CHINA | Tuesday, 7 Nov 2006 | Views [677]
He came seeking enlightenment. He found a cow. Well, that's not the exact truth of it. He began by wanting to get away from town. Lhasa is a unique city built on a high, high plain surrounded by mountains. Tolkien wrote fantasy stories about cities ... Read more >
Tags: misadventures, sera monastary, tibet
CHINA | Tuesday, 24 Oct 2006 | Views [312]
He had never hated smokers until this train ride. His hard sleeper was the top bunk of three. That meant six sleepers per compartment. His had seven. He was slotted into the very top. With only enough room to prop up his head on his elbow, he tried to ... Read more >
Tags: People
CHINA | Tuesday, 24 Oct 2006 | Views [449]
George had been good enough to invite him to eat dinner with them. They were a group of three. Perfect for dim sum. Roberto was the 2nd and he was the third. This was Guanzhou, the heart of old Canton. They left the youth hostel and began walking ... Read more >
Tags: Lost!
HONG KONG | Monday, 16 Oct 2006 | Views [349]
He knew what he wanted done with his body after dying. It wasn't something he had ever thought about, but now he knew. Under the flourescent hum of lights in this shopping center restaurant on the second floor he had decided. The place was a chinese ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
HONG KONG | Thursday, 12 Oct 2006 | Views [349]
"Wow, that sound must stop instantly" he thought. But no, there it was again, a sound like stirring the cheese into a fresh boiled pot of macaroni. Only this was sharper, and drawn out half a painful second longer. He had just sat down ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
HONG KONG | Tuesday, 10 Oct 2006 | Views [413]
So this is my attempt at keeping folks up to date on where I'm at, etc. So far I've been in Hong Kong all of 3 days and am not so sure about all of this yet. Hence the title of the journal. I already have a list of things (and people) that I miss ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
