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Gohstbusters - china style

When someone dies in your neighborhood, “Who you gonna call”. The outcall Buddhism monks were cleaning out some lost souls outside my (former) apartment in Ningbo, by lighting up a tower of prayer scripts.

Når noen dør i ditt nabolag “Who you gonna call; Gohstbusters”. Dvs i Kina ryddes de hvileløse sjelene opp av budist munker som fyrer opp ett bønnetårn, dette bildet er tatt fra min (tidligere) leilighet i Ningbo.
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Donkey meat döner kebab..

Many people are skeptical to what kind of meat they eat when they eat their “kebab” in Norway, but what about knowingly eating this kind of döner kebab with donkey meat? Well, personally I have not issues for it, for they are really tasty, harrr…

Mange folk er nok litt skeptiske ift. hva slags kjøtt de spiser når de kjøper “kebab” i Norge, men hva med full viten og vilje å spise esel-kjøtt kebab? Det har iallfall ikke jeg noe problem med for det er både godt og vanlig/ populært i Kina.
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Models @ Auto China

Chinese people went en masse to Auto China, but not only to look at cars, it seemed some were more interested in the beautiful models to promote them.

Kineserne gikk mann av huse for å dra til Auto China utstillingen i Beijing, men for mange var nok modellene ett like stort trekkplaster som bilene.
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Retro & futuristic

The left car is a Honda, and the right car is a Geely. As they are both concept models you can’t expect to see any of them on the streets anytime soon, but they both represent the broad specter of development of Electric Vehicles.

Retroen til venstre er en Honda, mens den futuristiske bilen til høyre er en Geely. Ettersom begge bilene er konsept modeller, så ikke vent å se de på gata med det første, men de representerer begge det brede spekteret av elektriske biler som er under utvikling.
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Chery and Better Palce

… join forces, to make the world “a better place”, or at least they will contribute if the business model of replaceable battery packs for EVs, will get reach a critical mass of adoption.

Kinesiske Chery og Israelske Better place knytter bånd for å gjøre verden til ett “bedre sted”, iallfall dersom forretningsmodellen om utskiftbare bilbatterier for EL biler slår igjennom.
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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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