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* China's Wild West
* Jiuzhaigou: An itinerary * Lhasa * Warrior Madness * Xi'an and a change of plans * Togetherness, two volkswagens and a two dollar tow home * Yarkand (or, Car Can't) * A view of the Karakoram * The Craziest Market Ever * The Holy Man * Dunhuang to Turpan
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July 31, 2004China's Wild WestThis is a little bit old, but it's an good background piece on one of the places I traveled to this summer -- Xinjiang province -- by a New York Times correspondent. The photos are also great. China's Wild West...Read this update July 22, 2004Jiuzhaigou: An itineraryPictured above is one of many stunning waterfalls at Jiuzhaigou. After a few days of reflection on my tour to Jiuzhaigou, a nature reserve and national park in northern Sichuan province, I have decided that the best way to...Read this update July 20, 2004LhasaAlthough it feels like I haven't slept for days, Judy and I have been running all over Lhasa today. We arrived at noon, after getting up for our flight at 4 am. The first sight you see when you...Read this update July 14, 2004Warrior MadnessI was still pretty groggy when we arrived at the Terracotta Warrior Factory ("the largest state-owned factory in Xi'an") at 9:30 am. I fell asleep on the bus while our tour guide talked about the warriors and the emperor of...Read this update July 13, 2004Xi'an and a change of plansWell, here I am in Xi'an with lots of other tourists. I said good bye to Rick a couple of days ago, and soon he will be at home with Tucson. Meanwhile, I have decided to take a bit of...Read this update July 08, 2004Togetherness, two volkswagens and a two dollar tow homeMore from Rick... Aslaama alaykum. (Islaamic greetings from the Uyghur capitol of Kashgar). This should be the last installment, before my flight back to shanghai, and then home. Yesterday, something strange happened. Strangely, it was not the usual snake-drink in...Read this update Yarkand (or, Car Can't)I'm not sure if it was the thirtieth or the fourtieth huge pothole our car hit when our late model VW Passat started to hemmorage an enormous amount of oil. Rick and I, along with a fellow traveler from...Read this update July 06, 2004A view of the KarakoramI've been meaning to write about our trip along the Karakoram Highway towards the Chinese border with Pakistan and Afghanistan, but I haven't had a chance yet. It was a truly amazing place, with a landscape like no other I've...Read this update The Craziest Market EverWe arrived at the famed Kashgar Sunday market early enough that some of the vendors were still setting up shop. Our taxi dropped us off in the middle of a street packed with minibuses, donkey carts, horse carriages, motorcycles...Read this update July 05, 2004The Holy ManI couldn't figure out at first why the holy man wouldn't grab my wrist the way he had grabbed rick's wrist when he told his fortune. Finally, he slowly reached toward a pile of blue plastic bags, gently peeled one...Read this update July 03, 2004Dunhuang to TurpanAfter finishing up his bike tour, Rick and I dumped his bike off with the Chinese family he stayed with one night between Linxia and Xiahe. Although their house was compact, it was clear this country family was not so...Read this update |
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