Monthly Archive for September, 2007

China, The End: You Know You’re In China When….

Posted in China on Sep 14th, 2007

A story by Mark — “things you don’t see in Colorado” — I was awaiting my turn at the one unisex squatter toilet in a forty-bed hostel, when a monk cut in front of me. Thinking it bad karma to argue with him, I said nothing. He emerged a few minutes later, opened the door [...]

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Shanghai, China: Two months in China and…

Posted in China on Sep 13th, 2007

In Shanghai, we again met temptations of Western life, and succumbed accordingly. Our first morning, we got up early, took a walk and photos in the morning light, stopped at the French bakery for croissants and coffee, munched away while reading the news on the computer, and then finally managed to get [...]

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Hangzhou, China: Teacups of Temptations…

Posted in China on Sep 10th, 2007

For two months, CCTV9 (China’s English National TV station) has broadcast a series of promotions touting “Hangzhou…the most beautiful city in China!” Seeing as how everything here is “the most” something, we had our doubts. But upon seeing “West Lake,” we both concurred…while we have seen some phenomenally wonderful places in this country, [...]

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