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After retirement in 2002 in Salem Oregon, I backpacked many countries for 4 years; moved to Oaxaca Mexico June 2006. Regularly visit sons in Hong Kong, Thailand and Las Vegas. Completed a 6 month RTW to the U.S, Thailand, Oman and Turkey ending in Oaxaca in April 2013. Returned to OR, Thailand, Hong Kong and Las Vegas Nov 2013 to Mar 2014. October 2015 to Feb 2016 Las Vegas, OR, Hong Kong and Thailand. October 2016 attended marriage of son Joshua in Hong Kong. Month of Nov in Bangkok; Dec in Chiang Mai with son Doug. Jan 5, 2017 Salem OR with husband Bob returning Feb 4 to Oaxaca.

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<li class="cat-item cat-item-10737"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/touching-experiences" >Touching Experiences</a> (35)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-463"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/transportation/trains" >Trains</a> (54)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-10884"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/trang" >Trang</a> (2)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-10749"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/russian-federation/trans-siberia" >Trans Siberia</a> (20)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-1623"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/transportation" >Transportation</a> (55)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-4913"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/travel-tips" >Travel Tips</a> (31)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-4772"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/transportation/truck" >Truck</a> (27)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-2907"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/tsunami" >Tsunami</a> (5)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-263"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/turkey" >Turkey</a> (21)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-10728"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/unesco-world-heritage-sites" >UNESCO World Heritage Sites</a> (40)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-268"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/usa" >USA</a> (136)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-3401"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/central-asia/uzbekistan" >Uzbekistan</a> (5)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-10748"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico/veracruz" >Veracruz</a> (2)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-3631"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/videos" >Videos</a> (40)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-4428"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/viet-nam" >Viet Nam</a> (25)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-978"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/visas" >Visas</a> (19)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-135423"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/lodging/warm-showers" >Warm Showers</a> (2)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-334"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/usa/washington-dc" >Washington D.C.</a> (1)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-23203"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/world-watching-and-politics" >World Watching And Politics</a> (144)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-10733"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/worst-experiences" >Worst Experiences</a> (26)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-10881"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/xishuangbanna" >Xishuangbanna</a> (5)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-10741"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/yangtse-river" >Yangtse River</a> (6)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-3486"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/yunnan" >Yunnan</a> (29)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-1574"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/zambia" >Zambia</a> (7)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-1641"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/zanzibar" >Zanzibar</a> (7)
</li>

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/http\:\/\/blogs\.bootsnall\.com\/nomads.*?\/category\/(?:[^\/"]+\/)*([^\/"]+)/

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    [1] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-27511"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/turkey/adana" >Adana (1)</a> </li>
    [2] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14074"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent" >African Continent (80)</a> </li>
    [3] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10742"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/altercations" >Altercations (15)</a> </li>
    [4] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10751"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/about-the-nomad/ancestors" >Ancestors (4)</a> </li>
    [5] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-27506"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/turkey/antakya" >Antakya (1)</a> </li>
    [6] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-4899"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/turkey/antalya" >Antalya (2)</a> </li>
    [7] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-274"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/argentina" >Argentina (2)</a> </li>
    [8] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2974"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/indonesia/bali" >Bali (7)</a> </li>
    [9] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-22917"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/bang-phra" >Bang Phra (1)</a> </li>
    [10] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2443"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/bangkok" >Bangkok (114)</a> </li>
    [11] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-408"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/beijing" >Beijing (24)</a> </li>
    [12] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14904"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/bobs-trips" >Bob's Trips (33)</a> </li>
    [13] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-27512"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/turkey/bodrum" >Bodrum (1)</a> </li>
    [14] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10752"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/india/bombay-mumbai" >Bombay (Mumbai) (6)</a> </li>
    [15] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1568"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/botswana" >Botswana (8)</a> </li>
    [16] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10740"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/myanmar-burma" >Burma (Myanmar) (27)</a> </li>
    [17] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1232"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/cambodia" >Cambodia (7)</a> </li>
    [18] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-23768"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/vancouver-b-c" >Canada (2)</a> </li>
    [19] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-4871"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/central-asia" >Central Asia (5)</a> </li>
    [20] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14067"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/chiang-mai-thailand" >Chiang Mai (32)</a> </li>
    [21] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-6979"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico/chiapas" >Chiapas (2)</a> </li>
    [22] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-275"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/chile" >Chile (1)</a> </li>
    [23] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-279"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china" >China (90)</a> </li>
    [24] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-355"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/christmas" >Christmas (13)</a> </li>
    [25] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10724"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/excursions/climbs-walks" >Climbs & Walks (26)</a> </li>
    [26] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10736"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/conversations" >Conversations (63)</a> </li>
    [27] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3235"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/lodging/couchsurfing" >Couchsurfing (10)</a> </li>
    [28] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2172"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/culture" >Culture (103)</a> </li>
    [29] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-264"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/czech-republic" >Czech Republic (4)</a> </li>
    [30] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-844"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/dancing" >Dancing (6)</a> </li>
    [31] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-6967"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/progeny/doug" >Doug (31)</a> </li>
    [32] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10747"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/dual-pricing" >Dual Pricing (14)</a> </li>
    [33] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1582"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/egypt" >Egypt (14)</a> </li>
    [34] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-256"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/england" >England (8)</a> </li>
    [35] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10722"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union" >Europe (50)</a> </li>
    [36] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10726"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/excursions" >Excursions (73)</a> </li>
    [37] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-9526"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/expats" >Expats (34)</a> </li>
    [38] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14075"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences" >Experiences (9)</a> </li>
    [39] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10730"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/festivals-ceremonies" >Festivals & Ceremonies (41)</a> </li>
    [40] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-7"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/food" >Food (88)</a> </li>
    [41] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-135"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/france" >France (9)</a> </li>
    [42] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10732"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/funniest-experiences" >Funny Experiences (28)</a> </li>
    [43] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/germany" >Germany (6)</a> </li>
    [44] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-135263"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/usa/grand-cnanyo" >Grand Canyon (1)</a> </li>
    [45] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-413"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/excursions/great-wall" >Great Wall (2)</a> </li>
    [46] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-262"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/greece" >Greece (7)</a> </li>
    [47] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10754"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/progeny/greg" >Greg (25)</a> </li>
    [48] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-7050"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico/guadalajara" >Guadalajara (1)</a> </li>
    [49] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-7056"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico/guanajuato" >Guanajuato (1)</a> </li>
    [50] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3456"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/guangxi" >Guangxi (3)</a> </li>
    [51] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-581"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/guatemala" >Guatemala (2)</a> </li>
    [52] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-7011"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/guizhou" >Guizhou (1)</a> </li>
    [53] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10826"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/guongdong" >Guongdong (2)</a> </li>
    [54] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1065"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/viet-nam/hanoi" >Hanoi (9)</a> </li>
    [55] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-4994"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/usa/hawaii" >Hawaii (1)</a> </li>
    [56] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-654"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/transportation/hitch-hiking" >Hitch-Hiking (1)</a> </li>
    [57] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10743"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/lodging/homestays" >Homestays (11)</a> </li>
    [58] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2223"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/hong-kong" >Hong Kong (25)</a> </li>
    [59] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3066"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/lodging" >Hospitality (11)</a> </li>
    [60] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14947"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/lodging/hotelshostels-guesthouses" >Hotels,Hostels & Guesthouses (74)</a> </li>
    [61] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3535"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/hunan" >Hunan (1)</a> </li>
    [62] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1566"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/india" >India (24)</a> </li>
    [63] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2175"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/indonesia" >Indonesia (7)</a> </li>
    [64] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-535"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/internet" >Internet (7)</a> </li>
    [65] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-847"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/turkey/istanbul" >Istanbul (10)</a> </li>
    [66] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-17"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/italy" >Italy (7)</a> </li>
    [67] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-4875"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/jinghong" >Jinghong (3)</a> </li>
    [68] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10755"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/progeny/joshua" >Joshua (48)</a> </li>
    [69] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-5"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/kenya" >Kenya (6)</a> </li>
    [70] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14069"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/koh-samui-thailand" >Koh Samui (29)</a> </li>
    [71] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-27503"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/korat" >Korat (2)</a> </li>
    [72] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14070"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/krabi-thailand" >Krabi (8)</a> </li>
    [73] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3347"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/kunming" >Kunming (6)</a> </li>
    [74] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3412"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/central-asia/kyrgyzstan" >Kyrgyzstan (1)</a> </li>
    [75] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-805"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/language" >Language (26)</a> </li>
    [76] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3025"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/lao" >Lao (12)</a> </li>
    [77] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3487"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/lijiang" >Lijiang (7)</a> </li>
    [78] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-698"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/lithuania" >Lithuania (4)</a> </li>
    [79] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-27502"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/lop-buri" >Lop Buri (1)</a> </li>
    [80] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1573"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/malawi" >Malawi (9)</a> </li>
    [81] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2176"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/malaysia" >Malaysia (4)</a> </li>
    [82] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-594"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/markets" >Markets (19)</a> </li>
    [83] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1883"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/massage" >Massage (4)</a> </li>
    [84] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-276"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico" >Mexico (261)</a> </li>
    [85] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2353"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico/mexico-city" >Mexico City (7)</a> </li>
    [86] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1565"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/middle-east" >Middle East (23)</a> </li>
    [87] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10731"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/minority-groups" title="Ethnic people other than Han Chinese">Minority Groups (19)</a> </li>
    [88] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-278"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mongolia" >Mongolia (5)</a> </li>
    [89] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2178"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/morocco" >Morocco (8)</a> </li>
    [90] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-4053"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/russian-federation/moscow" >Moscow (3)</a> </li>
    [91] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-5368"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/transportation/motorcycles" >Motorcycles (7)</a> </li>
    [92] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2487"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/music" >Music (24)</a> </li>
    [93] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-19516"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/videos/music-videos" >Music Videos (11)</a> </li>
    [94] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10725"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/eight-must-see" >Must See (11)</a> </li>
    [95] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10738"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/names-for-foreigners" >Names For Foreigners (10)</a> </li>
    [96] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3088"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/namibia" >Namibia (10)</a> </li>
    [97] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2521"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/national-parks" >National Parks (8)</a> </li>
    [98] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10745"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/usa/las-vegas-nevada" >Nevada (24)</a> </li>
    [99] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-7871"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/india/new-delhi" >New Delhi (6)</a> </li>
    [100] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-657"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/usa/new-york-city" >New York City (41)</a> </li>
    [101] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-570"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico/oaxaca" >Oaxaca (234)</a> </li>
    [102] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-11507"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/middle-east/oman" >Oman (2)</a> </li>
    [103] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-93"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/usa/oregon" >Oregon (41)</a> </li>
    [104] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2463"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/pattaya" >Pattaya (4)</a> </li>
    [105] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3681"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/philippines" >Philippines (1)</a> </li>
    [106] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-24"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/poland" >Poland (6)</a> </li>
    [107] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-694"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/portugal" >Portugal (3)</a> </li>
    [108] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10746"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/progeny" >Progeny (47)</a> </li>
    [109] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-9225"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico/queretaro" >Queretaro (3)</a> </li>
    [110] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-5569"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/india/rajasthan" >Rajasthan (6)</a> </li>
    [111] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-8566"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/reading" >Reading (52)</a> </li>
    [112] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3289"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/reflections" >Reflections (85)</a> </li>
    [113] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-7397"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/excursions/river-rafting" >River Rafting (2)</a> </li>
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New Years in Chengdu

Tuesday, December 31st, 2002

The sleeper train from Kunming to Chengdu takes about 18 hours and passes through more than 200 tunnels. It took 10 years to build the railroad…mostly by political prisoners…and looking through the train windows many of their graves can be seen high on the hillsides.

New Year’s Eve
This is not cold compared to Omaha Nebraska in the winter…but it’s damn cold! We were in a triple in Sam’s Guesthouse…and it was damn cold!

After a good Western dinner at “Granmas,” giving homage to the Western New Year, (Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is on January 28 this year) Jana and I curled up in bed in our comforters and hot water bottles…no we weren’t in our hot water bottles but we would have been if we could have been…

Bob went out in search of the New Year in China and found himself the only reveler 20 minutes before midnight at a “party” in an empty room at the Holiday Inn complete with appetizers and favors. He didn�t stay long, lamenting “It’s hard to party by yourself.” But the evening quickly picked up as he walked into Mao Square to find several thousand Chinese counting down the New Year (in English) while watching the Square clock hanging on the side of a building just to the right of Mao’s head…then giving a short cheer and dispersing unsentimentally 30 seconds afterward…which, hating to say goodbye, is what the Chinese do after any social occasion. Bob was back home…yes, hotels have become home…twenty minutes after midnight.

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Perspective On China

Tuesday, December 31st, 2002

China is big.

The population is staggering with a billion and a half people. It’s a matter of getting perspective. Our home state of Oregon only has about 1.5 million people. By comparison Hong Kong has 7 million. Westerners hear mainly about the Chinese cities of Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai, but Guangzhou, the first mainland city we visited two hours north of Hong Kong is a westernized city of commerce with nearly 7 million people…it’s province of Guangdong having 46 million. Kunming, which reminds us of Denver Colorado…a mile high, cold but sunny…has nearly 4 million people but its located in rural province of Yunnan that has nearly 44 million people.

Guilin has nearly 1.4 million people…it�s province of Guangxi having nearly 75 million. Yangshuo, an hour south of Guilin, felt like a small village in comparison with the bigger cities but the guidebook shows it with a population of 300,000…bigger than our home town of Salem, Oregon.

Chengdu has over 11 million people but it’s province, Sichuan, has 109 million. Chongqing, the city where we started our Chang Jiang (Yangze) River trip, is a sophisticated lively city that reminds us of San Francisco with 5.8 million people…it�s province having 32.5 million. You get the idea–lots of Chinese folks—and lots more on the way even with their one child policy. Ultimately a formidable group.

How is China Doing?
As near as we can tell, China’s cities and it�s citizens are doing well. The significant story is in the poorer rural areas where only 10% of China’s land mass is capable of agriculture…encouraging genetic engineering of food to force an increase in production and where unemployment and disastisfaction is high…and where China’s leadership will continue to be challenged by demonstrations that are never reported in the Chinese or Western press.

The arguments against the Yangze River dam pale in comparison to the country’s need for electricity…and in comparison to the economic power China will become because of it. Mao Tse Tung decreed nine categories of enemy: landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements, rightists, traitors, foreign agents, capitalist-roaders and…The Stinking Ninth…intellectuals. The motto then was “Serve The People.” “To Be Rich Is Glorious” is the motto used now by a new practical generation…the first to grow up with no spirituality, no Confucius and no interest in politics…unhampered by religion and it’s dogmas-Taoism, Buddhism and even Christianity-unhampered by emperors, by chairmen, by gods.

China’s youth wants democracy and freedom. But the Chinese “never know when to stop,” says Paul Theroux who recounted his trip through China by train in the 80’s in his “Riding The Iron Rooster.” Where will the brakes come from when China is headed toward excess…in a China already plagued by corruption?

When I asked one of the teenagers in Ruili if he could go to Hong Kong if he wanted to answered “No Money…No Happy!” Another, Paul, a teenager who plays the guitar in his rock band, when asked what he thought about Hong Kong, answered: “Paradise!” You Western capitalist running dogs…look out for the younger generation in Communist China…the generation that is so excited that they are finally free to work hard…free to put money in their pocket…already making materialism in the West look ascetic.

I would love to have a conversation with Ma Jian, the poet, painter and writer who, being harassed by communist cadres, left Beijing in the early 80’s and traveled through China for three years. In his book “Red Dust” Ma foreshadowed the thinking of the next generation when he recounted his thoughts after getting lost and nearly dying in a desert: Walking through the wilds freed me from “worries and fears, but this is not real freedom. You need money to be free.”

When, after a student demonstration in the 80’s in Guangzhou, Paul Theroux asked Andrew, a university student, if he expected to become a capitalist-roader, Andrew answered “I think we have a lot to learn. We want to use the good features of capitalism but not the bad ones.” “Is that possible? Paul asked. “We can try” Andrew answered. Maybe it is only fair that now China gets it’s turn to try…

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Ruili China

Saturday, December 28th, 2002

Coming down out of the mountains we were happy to see Ruili lying in the green lush valley below...a larger city than I thought...a Chinese/Burma border town with a mix of Han Chinese, minorities ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Bob’s Thai Village Visit

Saturday, December 28th, 2002

While Jana and I were playing with Chinese teenagers in Ruili in the south of Yunnan, Bob spent some time in an ethnic village in the mountains in Issan Province southeast of Chiang Mai in Thailand. The people were Thai ... [Continue reading this entry]

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A Merry Christmas Wish 2002

Wednesday, December 25th, 2002

Today, Christmas Day, we will take Jana's Blessing and a van back to Tengchong and catch a bus for Ruili on the China-Burma border. While we sit here at 7:00am bleary-eyed waiting for the water ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Christmas At Re Hai Hot Springs 2002

Tuesday, December 24th, 2002

We went to Re Hai Hot Springs..a short half-hour bus ride from Tengchong. The Asian and European continental shift also resulted in over 80 crystalline hot springs...grand Boiling Hot Cauldron...age-old Toad-Mout Hot Spring...Drunk Bird Hot ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Volcanos in Tengchong

Saturday, December 21st, 2002

A young Chinese woman on the bus had struck up a conversation in English...telling us about the sights around Tengchong. We thought that maybe we could pay her to guide us to the ... [Continue reading this entry]

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My Name is Zhuy Yu Ping

Friday, December 20th, 2002

On the way to Tengchong, the bus climbed high up into the Gaoligong Shan Mountain Range on a winding narrow two lane road...dropping down and then higher up again...beautiful valleys down below terraced with ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Domestic Fight in Baoshan

Thursday, December 19th, 2002

The Lonely Planet description for finding Huacheng Binguan was difficult...the hotel name was the same but the street was different...two Dutch travellers sitting in the lobby with their backpacks told us we were in ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Big Noses In The Back Again!

Wednesday, December 18th, 2002

Bus to Dali As we pulled ourselves up into the luxury express bus we felt that we were living large...we wouldn't have local color but we would have comfort for a change. Jana, ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Koor Yi…Ok Ok

Monday, December 16th, 2002

Monday December 16 OK, OK, OK, (koor yi in Chinese) the woman taxi driver giggles as we pull out of Old Town Lijiang on the way to the bus station. Ni hao (hello)! ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Conversation With Roland

Monday, December 16th, 2002

Had a final dinner at familiar and cozy Sekura's Cafe in Old Town Lijiang...splurging on Western food...sharing our beer with Roland, a 30 year old economics teacher in a university in Singapore. (Surprisingly and ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Chinese Mysteries

Monday, December 16th, 2002

The Chinese have incredible confidence in themselves...and consider themselves unquestionably the most superior people in the world...mostly due to their long history. We Westerners are the barbarians. (So we don't need to think we are "all that" as my ... [Continue reading this entry]

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What We Miss About Home

Sunday, December 15th, 2002

I have been asked about this so here it is: After nearly a year, the thing I miss the most about living in the States is EFFICIENCY. Everywhere in the world there seems to be a right and wrong ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Conversations In Tiger Leaping Gorge

Saturday, December 14th, 2002

Wednesday Dec 11 In Old Town Lijiang, Bob joined us for breakfast at our hotel at 9am; met Li at her hotel at 10:30 for minibus trip up the gorge. Bus had no shocks ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Pissing Match In China

Friday, December 13th, 2002

When Bob took a box of purchases to the Old Lijiang post office they asked him to take everything out one by one. This had not happened when we sent boxes from China before. ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Echo & Li…Competitors

Tuesday, December 10th, 2002

Monday Dec 9 2002 In Old Town Lijiang, we are woken up by a knock at the hotel door at 8am. Two couples from Taiwan were on their way to Zhondian with a driver ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Naxi Old Town-Lijiang

Monday, December 9th, 2002

Lijiang has been designated a World Cultural Heritage Site by the United Nations. There are two kinds of Naxi dwellings built with wood, clay tiles, earth bricks and hard work...one is a courtyard ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Lijiang & The Naxi People

Sunday, December 8th, 2002

Once in Lijiang, we dumped our luggage at the Shangira Hotel (Y80 or about $10 for a double) that was recommended by Echo. I suspect she was getting a kickback for sending tourists there ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Tiger Leaping Gorge

Saturday, December 7th, 2002

China's greatest river, known by Westerners as the Yangtse, is called Jinsha Jiang by the Chinese. It's origin is in Tibet and runs through Tiger Leaping Gorge near Lijiang, east to Chongqing, on through ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Zhondian to Baishuitai

Friday, December 6th, 2002

Friday Dec 6 2002 There were no street lights so we walked the equivalent of several blocks to the Zhongdian bus station in the dark to catch the 7:50am bus for Baishuitai. While waiting for ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Zhondian aka Shangri-La

Thursday, December 5th, 2002

Bob took a flight south from Kunming to Mangshi and then on by bus to Ruili near the Burma border. Jana and I left Kunming on a Yunnan Airlines flight to the village of Zhongdian, ... [Continue reading this entry]

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End of the Burma Road

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2002

Sunday Dec 1-3 2002 Arrived at Kunming from Guilin after 23 hours on the train. We had gained considerable elevation throughout the night. We took a taxi to the Camellia Hotel where ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Archive for December, 2002

New Years in Chengdu

Perspective On China

Ruili China

Bob’s Thai Village Visit

A Merry Christmas Wish 2002

Christmas At Re Hai Hot Springs 2002

Volcanos in Tengchong

My Name is Zhuy Yu Ping

Domestic Fight in Baoshan

Big Noses In The Back Again!

Koor Yi…Ok Ok

Conversation With Roland

Chinese Mysteries

What We Miss About Home

Conversations In Tiger Leaping Gorge

Pissing Match In China

Echo & Li…Competitors

Naxi Old Town-Lijiang

Lijiang & The Naxi People

Tiger Leaping Gorge

Zhondian to Baishuitai

Zhondian aka Shangri-La

End of the Burma Road