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China
Scenes from Chapter 13: "Things Get Serious"
 Along the South China Sea and many rivers it is common for an entire family to live on a boat like this. |  Juxtaposition of two worlds. |  Playing a board game in an alley. |
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 She was happy for me to take a picture of her and her dogs. |  Blind street musician. |  Buddhist monk. |
 Random street scene. |  "Still life" art in a Beijing alley. |  Random street scene. |
 Emperor's Summer Palace, Beijing. |  Emperor's Summer Palace, Beijing. |  Ancient Monastery in Central China. Doors are round so that demons will trip on them as they go through. |
 On the Silk Road, in the frozen northwest China. |  Did I mention it was cold?! |  Muslim marketplace in northwest China. |
 Yumm, grilled scorpion... tastes just like chicken... NOT. But does taste more like an oily potato chip. |  Ubiquitous street cleaning woman as told about in the book. |  Buffet breakfast during adventure travel. Mmmm, mmmm, good... just like mom used to make. |
 Sign in the subway. |  What I refer to as "The American Embassy." |  A view of the Great Wall from within a guard tower on the Great Wall. |
 Trademark backpack/hat picture. |
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