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Geeks Climb the Great Wall of China

Tina Tran

June 12th, 2009
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Girls in Tech founder, Adriana Gascoigne and I are in Beijing with the Geeks on a Plane tour.  Day two into the China leg of our trip, we spent the day sightseeing. We were blessed with amazing weather, a refreshing breeze and clear blue skies, which everyone tells me is incredible for Beijing. Our sightseeing group of seventeen played “half baked” on the two hour ride to the lush green mountainside. Half baked is a game where two people individually have to say the first word that comes to mind. Then a third person has to combine those two words to come up with a half-baked startup. Today’s half-baked winner was ElephantAnt.com – an online dating sight that matches small men with large women. Nice one, Dave!

geeks on a wall

The geeks stormed the steps up the Great Wall like champs and took the gondola back down.  There were hardly any tourists at the part of the wall we visited, though there were plenty of vendors – oftentimes popping out of nowhere with offers of Wrigleys gum and cold water and beer.

Big thanks to Jenny Bai, creator of The Red Connect for hooking us up at the posh Westin Beijing Chaoyang, and big love to George Godula of Web2Asia for being the master tour guide and tech event organizer.

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