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1. March - Hong Kong (Family)
2. May -Moscow (work trip)
3. June - Beijing/Xining (personal)
4. August - Hong Kong (personal, cancelled)
5. September - Indo, Palangkaraya (work trip)
6. Dec (1-8) - Siem Reap Cambodia, CIP (work trip)
7. Dec - London/Czech/Austria (visit Denise) postpone to June 2013
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So with all the crazy last minute
changes and rebooking of flights
finally took off to Palangkaraya in Indonesia
Quite glad I went
the conference venue was amazing
except it's such a small undeveloped town
there's really nothing much to buy
except woven stuff
which I don't think I should add on to my junk at home

one thing I always like about being in indo,
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IF not for such beauty,

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1. March - Hong Kong (family)
2. May - Moscow (work trip)
3. June - Beijing/Xining (personal)
4. August - Hong Kong/Perth (Cancelled)
5.September - Indo (work trip)
6. Nov/Dec - Cambodia (work trip)
7. Dec - London/Czech/Austria (visit Denise)

3 down, 3 more to go.

I actually miss home after being away.
So I will cancel my HK trip.
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So after research and the students depart for home-stay,
Alexander brought me for a walking tour around the boulevard circle
First arrived at Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) subway station. 
Got out and saw the theatre square with Pushkin statue.
 
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I actually find this nice 

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Alexey Lesiv brought us to this really nice Ukraine, Russian restaurant. 
He was a researcher but left and started his own business.
I suppose it not hard to figure who's the one in the picture.
So it was a catching up time for the researchers
and I'll try to understand russian.
Anna was really sweet.
Always playing the translator role.

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( Tram ride and breakfast )