Californian bicyclist rides to save pets and shelters
Recently a man has set off for a three-month bicycle tour across the 48 continental U.S. states to raise money
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Vadim Rubin is an ethnic Belarussian learning to speak Mandarin Chinese. He is a coach, teacher, linguistic, and an aspiring world traveler and journalist. As an avid volleyball player and coach he spends a majority of his time on the court with sweaty volleyball junkies. Off the court he enjoys to travel, write, and teach English as a second language. Last summer he traveled to Taiwan to study Chinese and wrote about his adventures in his blog: http://yourinnrchild.blogspot.com/. This summer Vadim is, yet again, making the half-world trip to Nanjing, China to continue his study of the Chinese language and to write about his adventures.
Author: Vadim Rubin
China: traveling in a massive population
NANJING, CHINA – Sweating profusely, I forced myself to the front of the ticket line, an all too common occurrence
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Nanjing When Robbin and I met Ilya in New York before we left for China he told us about a
Read moreBackstreet Boys touring China but we missed them
It’s been about three weeks since we came to China and we’re back at our starting point – Beijing –
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Beijing, China — Pollution in the city is something everybody has heard about, but not something many have experienced. As
Read more‘We were eating ass meat and we loved it’
Beijing, China: You never really know what to expect when you arrive into a new country. Our arrival into China
Read moreTrouble in standby
Standby flights have their positives and negatives. Let’s start with the cons. Uncertainty of travel, the possibility of traveling to
Read moreChina via Baltimore and the Jersey Shore
Depth of culture, a rich history, an evolving and organic language, vast scenic landscapes, delicious food — China. Opacity, corruption,
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