Traveling by taxi is one of life’s pleasures in my opinion….in Sydney, where my home is, the taxi drivers are a veritable league of nations. An original Aussie driver is very hard to find these days because the arduous task of navigating the city’s clogged roads has fallen to the migrants who have changed the [...]

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by Don Silcock
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Shanghai is without doubt the most dynamic & cosmopolitan city in China. Its exotic reputation as the “pearl of the orient”, was gained in 19th century, when at one point there were over 60,000 foreign residents living there.  It was known as a place to get rich quickly and was built on the back of [...]

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by Don Silcock
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