USA | Tuesday, 26 May 2009 | Views [926] | Video
OK so the secret to haggling is – you can’t want it. If you don’t want it, you hold all the cards. The best deals I got were when I didn’t give a flying F if they sold it to me or not. Here are some examples: I walked into a scroll shop on HaFeng ... Read more >
Tags: china, eating for cheap, food, friends, hafeng, haggling, hangzhou, scorpion eating, travel, yangshuo
USA | Monday, 25 May 2009 | Views [689]
Written 5/8/09
It’s been 3 weeks today since I returned from China and already so much has changed. My entire consciousness shifted during the 5 weeks I was there and I realize now that I’ve returned a different person. My initial reactions ... Read more >
Tags: china, comfort level, friends, home, perspective, retrospective, taxis, travel
USA | Saturday, 23 May 2009 | Views [669] | Comments [1]
Shanghai - Written 4/5/09 There were a few things that summed up China for me today… I was riding on the underground subway and I was the only non-Chinese person on the subway. Most of the time I’ve been here I have traveled w/other white peeps or ... Read more >
Tags: china, food, friends, shanghai