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Good morning lovelies πDay 2 of 10 in Xiamen.
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Today's factory manager's "Ayi/Auntie" home cooked lunch meal: pork ribs with cassava root soup, sauteed spinach with garlic, stuffed squid (minced squid/pork/water chestnut), braised pork hock. Flavour was great. Best request I made since the last trip,
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Good morning Xiamen, WuYuan Bay.
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Over Northern Guangzhou, dammed lake.
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Heading north of Vancouver.
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The less polluted skies, a friendly sight to see.
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The lone bicycle trash collector. Interesting. Seems like a peaceful job, to tide the vast tarmacs and use an armed contraption to pick up any trash or debris. As you can see, visibility is still an issue. The fog hasn't lifted enough; it is lifting, but
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Hmm. Not sure my flight can take off in this heavy fog. Complete whiteout. Fingers crossed.
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Aww. What a lovely way to end my week, just what I needed, a burst of colour and visual inspiration! The hotel just delivered some fresh local fruits, along with a beautiful orchid bloom. π
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The fog is lifting.
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The daily fresh catch selection, all for our choosing, to grill or to boil.
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Saturday dinner time prep in Xiamen City on Taiwan Street. We headed over to the grilled fish restaurant to try out their variety of this popular meal. Verdict? I prefer the ones near the factory district of TongAn, more southeast flavours, heavy of cumin
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Today's Ayi lunch served up: braised pork hock with chicken egg, Amarynth greens, steamed fish drenched in oil, ginger and scallions. Pork ribs and Daikon/turnip soup. Note to self: run chopstick on surface of pork skin to detect unsighted pig hair stu
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Back at the hotel finally, and figured out how to unwind and treat myself when the hotel is kind of in the middle of nowhere... This is my reward solution for a design innovation intense day that lasted 12 hours long. Thank goodness for room service! Slai
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The aftermath, post feasting of charcoal grilled fish stew. Tonight was a joy, table full of factory staff who helped to make the apparel production and delivery possible. It's great to meet this who had a hand on your products, from pattern makers to pr
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Hokkaido charcoal grill, fantastic. Best restaurant meal yet. η³εΊ in Xiamen City.