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A cacophony of snoring people

Spontaneous travel planning during Chinese public holidays are rarely a good idea, and finding rooms are quite a challenge. Hotel rooms that would normally cost around 100-200 rmb, were offered to us for 400 rmb, but when the reception realized there were foreigners in the group, the price bounced to 600 rmb pr room. We told them to “F” themselves, and realized nearby rooms had increased to 1000+, it was raining and getting late, but eventually Jerry fixed us a bargain-lodging in a 24 hour serviced sauna sleeping in recliner chairs, I have had better sleep though…

Å dra på spontan, relativt uplanlagt ferie ila kinesiske høytider er sjeldent en god ide, og å finne rom er en stor utfordring. Romprisene nærmet seg en tidobling av normale priser ettersom regnet pøste og natten nærmet seg, min gode venn Jerry løste imidlertid problemet med å finne en døgnåpen sauna plass hvor vi sov i liggestoler, til en overdøvende dur av snorkende kinesere, tett luft, skitne tepper, og lite privatliv – det funket, men jeg må si jeg har sovet bedre ...
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ShenJiaMen seafood feast

Enjoying a better seafood dinner with Roger O., wife and friends. I may not be lucky with women, but I have good friends in every port.

Vi niter en bedre sjømat-middag med Roger O., kone og venner. Jeg er kanskje ikke særlig heldig i kjærlighet, men jeg har gode venner i hver havn.
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Eating/drink contest

YangMei is some local ZheJiang berries with a short season every year. It all became even more interesting to see how many of those, soaked in liquor, we could fit into our mouths at the same time. Gjert and I give our best, the pictures makes me wonder if we were siamese twins split at birth..

Bærspisekonkurranse. Vi fyller munnen med så mange alkohol-fyllte bær som mulig, man har det ikke mer morro enn hva man lager selv ;)
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Wishing I was a captain

.. but even being a passenger at the boat was a true pleasure, although I am not sure XiaoMei would second that, who had a “very near puking affair”. We are on our way out to the “east pole” - 2 hours by ferry, straight east with relatively rough seas.

Skulle ønske jeg sto ved roret, men det var en fornøyelse å være passasjer også, skjønt jeg er ikke sikker på Veslemøy ville sagt seg enig i det for hun ble nokså sjøsyk! 2 timer ferge, relativt høy sjø.
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The chinesse "east pole" - Maozihu island

The island group “Dong Ji / East pole” are China’s easternmost inhabited islands, and a nice little different tourist experience not far from Shanghai, and just east of Ningbo. This island group is again a part of the Zhoushan islands, which Shanghai daily recently wrote a story about for those that wants to discover the places off the beaten track:
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/zhoushan/djd.html
A lonely planet traveller wrapped it all up very neatly, and I will be going back…:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=1814642

Øygruppen “øst-polen” er kinas østligste bebodde øyer, og ligger ikke langt fra Shanghai, rett østenfor Ningbo. Stedet kan anbefales!
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Registration of visitors (/trespassers)

Registration of all visitors are compulsory for everyone going to the East Pole, due to its strategic military position. We had a lot of trouble as we did not do it before we arrived on the island, it should be done in the ferry departure city ShenJiaMen.

Alle som skal til østpolen må registrere seg før de drar ut til øygruppen, det gjorde ikke vi…
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Local fishing community

The small fisher community counts some 6000 in the East Poles, quite a contrast to the hustle and bustle just across the water to china mainland.

Det lille fisker samfunnet teller ca 6000 mennesker, og det er en ganske stor contrast til mas og trengsel over på kinesisk fastland.
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More than what I bargained for..

I bargained for: filling up my tummy, possibly also at a favorable price? Although the friendly “fishermans’s lodge” were run by a hospitable elderly woman, I seriously question the freshness of some of the seafood served, I was sick many days later.

Vi bodde for 50 spenn pr natt/seng hos en lokal fiskerfamilie. De var hyggelige, og vi klarte oss fint med en enkel standard, men magasjauen flere dager i etterkant kunne jeg gjerne vært foruten (tviler på hvor fersk all sjømaten vi ble servert var).
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"Last man in - is a sissy"

… I think we can surely say Gjert was the Sissy, but razor sharp shells, high sea, ice cold water, and no beach meant we couldn’t just plunge into it neither. Noteworthy though is the cleanness of the water compared to closer coastlines.

“Siste mann uti er en pyse”! Tror vi trygt kan si at Gjert tok tittelen, skjønt med barberblad skarpe skjell, høy sjø, iskaldt vann, og fravær av strand gjorde at vi måtte modere oss. Vannet skal dog sises at var det reneste jeg har sett i Kina.
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Catch her if you can

This beautiful chick is single, so go catch her if you can, but keeping her won’t be easy …

Denne vakre madammen er nå singel, så prøv å sjekk henne opp mens du kan, men å beholde henne i lengden kan vise seg å bli utfordrene ...
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