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CHINA | Saturday, 12 May 2007 | Views [1004]
A quarter of a lifetime ago I stood on the Bund. As I gazed out from the shabby youth hostel in a grand old building right on the waterfront there was nothing but grey mud flats, swarms of bicycles, a handful of 'friendship stores' where the service ... Read more >
Tags: shanghai, youth, memories, capitalism
LAOS | Wednesday, 1 Feb 2006 | Views [568] | Comments [4]
There has to be something in the air, the water or the food, like Koala's with Eucalyptus. How else do you explain a country that is semi-permanently asleep? The only time you see anyone striding around purposefully is perhaps at 7:30am in the morning ... Read more >
Tags: on the road, travel with children, family, adventures, capitalism, laid back, wonderful
LAOS | Sunday, 22 Jan 2006 | Views [489] | Comments [1]
In Vietnam you only have to go near a market to have someone try to sell something. Anything. "You buy", "for the baby", "for your boy" and "same same" are aimed in your direction on even the most general of strolls.... Read more >
Tags: culture, capitalism, market, luang prabang
USA | Saturday, 21 Nov 1998 | Views [554] | Comments [1]
The homeless are always a sight in this richest of countries. Today was Thanksgiving when most Americans go home to families, turkey and cranberry sauce. The shops are all closed and the city empty ... making the homeless more conspicuous than ever.... Read more >
Tags: people, homeless, capitalism, wealth, society, democracy, freedom
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