April 27, 2004
Three goodbyes, one au revoir?
Goodbye 25 My birthday party was wonderful - I never expected to spend it with so many good friends. My invite list was tiny: Louise, the Australian family, Hilary and her husband Charles - but everyone accepted and Hilary offered...Read this update
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April 22, 2004
The Miaow people
My last day staying in Louise's house before I have to flee the return of her father. Louise has told him about me and asked if I can stay, but he has not relented. Still, I am supposed to come...Read this update
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April 16, 2004
Some must sees of south Yunnan
Casablanca My decision to leave Kunming and get going towards Laos was losing conviction long before it surrendered utterly....Read this update
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April 12, 2004
Two Weeks in Italy
Alright, alright everyone... here's the next installment :) This wasn't an easy article to write, and still very much wondering if I am making the right decision. But, perhaps time will make things clearer. China, everything is forgiven I am,...Read this update
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April 02, 2004
Photos, photos, photos!
Hello everyone, I've now finally scanned in quite a lot of photos to the different pages of my blog. Have a read through, there are pictures of snowy forests, mountains, horses, a nasty tibetan dog, a big buddha and me...Read this update
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March 26, 2004
Feeling Laosy
Hello everyone, how are things going? This email is probably going to make depressing reading at various points. Don't worry, things have improved massively since then, but I wanted to give you the woe is me times as well as...Read this update
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March 25, 2004
China baby, you drive me crazy
I wanted to write a general piece on what China is like to travel in. But rather than do a generalising and probably rather dull discussion of things like how I've noticed Chinese restaurants use a lot of pork (although...Read this update
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March 19, 2004
Gypsy porn star nazis
Eating lunch in a simple diner in the town of Songpan. Muslims in white caps, Tibetans in their brown green cloaks and red waist sashes, Chinese women with scarlet cheeks. Doubt works its magic on my wellbeing. The immensity of...Read this update
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March 18, 2004
What is it like?
Hello everyone, in the town of Zoige at the moment, on the northern edge of Sichuan province. Feeling rather ill - I think an one and off stomach upset has gathered its forces and finally attacked. Need to see a...Read this update
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March 12, 2004
Fresh mushrooms, Starcraft and a big buddha
I left Chengdu on a day even old timers would be impressed with by its greyness. The clouds came down to meet me and bade me a soggy embrace goodbye. I had met some amazing people, had some lovely experiences...Read this update
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March 07, 2004
Homosexuals, bisexuals and small children
Hello everyone. I arrived in the city of Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, with the aim of stopping my journey for a little while and maybe teaching English for a month. I quickly found I didn't really fancy teaching and...Read this update
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February 26, 2004
The erotic lake of the Mosuo
I didn't spend long at Lugu Hu, but it was one of the most confusing and beguiling places I've ever been to. Among other things, I got fed dinner by Buddhists, sang terrible kareoke, kissed a girl and got punched...Read this update
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February 24, 2004
Windchimes of Shangri-la
This bright, chill Zhongdian We both found the area bewitching. The town is almost unearthly quiet, as though the winds sweep away the noise of cars and people into the hills. The silence is hypnotic and spirit-soothing, it felt a...Read this update
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February 18, 2004
Dr Ho, as recommended by Monty Python
The girl in the hat In the town of Dali we had our first taste of Chinese spring sunshine. Warm days, a less cynical money-hunting air than Yangshao's, I expected Dali to be a horrible backpacker resort but came to...Read this update
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February 13, 2004
Strange delights amid falling snow
Islamic snowball fighting Kunming is China's city of eternal spring, but we arrived and snow began blanketing the city for the first time in two years....Read this update
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February 08, 2004
Hi there, I'm Steven Spielberg
Into China on a bunkbed Trying to buy a train ticket in Shenzen station is an experience that cannot but change you as a person. Crossing the border into mainland China, the English language slips away like a barely remembered...Read this update
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February 04, 2004
Recuperation in Hong Kong
Ahaah. Finally sitting down after a long day of rushing around, getting hold of a booster typhoid vaccination. But now seated in a comfortable chair, a visa for China in my passport, so ready to move on tomorrow. I think...Read this update
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January 30, 2004
Saying wow in the vertical city
Hong Kong is wow! Hong Kong is wow, Hong Kong is science fiction. After twenty something hours in the air, I stepped from Costa Rica's eternal springtime into the coldest spell ever recorded in Hong Kong. It was instantly obvious...Read this update
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January 29, 2004
Across the world and back home in a day
Here's a short entry about my strange and very long series of flights from Costa Rica to Hong Kong. Not sure how long in the air total, but over twenty hours, on four planes. I wrote this in Amsterdam airport:...Read this update
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