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Another food post

What is there to do in a small town with limited tourist activities? Why, eat, of course! In what seems to be the high class tradition here in Tumen, we went out to another cook your own food place. This time, it was hot pot, which instead of grilling the plates of raw meat, you boil them in a broth. Along with the meat, we got lots of non-pickled veggies, so I got my weekly dose of greens. (Mom, you'll be happy to know that bean sprouts are my new favorite vegetable). Hot pot is really quite an experience. Good times.

Besides the local cuisine (I am told hot pot is the most expensive meal in Tumen at a whopping $10.00 to [over]feed 3 people), I'm also getting a taste of the local transportation.

Thursday October 26 2006

File under: China, travel

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on Fri 27th Oct, 2006 12:17 am UTC Saxtor said:
Sounds fun!
Also, since Wren had to break the RSS feed capability so his page would render in Firefox2, use this instead!
http://feed43.com/blogduwren.xml
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on Fri 27th Oct, 2006 03:15 pm UTC Jule said:
Nice ride! A commie cruiser complete with driver.
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on Fri 27th Oct, 2006 06:40 pm UTC marieke slovin said:
hey wren! your mom gave me your blog info., so i am sending a hullo your way. i am kept pretty well updated every time i pop into the upper skagit library...you seem to be in a new country each time. i have a really good friend living in xianghou (sp? pronounced "hang jew"). if you are anywhere near there, i bet she and her hubbie would be delighted to give you a place to stay...let me know :) thinking of you, my dear.
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on Sun 29th Oct, 2006 03:13 am UTC Mom said:
Bean Sprouts, eh? That's very interesting, but if I hear you say the same about tofu I'll know something has come unglued and I'll be sending those men in white coats over to round you up.
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on Sun 29th Oct, 2006 03:16 am UTC Mom said:
Bean Sprouts, eh? That's very interesting, but if I hear you say the same about tofu I'll know something has come unglued and I'll be sending those men in white coats over to round you up.
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on Sun 29th Oct, 2006 11:44 pm UTC Mom said:
So now I'm the one with double entries. So now I'm the one with double entries. I'm trying again to see if I can get it right.I'm trying again to see if I can get it right.
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