Posted in Australia, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Greece, India, Israel, Laos, Nepal, Peru, Singapore, Tanzania, Thailand, Travel, Turkey, United States, Vietnam on Nov 30th, 2008
Hello! Well, the blog isn’t dead, yet. After returning to Denver last summer, Jen and I returned to our previous jobs. We bought a home (something about staying in a different place every other night), now own a dining room table and patio furniture, but honestly, the most luxurious item is still our very own [...]
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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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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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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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Posted in China on Aug 31st, 2007
It only took two days–one 30 minute hike out of Longsheng to the nearest road, five buses, one train, and one taxi—to get to this UNESCO recognized site. But the New York Times hailed that “at every twist and turn of the road there is a view to make one gasp,” so we HAD to [...]
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