the wall just by the entrance to the men’s restroom.

This collection of whacky toilet signs is building quite nicely. You can check out the set at WanderMom Toilet Humor.

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Bomb Shells

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Munitions as decor outside Craters, a local restaurant, in Phonsavan, Laos.

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And outside the local tourist information office.

A legacy of a secret war that’s still affecting the people of Laos.

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A Smile Worthy Of A Princess

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While in Phonsarvan in North-Eastern Laos, we took a day trip to visit the Plain of Jars, a megalithic archeological site. The tour also included a stop at a Hmong village where we met these kids. I brought a bunch of stickers with me on our trip so that I had something (not candy and not money) to share on this type of visit. I have glitter star stickers, superheroes, character stickers and princesses. The princesses have been the biggest hit by far and always bring smiles like this one.

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Even More Toilet Signs

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Words fail me.

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A standard “Peeping Tom” sign. At least with this one you had some indication of which gender was intended to use the W.C.!

These, by the way, were found in a cheery little cafe in remote Chiang Khong, Thailand. Which just goes to show that such gems can be found literally anywhere :)

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