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You cannot hope to bribe or twist, thank God! the British journalist. But, seeing what the man will do unbribed, there’s no occasion to.
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Samantha Wilson
I am a freelance writer and guide book author specialising in Israel, Sichuan, Beijing, Mediterranean Europe and Central America, all places in which I have spent a considerable amount of time living. I currently live on the tiny island of Utila in Honduras' Bay Islands, which lives up to the ideal of Caribbean perfection, and is a perfect starting block for exploring and writing about Central America and Mexico. It also allows me to indulge in my other passion...
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"On my first visit, in 1983, the roads were empty except for heavy trucks, black government limos and battalions of bicycles. Today the roads are clogged with cars that the Chinese drive like bicycles. It is not that they are aggressive, just that, like cyclists, they seem reluctant to stop for fear of wobbling and falling off. Driving in China is a series of collisions that you never quite have."
© Peter Hughes, Beijing, Vanity Fair, 2006
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