Bedbugs.
Bite.
It seems that most of SE Asia is infested with bedbugs. Here in Melaka I suffered my third attack (Xian, Yangshuo, then here). I changed beds and washed all my stuff. Everything was OK for two nights.
And then, two nights ago, I woke up to the now-unmistakable itch of bedbugs. Gah! It was around 3 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘China’
G’night. S’tight.
Posted in Malaysia, SE Asia, tagged baseball, bedbugs, China, Malaysia, Melaka on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last post about China
Posted in China, tagged China, digressions, Malaysia on October 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I am *so* glad to be out of China. Malaysia is…*friendly*. Polite. Happy. Full of tasty food. In such an atmosphere it’s easy to overlook things like mosquito attacks and sudden, unexplained interruptions of internet service – things I would have railed against in China.
I would love wrap up my feelings about China (something more [...]
On further reflection…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, China, politics, Russia, tourism, tourists, travel, travelers on October 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I keep thinking about the negativity in my past few posts. I’m out here in the world, seeing new places, meeting new people, doing what I love to do! Why all the complaints?
A big part of it is the tourist/traveler tension. In roughest terms, someone on a 2-week holiday is a tourist: You see the [...]
Natural disasters (and other irritations)
Posted in China, tagged China, digressions on October 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sitting here watching the nth hour of creepy Chinese propaganda on TV – today is the 60th anniversary of Communism (ahem, now “with Chinese characteristics“) in China. Every building, car and motorbike is festooned with Chinese flags. On TV, cute 9-year-old girls in colorful dresses and forced smiles dance in perfect synchronicity. The air [...]
Notes from China
Posted in China, Planning, tagged AirAsia, China, digressions, Guilin, Kashgar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Urumqi, Xian on September 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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, [...]
$#&*%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, Gobi Desert, Haranga, Hohhot, Kashgar, Khongoryn Els, Mongolia, Terracotta Warriers, Tibetan monastery, Tulufan, Turpan, Ulaan Baatar, Urumqi, Xiaha, Xian 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 [...]
Gobi or bust
Posted in Mongolia, tagged China, Gobi Desert, Kashgar, Mongolia, Sichuan, Urumqi on August 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hello friends!
In a few hours I am at long last leaving for the Gobi. Karly, the Aussie I met in Russia, and I have hired a van and driver to take us to the Flaming Cliffs (where archaeologists keep finding dinosaur bones, eggs, etc) and the great sand dunes. Then he’ll take us to the [...]
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