This is sort of a catch-up post. The first two bits were written while I was in Xinjiang province, where I had zero internet access. The last part was written here in Xian. Not my best post ever, but whatever.
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9/18
Greetings from Urumqi, city of Chinese race riots.
Actually, this post can’t possibly be from Urumqi, [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Notes from China
Posted in China, Planning, tagged AirAsia, China, digressions, Guilin, Kashgar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Urumqi, Xian on September 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
$#&*%ing China
Posted in China, tagged China, Kashgar, Urumqi, Xian on September 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The good news is that I’m back in the world of the Internet – I flew out of Xinjiang province and into Xi’an this morning.
The bad news is that I’m back in the world of the Internet – about two weeks ahead of schedule.
The problem is my visa, which expires on September 30. I had [...]
Ill communication
Posted in China, Planning, tagged baseball, China, digressions, Han, Kashgar, Liuluang, Planning, Tulufan, Turpan, Uigur, Urumqi, Xinjiang on September 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’d love to write a thoughtful note about China, Take II. But I’m too distracted – the cats, yes, but also there are other people about, and we’re going into town in a few minutes for lunch. In the afternoon we’re catching a bus to Liuluang (sp?), then tomorrow morning a train to Turpan, near [...]
I would have written sooner, but there’s a cat in my lap.
Posted in China, tagged Buddhism, China, digressions, Dunhuang, Gansu, Han, Hui, Labrang monastery, monks, prayer wheels, Russian Far East, Siberian, Tibetan monastery, Uigur, Xiahe on September 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I swear I’ve tried to write this afternoon. But the three kittens at Charley Jhong’s Guest House, in Dunhuang, Gansu Province, won’t let me.
First they jumped onto the table and demanded food, though I have nothing but fruit and crackers. I gave them crackers, which they practically bit my hand off to get. Back [...]
Back to China
Posted in China, Planning, tagged China, Mongolia, Ulaan Baatar, Gobi Desert, Urumqi, Kashgar, Xian, Khongoryn Els, Haranga, Hohhot, Xiaha, Tibetan monastery, Turpan, Tulufan, Terracotta Warriers on September 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Well I’m back. On August 31, I crossed the border from Mongolia back into China. And…Mongolia worked like a charm. Its big sky, pure nature and hospitality cured me of the China Blues.
This time around, China isn’t trying to rip me off. It’s not 100 degrees and oppressively humid. The people are helpful and [...]
