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Waddlin'

Waddlin'Oct 21, 2026

October 19 - East of Eden, Port Townsend Expedition

In which I discover Artusi is a budget restaurant.

Trending on WeiboOct 19, 2026

A 21-Year-Old Died Trekking Off-Limits at Yading, and the Internet First Turned on His Family

A young trekker who entered Sichuan's Yading reserve by an unauthorised route died of altitude sickness during his rescue. Officials confirmed his mother paid the rescue costs, contradicting viral rumours — the latest tragedy in China's wild-trekking boom.

spencer's blog

spencer's blogOct 17, 2026

acquiring upgrades

if you know how points and miles work this will bore you or open me for a lot of judgment. i had to book a nonstop flight from PWM (portland maine) recently on united. united offered me two options: e

Trending on WeiboOct 16, 2026

China's Railways Add an X Prefix for Trains Faster Than 350 km/h

From late November, China's national railway starts issuing train numbers with a new letter — X, for 'xin', new — reserved for Fuxing bullet trains that will run faster than today's 350 km/h flagship services.

The Bloody Honey Cannot Stop

The Bloody Honey Cannot StopOct 13, 2026

My wife and I went to Monterey for Columbo Weekend. Here’s a buncha pictures.

Knights A-RovingOct 11, 2026

Fremont, Ohio--Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums

Part One--The Museum

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Eh? Wot?Oct 11, 2026

Well, Damn: My AI Read Me for Filth

I asked my AI for a character study. It delivered compliments, receipts, and an extremely specific assessment of my inability to leave an interesting problem alone.

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Trending on WeiboOct 10, 2026

A 400-Yuan Photo Shoot in Macau Ended in Arrest for Two Mainland Students

A mainland student hired a photographer she found on a social platform for a Golden Week shoot in Macau, at 400 yuan an hour. A police patrol caught the handover of cash; one woman now faces prosecutors and the other the labour bureau, and Macau is drafting rules that would reserve tourist-site photo work for local residents.

Neil Turner's Blog

Neil Turner's BlogOct 9, 2026

My disabled bus pass

As I'm currently unable to drive for health reasons, I've applied for a Disabled Person’s Travel Pass to give me free bus travel. Indeed, the letter I received from the DVLA notifying me that I was unfit to drive was sufficient proof that I'm eligible for a bus pass. I wish I'd known this when...

Trending on WeiboOct 8, 2026

A Record Golden Week on the Rails — and a Box Office Stuck in 2014

China's October holiday moved a record 2.14 billion cross-regional trips, with rail traffic up nearly 13 percent, even as the box office fell to a thirteen-year low and premium spending sagged — a record of motion and a ledger of caution.

Robin's Travels

Robin's TravelsOct 6, 2026

Traveling When the Seasons Shift

On why I love autumn and a visit to Massachusetts.

Trending on WeiboOct 6, 2026

The Audi Plate China Cannot Forget Gets Its Own Fenced-Off Parking Spot

粤J2888T became China's most joked-about license plate in 2024, when its driver led dozens of cars down a highway dead end. During Golden Week, the scenic area at Chongdugou fenced off a special parking space for the returning car — while the country hit its holiday return-peak traffic.

Trending on WeiboOct 6, 2026

Children With Magnetic Cables Are Fishing Coins Out of Mount Tai's Wishing Pool

During Golden Week, children at Mount Tai used magnet-tipped charging cables to fish coins from the scenic area's wishing pool. Staff confiscated the cables, and the videos set off a wider argument about where play ends and public property begins.

Trending on WeiboOct 5, 2026

Five Sacred Peaks in Five Days: Inside Golden Week's Special-Forces Pilgrimage

A climber ticked off China's five great mountains — five provinces, five days — and posted her spoils: five enamel badges, a medal and a numbered silver-tier certificate. The internet answered with awe and amputation jokes.

Trending on WeiboOct 5, 2026

Chongqing's 'Landing-Visa' Motorcycle Photo Trend Is Drawing State-TV Warnings

A photo ritual that greets visitors to Chongqing — stunt poses on fast motorcycles — has grown into a commercial operation CCTV found weaving through live traffic, uninsured, while residents along the route beg for it to stop.

Trending on WeiboOct 4, 2026

100,000 Visitors, 50,000 Residents: a County Opens Its School Dormitories to Stranded Tourists

Qilian county in Qinghai — population about 50,000 — received over 100,000 visitors in a single Golden Week day. With every hotel full and night temperatures at minus four, the local culture and tourism bureau housed nearly 500 people in school dormitories for free, and its staff answered more than 400 calls in seven hours.

Trending on WeiboOct 4, 2026

Hand Cream, Fridge Magnets, Ice Cream: Young Chinese Tourists Are Done With the Souvenir 'Sucker's Trio'

Golden Week crowds met the same goods at every scenic area in China — the hand cream, the fridge magnet, the photogenic ice cream that melts before it is eaten. A survey published with Southern Weekly's trend piece found cost, not variety, is what finally broke the habit: 59 percent of respondents call the souvenirs overpriced.

Stan in Tokyo

Stan in TokyoOct 4, 2026

Three autumn events in Fukushima worth a detour (Oct-Nov 2026)

Trending on WeiboOct 3, 2026

Actress's Paris Camera Theft Draws Chinese Embassy Response and French Mockery

A Chinese actress's hunt for her stolen Paris camera has drawn an official response from China's embassy in France — and a French blogger's mockery that Chinese users are throwing back at him, in a viral argument about whose streets feel safe.

Knights A-RovingOct 3, 2026

Huron, Ohio--The Moods of Lake Erie

Trending on WeiboOct 3, 2026

Why Chinese Hotels No Longer Check Your Room at Check-Out

The deposit-and-inspection ritual has quietly vanished from Chinese hotels. It was never about trust alone — it was an arithmetic of labour costs, cameras, real-name registration and online reviews, and holidaymakers noticing its absence made it trend.

Trending on WeiboOct 2, 2026

Visa-Free China: Foreign Tourists Now Come to Shop, and to Work the Fields

Foreign arrivals keep climbing under China's widened visa-free regime, and this Golden Week the visitors are conspicuously not just sightseeing: they are shopping with tax refunds, checking into cruise ships, and paying to pick tea in Guangxi.

Knights A-RovingOct 1, 2026

Sandusky, Ohio--Sheldon Marsh State Nature Preserve