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The highest washing line I’ve seen has an amazing view. We’re staying in the 24th floor but you have access to the roof (33rd floor) to hang your washing and enjoy the views at the same time.

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@steveunofficial.bsky.social BBMF often fly over us when they’re in Blackpool. We know to start looking up when we hear the Lancaster engines in the distance. No chance this year though.

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@thomasfuchs.at Vivaldi isn’t good at syncing workspaces and tab groups between instances on different devices.

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@loreandordure.com So a choo choo instead of just a choo.

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@chris.mcmahon.co.uk You think she might be gnawing at a chupacabra or that she might be one?

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@chris.mcmahon.co.uk The same table are playing a very loud card based drinking game. Restaurants are not quiet places over here.

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@chris.mcmahon.co.uk Maybe I am now?

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There’s a woman at the next table gnawing at a sheep skull trying to get every last bit of meat off it. I think I’ll stick with being a duck vampire.

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@chris.mcmahon.co.uk I wasn’t sure about the blood duck but it was delicious. Maybe I’m a vampire?

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@steveunofficial.bsky.social Are they to meet the upgraded South Stand dress code for the new season?

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@wgoodf.bsky.social At least we’re not on the 32nd floor like we were a couple of weeks ago. It was the top lived in floor but they had a tea room on the 33rd floor. Great views of the sunset from up there and we only needed oxygen masks part time.

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@chris.mcmahon.co.uk I have plenty of blood and any attempt to make me more handsome or fit is automatically doomed to failure. I’m fat and ugly and proud of it 🤣

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You should do an extended experiment with black pudding to see what effects there are for you.

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@wgoodf.bsky.social It’s raining here and sounds like a gale too. Sounds rough when you’re on the 24th floor!

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@chris.mcmahon.co.uk I’ve seen pig blood tofu but never tried it - baike.baidu.com/en/item/Pig%…

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My wife says there’s also a sausage made with blood and sticky rice but I’ve never seen that.

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@chris.mcmahon.co.uk I never realised that a Cantonese opera breakfast and a Scottish opera breakfast were so similar. You have the upper hand by having black pudding though. We only had pigeon.

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@kbspangler.com Tequila

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@chris.mcmahon.co.uk It’s Cantonese food so no spice but plenty of sugar!

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This is a new experience. Breakfast at the Opera. Cantonese opera to be precise. The opera starts in 30 minutes so we’re busy eating now.

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@chris.mcmahon.co.uk I thought yum cha was specifically with tea though, so soy milk wouldn’t count.

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@chris.mcmahon.co.uk Does soy milk count as tea?

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@davidbflower.bsky.social True. Also technically all the interconnected salt water on the planet is collectivity “the earth’s ocean”.

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@davidbflower.bsky.social He’ll need good eyesight to see the ocean from Tynemouth.

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@glutenfreeal.co.uk Be careful walking up and down stairs. Your glasses can fool your eyes into where the next step is until you get used to them.

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@wgoodf.bsky.social Then youtu.be/v3lHBmiDNOE?… from 6m FT4

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@wgoodf.bsky.social Followed by

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youtu.be/dql0zvRDsh8?…

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@wgoodf.bsky.social I don’t speak Chinese but I recognise some words. I just heard pijiu mentioned. That suggests there might be beer later. Chinese beer is pretty good.

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@wgoodf.bsky.social I’ve only got one bottle left and £600 of booze in two nights seems scary.

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@wgoodf.bsky.social I’ll have a pint please. I wonder if they have porridge on tap in Weatherspoons?

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I’ve just lost my durian virginity 🤣 I’d always been to scared to try before.

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Opening the box unleashed the smell. I was given a glove to wear and then it was the point of no return!

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After all that it’s OK. A bit mushy and quite sweet. Luckily you don’t notice the smell when eating it.

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Cool looking Transformer in a Chinese shopping mall.

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Waiting at the traffic lights and look what pulls up next to us.

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It’s a parcel delivery vehicle. I’ve seen them driving around but never been next to one on its journey.

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This chonky boy with a short tail is Chinese. The Chinese word for cat is māo which I’m told it’s pronounced like meow.

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I’ve had a very different start to the day. We came to the city hospital for a TCM massage and cupping treatment.

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The hospital media team heard about it and came to photograph my cupping and then video interviewed me asking how I felt about TCM.

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I’m famous now!

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Celebrating my birthday Chinese style. It was actually a double party - my great-niece Muchen is 16 today.

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And two bottles of Maotai bought from the factory as one of my presents!

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Another evening another banquet. Not sure what kind of fish it is or how they made it look like this but it’s sweet and sour and very nice. As usual plenty of maotai for toasting!

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Matcha tea - Chinese style. You add, rice crispies, peanuts, floaty balls (don’t known what they are), chopped chives and sugar/salt if you prefer.

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I’ve seen unmanned package delivery vehicles twice now. Once on a busy rural road and once parked outside our apartment complex. So they are happy travelling fairly fast (50km/h?) and navigating through busy city streets.

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It’s weird seeing a box on wheels driving round!

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Who needs a new laptop when your car has a built-in 15.6\" touch screen?

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Chinese BYD car. Don’t know the model because it’s in Chinese characters. It looks like at least some UK BYD models have a similar display.

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I didn’t have time to see if it would boot Linux from a memory stick 🤣

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I didn’t have wild swimming in a Chinese river on today’s bingo card. Luckily tropical rivers are pretty warm so it was a nice break from the incessant humid heat at this time of the year.

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The views were much better but I didn’t have a waterproof case to take my phone near the river.

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Anyone else got traffic light timers?

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I’ve discovered that Chinese sat nav knows when traffic lights are going to change. The image shows that the light ahead will change to green in 39 seconds.

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Route planning can take this into account to plot the fastest route in a city.

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Welcome to the modern world!

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I’ve heard people talk about matcha recently, but never had it. Then we had “Chinese coffee” which I’ve had numerous times on previous visits to China in the last 10 years.

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Today I discovered that Chinese coffee is really matcha! The base is green tea powder

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Where did the Teletubbies go?

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After their rise to infamy 20+ years ago I didn’t see much of the Teletubbies. Or maybe my kids outgrew them and we didn’t watch those channels any longer?

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Anyway, I found them again - they moved to China!

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East meets West

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Lays Pringles (at least that’s what I’d call them in the UK). Chinese flavour of Beef Pie but seemingly endorsed by Sir David Beckham.

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Yesterday we had Lionel Messi Garlic Bread flavour.

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English is the official second language in China. Which mean many products get English names. I often wonder if I could become a naming consultant over here to help them pick better names.

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Today I present to you “Fly Young” tissues.

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Breakfast - Chinese style!

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Well it’s official. China 2026 is definitely happening.

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We went from “probably” this morning, to having flights booked, tickets for the trip to the airport bought, insurance bought, VPNs configured, eSim bought and appointments whilst we’re away rebooked.

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The expedition starts next Monday - 20th July so we...

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Why does anyone trust AI? chris.mcmahon.co.uk

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I’m trying a new approach to blogging. I’ve got 3 micro.blog’s which can cross post to Bluesky and/or Mastodon if I want. This seems a more coherent way to handle my existence on multiple platforms.

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Time will tell if it’s any better than what I’ve had before.

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What is KTV? \"Auto-generated\"Auto-generated\"Auto-generated : chris.mcmahon.co.uk

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Chinese style roast chicken \"Auto-generated\"Auto-generated\"\" : chris.mcmahon.co.uk

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Small meal to recover from jetlag \"\" : chris.mcmahon.co.uk

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