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Cake day: June 16th, 2023

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  • I’ve done it dozens of times and it has been positive. However, with that, there are things you should be aware of:

    • You are the one handling logistics. You’re handling getting on your mode of transit, checking into a hotel, buying tickets, everything. It isn’t hard, but it is your responsibility.

    • You don’t have a person as a backup in case you lose something. I usually carry multiple credit cards/forms of ID/ways to log into my relevant Internet accounts. I also don’t carry them together.

    • You may want to plan tours or activities involving others. I don’t know if you like to be alone a lot, but solo travel can be somewhat self isolating and it helps to plan something where you engage with others.



  • Most of China’s action in reducing world poverty is related to improving the economic conditions of its people, mainly through state capitalism and taking on enormous debt.

    It is likely that China is presenting other countries with economic conditions that are near the conditions that the Chinese government will accept and the infrastructure has a higher probability of being built than other forms of economic aid. Major issues with Chinese deals is that the payment plan for a lot of these deals is on the order of a century and Chinese engineers don’t design for economics. So, Chinese infrastructure tends to be overbuilt and doesn’t always serve the economics of the region. After that, the countries with this infrastructure built have issues paying off the debt.