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Waving off cultural differences in Australia and New Zealand

AUCKLAND, New Zealand – I came out of the turn and twisted the throttle open, feeling the big 1300 cc motor growl as the rpms came up and the horsepower spooled out to the wheels. I’m on a motorcycle and touring the New Zealand countryside. I feel good. Iā€™m cracking down a two lane blacktop

China 2: There’s a problem with your luggage sir…

I rode the escalator up from baggage claim at Shanghai’s Pu Dong airport, rushing to get checked in for my 1:10 p.m. departure to Japan. I had 90 minutes. I was five and a half hours in to my trip from Zhuhai, China over to Tokyo. I hadn’t expected it to be a difficult day,