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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘digressions’
Last post about China
Posted in China, tagged China, digressions, Malaysia on October 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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, [...]
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 [...]
Sleepy in Tomsk
Posted in Planning, Russia, tagged digressions, Russia, train on May 19, 2009 | 5 Comments »
It’s rather ironic, how exhausted I seem to be after these long overnight/multi-night train rides. Having spent three days doing basically nothing, all I could manage today was to go on a halfhearted wander through town and then to take a nap. The good news, for me, is that the energetic 22-year-olds I met on [...]
Like a child…
Posted in SE Asia, Uncategorized, tagged digressions, MaeHongSon, Thailand on April 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday Marjan and I hired taxi to take us on a day trip to visit Mae Hong Son, the nearby capital of the province. During the hours-long ride along winding roads through the hills I had plenty of time to stare out the window and think. I realized that I’ve only been in Thailand for [...]
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