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This podcast is about the 8 years John Smith and I lived in Wuhan, China and travels to other places inside and outside of China during during that time. It is read by me, Patti Fedrau (Layne).
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Send a text Travels with John Smith Chapter 60 year 9 (2020) Peru Part 3 Machu Picchu, Cusco Carnival -train ride beside the Urubamba River -eating guinea pig in Aguas Calientes -Hiram Bingham and Machu Picchu -a Book called, “Turn Right at Machu Picchu” -Walking around Machu Picchu -Market choices in Cusco -Rainbow Flag -One advantage of altitude -dancers twirling -Spraying foam for fun -Refuge above the square -Mayhem below -discovery - like secret agents -no escape -altitude sickne...
Send a text Travels with John Smith Chapter 59 year 9 (2019-2020) Peru Part 2 Arequipa and Cusco -Another Plaza de Armas -Hotel with a view -Zig Zag is delicious -The Cathedral that kept coming back -A room for a jewel thief -white volcanic rock in a quarry -under the charm of some alpacas -a mummy named Juanita -potato tasting -Monastery village -Cusco introduction -Altitude sickness is real -Cathedral built on top of a temple -starting to spread -cheeky artists get into the paintings -Sac...
Send a text Travels with John Smith Chapter 58 year 9 (2020) Peru Part 1 Lima, Trujillo and Huanchaco -Lima’s Ceviche -The cliffs above the Pacific Ocean -Larcomar shopping mall -Barranco art -The Larco museum and erotic art -Peruvian Hairless -1st class bus ride -Steve and Nancy show us around -Huanchaco living -Purple jellyfish -Tacu Tacu my new fav food -Chan Chan mud palace -Trujillo’s kilometre long mosaic wall -Temples of the sun and moon -Deserted beach and discovering In...
Send a text -Thank you -An apology -further dates to listen -Anything is possible Support the show
Send a text Travels with John Smith Chapter 57 year 9 (2019-2020) London, Canada and Ecuador -cool places in London -back in Canada -finding a place to live -stuff in a truck from BC -boxes, painting and settling -planning a trip for Chinese NY -Xmas with family -1st hearing about the virus in Wuhan -masks or not? -Boutique hotel in Quito -Old town Unesco site -Eating chicken with the locals -A volcano where people live and crops grow -neighbourhood watch during the riots -middle of t...
Send a text Travels with John Smith Chapter 56 year 8 (2019) Berlin and Lisbon (We love Europe) -Checkpoint Charlie -buying a piece of the wall -The ‘Fraternal kiss’ -What the Brandenburg Gate represents -Naked Entertainment in the Pariser Place -German Pretzels -View from the River Spree -The Cement maze memorial -victims of the Holocaust -Topography of Terror -Bikini Berlin Mall -Buddy Bear Project -The post office -Naked fountain -a steep climb -1st view of Lisbon -Fish and F...
Send a text Travels with John Smith Chapter 55 year 8 (2019) Bangkok, Beijing and Warsaw (Food and Fun in 3 places) -School ends and a surprise trip -jamming in Bangkok -shopping at Chatuchak weekend market -Being a tourist with Jeanine -Standing Buddha -Beijing Duck with Mizar -Grandma’s Hutong -Mizar’s music -Noodle heaven -Warsaw airport bus -Hard Rock Cafe Warsaw -Tallest Building in Poland -Freeloading on the bus Support the show
Send a text Travels with John Smith Chapter 54 year 8 (2019) Zhangjiajie, Wuhan -crazy rides -mountain refuge -free entry -Zhangjiajie Avatar mountains -hiding from the monkeys -KTV sad -Grandma’s food -pool with a view -bad line up -very very bad line up -Simon and the ‘guitar boys’ -Anything is possible -eating favourite foods -saying goodbye Support the show
Send a text Travels with John Smith Chapter 53 year 8 (2019) Chinese New Year with Pat and Lyle Kou Lipe and Kou Lanta, Thailand -boat trip to Kou Lipe -customs on a beach -a cabin in paradise -Sunrise -relaxing -Saying goodbye -no peeking -cabanas in nature -bicycles -refuge from the rain -beach life -disco taxi -visit with Gabby and family -Dawn Marie and I get our feet nibbled -Old Town mishap -give this up? -meeting the Prime Minister of Thailand -changed plans Support the show
Send a text Travels with John Smith Chapter 52 year 8 (2019) Chinese New Year with Pat and Lyle Penang and Langkawi, Malaysia -The museum hotel George Town -Lyle and a new friend -third eye ceremony -Peranakan mansion -Captain China’s place -red enveloppe -gigantic reclining Buddha -a little history -booking hotels online -Langkawi beach and a big jellyfish -night market and Malaysian food -Langkawi bridge in the sky -details about the bridge -foot spa in Orien...
Send a text Travels with John Smith Chapter 51 year 8 (2019) Chinese New Year with Pat and Lyle Hanoi and Ha Long Bay -learning to survive the motorbikes -Old Quarter and it’s sights -King Roti bun discovery -cousins in the market -Vietnam’s New Year -Fireworks above the big square -Floating on Ha Long Bay -Lord of the Ring cave - fishing hut on the beach -floating fishing village ride -South China sea currant -Salt water Pearls -Hanoi Puppet show on water Support the show
Send a text Travels with John Smith Chapter 50 year 8 (2019) Pat and Lyle in China Wuhan, Shanghai and Beijing -Kung Pao Chicken Chinese -Yellow Crane and Taxis -Tailor Street and Dumplings -Walking and Foot massages -Hu Bu Lane and Doupi -Han Show -Shanghai fake market shake down -never enough jewellery -Beijing Duck -The Wall with Drunken Doctors -Haggling on my birthday -Tiananmen Square cold Support the show
Send a text Travels with John Smith Chapter 49 year 8 (2018-2019) Shenzhen, Krabi and Wuhan -meeting Wayne Gretzky -Typhoon in Shenzhen -Holed up in the hotel -Preparing for the unknown -disaster passes us by -fighting for space at the train station -Bangkok Cabbage and Condoms -Krabi view -Sacred Penis Cave -Snorkelling in Italian and Spanish -Eats on the beac and feet in the sand -They want to cancel Halloween -The Teahouse guitar boys -Tony, The World Series and Hot Dogs -Don’t...
Send a text Travels with John Smith Chapter 48 year 7 (2018) Dunes, Dubai and Wuhan -dune bashing -belly dancer -Bedouin camp -The Burj Khalifa view -Gold souk -expensive tea -tallest building in the world - fountains and desert -$24,000 for a room -The Palm Jumeirah -Women only -I wanna live in a Mall -Dubai culture -‘no skin rules’ -writing a song with Key -Simon and his music -The Teahouse -Prom and 1 BC forever! -Hothouse blues -An arranged marriage Support the s...
Send a text Travels with John Smith Chapter 47 year 7 (2018) Brunei and Kuala Lumpur -The Sultan of Brunei and his country -The Sultan’s house and stuff -our hotel is like a palace -losing my mind and my shoes -proboscis monkeys -stilt villages above the river -visiting mosques -no kissing in the taxi -2 monitor lizards in the goldfish pond -meeting ex-pats at the pool -living in Brunei if you are foreign -going to the parade on independence day -the Sultan and his wife stay standing ...
Send a text Travels with John Smith Chapter 46 year 7 (2018) Birthday Moon and Myanmar - Snow Day - Blue Moon, Blood Moon and Eclipse Birthday - Cowboys in Bangkok - Hotel like home - Credit card blocked - Can’t change our money - Life on the train in Yangon - Buying a ticket isn’t easy - The beautiful Shwedagon Pagoda - Don’t call it Burma - thankaka cream and other market discoveries - Orwell’s Burma Days guides and driversa little bit of politicslocal lunchreclining...
Send a text Travels with John Smith Chapter 45 (2017-2018) End year 6, beginning year 7 -Xiamen beach -Hanging out in Gulangyu -Welcome dinner with Jianping -back in Shanghai forest -Wuhan changes -Jamming in Prison -Staycation -Snow Queen and Colonel Saunders -Kota Kinabalu beach -6 foot lizard -New Years is not what it used to be -Making the decision to stay one more year Support the show
Send a text Travels with John Smith Chapter 44 year 6 (2017) Golden Triangle, India -Sikh temple is cooking -new friend Maninder -poverty -Taj Mahal -the Emperor and his wives -Pink Palace of wind -The Maharajahs -the women of Amber Fort -cows -Holy Pushkar -mad ride to the Mosque -using the bag in the plane Support the show
Send a text Travels with John Smith Chapter 43 year 6 (2017) Maldives, Sri Lanka part 2 The colour of Paradise -swimming with a barracuda -3 million dollar sand dune in the middle of the ocean -Hulu Male -birthday dinner hospitality -no bikinis on the beach -the tourist beach -day trip to Paradise -snorkelling under our bungalow -sharks of every size -upgrade to more paradise -leopards and Pati’s -moonstones and cinnamon -virgin tea -turtles and fisherman on stilts -sad reminder of th...
Send a text Travels with John Smith Chapter 42 year 6 (2016-2017) Yoda and Sri Lankan Elephants -dressing like Yoda -Leonard Cohen ‘leaves the table’ -temples -trains and tuk tuks -The Penthouse by the sea -water monitor in the floating market -drinking lime and ginger on a hot day -dizzy for Sigiriya -wild elephants Support the show
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