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enlarge 74KB, 576x327 100 YOU are invited, this Friday and every Friday! We will build our show concentrating on fun, and pro sound quality. We are in the center of all karaoke clubs, so that way you can stop in for a song or two on your way to different clubs. All are welcome!
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enlarge 22KB, 576x432 176 DSCN0499 This is the beginning of the trip, NYC on a drizzly day
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enlarge 64KB, 432x576 210 DSCN0588 Ann Sue and Susan before my departure to JaingMen City (my hotel was in another city. I was assigned a driver during my stay. He would bring me to and from Heshan City and my hotel in JaingMen
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enlarge 50KB, 576x432 231 DSCN0633 My view from the dining room of the factory. All my meals were catered, which was a nice touch
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enlarge 63KB, 576x432 234 DSCN0648 One of my meals....Eel soup (chewy), seaweed, crispy pork, and sweet beef with veggies. I only had a bite or 2 od the eel
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enlarge 36KB, 576x432 237 DSCN0662 Entranceway to factory, VERY secure, we had to go through a 'mini-customs' to get in
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enlarge 45KB, 576x432 245 DSCN0674 The only Internet Cafe I saw in China. They huddled around me when I showed the Ebay, no one had ever heard of Ebay, they were AMAZED! All the compies were 386's, with Windows 98
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enlarge 60KB, 576x432 259 DSCN0713 CHinese youths playing basketball. The basket is about 2 feet closer to the ground than ours are here in the states
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enlarge 54KB, 576x432 284 DSCN0776 Her girlfriens just HAD to get her photo taken too. They were patronizing and sweet
enlarge 37KB, 432x576 285 DSCN0778 Karaoke Host. He runs up to TWENTY karaoke shows in different rooms AT THE SAME TIME!
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