The physical properties of the cup and container to support drying, stacking and storing, from a restaurant in Urumqi.
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Flight into Beijing departs three hours late, and when our party eventually checks into the hotel its one in the morning. For some reason hotel …
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Additional protection from the monsoon rains – a splash proof phone, in a protective case, in a plastic bag. Justifiable paranoia for a business tool …
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What drink do you associate with a hit of salt? Tequila? Neat vodka? A soda water? Salt and soda water? At least two explanations why locally, …
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A late walk through a rather sizeable local park in an effort to stretch my legs. By 10:30pm the remaining visitors are families checking out …
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Graffiti/sign stencilled close to many of drains in Hilo make it harder to ignore/easier to understand the consequence of inappropriate dumping. Fast forward, same situation, but …
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To convince buyers that wrist watches are waterproof this market seller in Kathmandu places them in water – salt water. Punters think they are buying …
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