So what's new? A little trip down to Hong Kong for some shoots; a story about Hong Kong wine, shark fin soup ban, and finished one on real estate. Made for a nice break from Beijing, Early June found us late, but heading down to Henan and Hubei with stories about water diversion. It was to be about the drought, but it took us so long to get down there the areas we where near had finally received rain.
The fun started when I got back from Yichang and the 3 gorges dam. I've had a hernia for a while, but it hadn't affected me much until last week. So upon returning to Beijing I swung by a clinic to see what was up. They were certain that I had strangulated it and there was significant portion protruding. It was recommend that I get surgery soon, and they sent me to a specialist here in Beijing to get clearance to fly home.
No clearance was given, and I was under the knife in a few hours. Turns out that the protruding bit had already died and was full on gangrene. By 9pm I was out of surgery and was able to talk to Maggi who was more than a little concerned.
Seems though that other than the cost, everything seems to be working out fine. The price of health care, about $20,000.
Will leave you with a couple stories from the Hong Kong trip.
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