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After a morning of packing and playing, Edie and I left for the VSO office. Granny Li and Bai Ling waved us off from the bedroom window and both girls looked a little down-hearted to part. Hongyan and her family have been so welcoming and granny, in particular, has coped well with the interuption to their daily routine. The apartment is usually quiet during the day with everyone at work and school, but with us two around there was always something new and attention-grabbing going on. I'm sure she will breath a sigh of relief tomorrow morning. 

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After my VSO exit interview - finally leaving - Edie and I left Beijing with Yanhui and her husband, Hunter, to whom Edie presented a portrait before leaving. Hunter is a police detective, hence the blue shirt in the picture. We took about 3 hours to drive to the village of He Xi Cun (West River Village), about 120 km North-East of the capital. We arrived at night so haven't been able to see anything of the surrounding area. What I do know is that the air is fresher, there's hardly any traffic and there are about a hundred varieties of beatle on the washroom wall. After dinner and a few glasses of cold beer we collapsed into bed, looking forward to a weekend of exploration ahead.




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