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I should have just asked them about the name
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#shenzhen #china #expat #expatlife #middlekingdom #cafe #weekend #weekendvibes

I saw this cool moth (?) on my way to work last month. Unfortunately I think it was dying which is why I managed to get some photos of it
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#travel #expat #shenzhen #china #middlekingdom #bug #moth #insect

While we were in Foshan we also visited the Foshan Ancenstral Temple, or Zumiao, which is a temple that has some exhibitions on martial arts
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After wandering around Guangzhou we made our way to Foshan, where we wandered some more
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This week we’re going to stick with the early China theme but leave Shenzhen. One of my first trips out of Shenzhen was to Guangzhou and Foshan in early 2016. We went to Guangzhou first and just wandered around
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This week’s photos are all from the second half of 2016 when I was still pretty new to Shenzhen. Unfortunately I barely took any actual photos then and only have two good ones. So today I’ve got this photo of a goat I saw somewhere in Shenzhen back then
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#china #middlekingdom #expat #travel #photography #shotoniphone #animalphotography #goat #shenzhen

Something that didn’t take me too long to learn after arriving in Shenzhen is that Shenzhen has some very impressive sunsets. I’ve taken a lot of photos of them over the years but this was the first
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I did a lot of wandering around when I first got to Shenzhen. It was good for getting my bearings around the city. This shot Max took of me I think near the Window of the World theme park on one of our wanderings
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Unfortunately during those early days wandering around Shenzhen I didn’t usually note where I was when I was taking photos. Sometimes I can tell but often, like with this photo, I’m not really sure and can only guess
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Part of settling in to a new place is figuring out your routines. And an important routine is shopping. This market was near my apartment and I bought a lot of fruit and vegetables there my first year in Shenzhen
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A city as big as Shenzhen lights up at night, and not just the buildings. If I remember correctly these photos are from OCT Harbor near the ocean. The area has some stores and a lot of restaurants and a bunch of lights
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Last week I posted some photos from when I first arrived in Shenzhen so I figured I’d post some more photos from my early days in Shenzhen. This photo is from the roof of the first apartment I lived in in Shenzhen. It wasn’t a very tall building but it was tall enough to have a pretty cool view
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Once I got to Shenzhen I started wandering. I’d walk around where I lived or worked or go to a new area to see what there was. There was no goal in mind I just wanted to see what was there
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Shenzhen was the first big city I lived in. Before I arrived I’d only lived in much smaller places. Zamora was the biggest and nowhere near the size of Shenzhen
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This week we’ve got some photos from when I first got to Shenzhen way back in 2015
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I should relearn this
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This weekend is Northern Oaken War Maneuvers (NOWM XXVIII) by our home Barony of the Cleftlands in Wellington, OH! Though we are not performing, you will see a few Players of the Patchwork present for days of classes, martial activities, merchants, and fun!

See here for more info: https://events.cleftlands.org/nowm/

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