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CHINA | Saturday, 24 Nov 2012 | Views [3960]
Kunming
Around 1940, Kunming was the Chinese end of what would become the Burma Road, an old road that led from India through Myanmar to China. It was also sometimes known as the “Road to Mandalay.” During WWII, it became ... Read more >
Tags: china, dali, kunming, lijiang
CHINA | Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012 | Views [1114]
Today is Wednesday. I am back at the Xi’an Skytel Hotel; a guide picked me up from the train station and delivered me here, then hurried off to pick up someone else at the airport. What do I do with myself while waiting for Daen to ... Read more >
Tags: china, xian
CHINA | Tuesday, 16 Oct 2012 | Views [5021] | Comments [3]
October 15, 2012 - After visiting the Famen Temple yesterday, my guide and the driver brought me to Baoji. Imagine Boise’s worst inversion, and then double it. It’s a good thing I don’t suffer from SADD. I have a feeling ... Read more >
Tags: baoji, baoji university, china, shaanxi
CHINA | Monday, 15 Oct 2012 | Photo Gallery
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CHINA | Sunday, 14 Oct 2012 | Views [7211] | Comments [2]
I went to the FaMenSi (法门寺, pronounced fa mun tssuh ) this morning. The ancient temple, which has undergone considerable reconstruction since its origin circa 557 to 581, has been pretty well overwhelmed by the new one, completed in 2009. ... Read more >
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CHINA | Sunday, 14 Oct 2012 | Photo Gallery
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CHINA | Saturday, 13 Oct 2012 | Views [1131]
Well, I didn’t exactly climb the mountain. Alvin, my guide, talked me into taking the cable car up. However, we walked up steps and down steps for a good 3-½ hours. Does that count? I think it does. I had no ... Read more >
Tags: china, huang shan, yello mountain
CHINA | Monday, 8 Oct 2012 | Photo Gallery
A Record of Chinese and Western Dishes consumed while traveling in China
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CHINA | Monday, 8 Oct 2012 | Photo Gallery
General Shots, Lingyin Temple, Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Song Dynasty Guan Kiln Museum
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CHINA | Thursday, 4 Oct 2012 | Views [15089] | Comments [2]
The trip to Nanjing took only about an hour and a half from Shanghai on the high-speed train, though I don’t believe we topped 298 kph. On the way, we must have passed at least ten nuclear power plants (based on cooling towers I observed).... Read more >
Tags: china, nanjing, sun zhongshan li, tangshan
CHINA | Monday, 1 Oct 2012 | Photo Gallery
Visiting the Countryside
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CHINA | Sunday, 30 Sep 2012 | Photo Gallery
formerly, Rue de Lafayette
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CHINA | Saturday, 29 Sep 2012 | Views [2305] | Comments [1]
Gloria and I walked around Xin Tian
Di and met Huiling there for dinner. Xin
Tian Di is an old area of Shanghai that has been remodeled into small shops, restaurants,
and bistros. The traditional
architecture, especially the shikumen ... Read more >
Tags: bund, china, shanghai
USA | Friday, 14 Sep 2012 | Views [764]
Originally, I had thought that my father lived in Nanjing, but I was incorrect. I talked with Jody, my niece, who is really the expert on the Myers papers because of her dedicated work transcribing and indexing the contents of the 9 books of letters ... Read more >
Tags: china, d. f. myers, myers, nanjing, truck testing, tung-shan
USA | Friday, 14 Sep 2012 | Views [679]
I will have 4 nights and 3 complete days in Shanghai - (Wednesday night) Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. One thing I would like very much is to meet Professor Wu; I will make myself available for whichever day and time is convenient for the professor.... Read more >
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