{"id":585,"date":"2008-07-05T21:27:10","date_gmt":"2008-07-05T21:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chisnell.com\/travels\/?p=585"},"modified":"2017-08-22T21:29:20","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T21:29:20","slug":"chairman-maos-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chisnell.com\/travels\/2008\/07\/05\/chairman-maos-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Chairman Mao&#8217;s Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, July 5<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we woke up very early, and ate our breakfast at the Express by Holiday Inn. \u00a0July 5<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> not only marks the 3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rd<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to last day here, but also the Chairman\u2019s birthday! (Mr. Chiz, if you didn\u2019t know, looks strikingly like Mao, so google it)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After breakfast we visited the Yellow River. The vast majority of the group went on a hovercraft! Ashley, Kevin, and I, however, saved our Yuan and climbed a steep hill with two large statues on top, kind of like Mount Rushmore but less exciting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On our way to Shanghai we experienced some Chinese fast food from Dico\u2019s. It was an experience. After a brief plane ride we endured sweltering heat on a shopping street in downtown Shanghai.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dinner was quite possibly the best of the whole trip, and was topped off by a cake with a neato candle singing thingamajig. The Chairman got a lot of icing put on his face by Lucia. I\u2019m sure it was an unforgettable cultural experience. After Din we came back and finally found the Magnum bars that Mel has been raving about the whole trip, but honestly I don\u2019t get the hype. And by the way, the word of the day is MAGNUM for those of you Pee Wee\u2019s Playhouse fans out there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; Captain Smith<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, July 5th, we woke up very early, and ate our breakfast at the Express by Holiday Inn. \u00a0July 5th not only marks the 3rd to last day here, but also the Chairman\u2019s birthday! (Mr. Chiz, if you didn\u2019t know, looks strikingly like Mao, so google it) After breakfast we visited the Yellow River. 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