MONGOLIA | Friday, 18 Jul 2008 | Views [3493] | Comments [1]
We arrived in Ulaanbataar,
Mongolia on a Tuesday in the midst of a duststorm. We were so happy
to be out of China, and so excited to be in Mongolia, that nothing
could stem our enthusiasm. Our hostel didn't meet us
at the airport as ... Read more >
MONGOLIA | Thursday, 17 Jul 2008 | Views [2168] | Comments [2]
You know how when you go
to the movies and the preview is always better than the movie...
How to capture the essence
of two weeks in Mongolia? To frame this problem, I'll quickly
summarize what we did (and why we were offline for two ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Sunday, 6 Jul 2008 | Views [1493] | Comments [13]
OK, so we got a little behind...
Here's why -
First off, for 13 of our days in
Mongolia we had no power; hence no laptop; hence no writing. This
put me a tad behind from the start.... Read more >
LAOS | Thursday, 5 Jun 2008 | Views [1577] | Comments [9]
Laos is that little country that you learned about in 11 th grade on the unit about the Vietnam war, and then promptly forgot because summer break was two weeks away. Tucked in a volatile corner of the world between China, Vietnam, Cambodia, ... Read more >
CHINA | Thursday, 5 Jun 2008 | Views [1409]
On our last day in Beijing we packed it in. We started early, and hit the Forbidden City. It's big and crowded and kinda sad. There is a small garden in the section that would have been very private to the emperor (and his hundreds of concubines ... Read more >
MONGOLIA | Tuesday, 3 Jun 2008 | Views [869] | Comments [1]
Mongolia is awesome! We're still
assembling a group to share costs of our overland adventure and the
train from Beijing gets in the day after we flew in so we took a day
trip out to Terelj National Park.
... Read more >
CHINA | Sunday, 1 Jun 2008 | Views [2096] | Comments [3]
Today we went to the Great Wall of
China. Hoping to avoid the crowds (a bit) we opted for an early
departure to a more remote location. Now we've all been reading
about the Great Wall our whole lives, so ... Read more >
MONGOLIA | Friday, 30 May 2008 | Views [2424] | Comments [7]
We just finished our 2 week roadtrip
around Mongolia and Lars is busy working on his next piece d'
resistance... so, in the meantime I thought I would give all of our
loyal blog readers (i.e. our families) a little ... Read more >
CHINA | Friday, 30 May 2008 | Views [1590] | Comments [2]
We'd had a rather pleasant day in
Beijing, having walked about and then taken a great bike tour to see
the new Olympic stadiums. But after we sat down for dinner we were a
little surprised by the menu!
You ... Read more >
CHINA | Thursday, 29 May 2008 | Views [964]
Well, at least it's isnt Shanghai.
Our arrival to Beijing quickly reminded
us that this was China. We got way too comfy in our
English-speaking, business oriented paradise of Hong Kong. Worried
about business ... Read more >
MACAU | Thursday, 15 May 2008 | Views [1338] | Comments [4]
So our last day in Hong Kong we went to
Macau. Not much to tell really, it's really small. You have to go
through emmigration and immigration both to and fro, and officially
they speak Portuguese and Cantonese ... Read more >
HONG KONG | Thursday, 15 May 2008 | Views [1140] | Comments [2]
What a difference 150 years of British
rule makes! Hong Kong is awesome, everything Shanghai isn't but
desperately wants to be; modern, energetic, diverse, clean,
entertaining.
We had a great introduction ... Read more >
CHINA | Thursday, 15 May 2008 | Views [1135] | Comments [1]
I don't know if this made the news back
home but here's an excerpt from the Chinese news.
“Big Dorky American Saves MagLev
Train”
Shanghai – A big American foreign
devil was the hero of the moment after he helped stop an
out-of-control ... Read more >
CHINA | Thursday, 8 May 2008 | Views [1374] | Comments [2]
PHEW! Despite our better judgment we got lulled into forgetting that this was Asia, and darn near missed our train. I am happy to report that I am in my seat (we thought we might have bought standing tickets by accident) on the train and that ... Read more >
CHINA | Thursday, 8 May 2008 | Views [2115] | Comments [3]
We're
in Asia now. Susan kind of looked at me funny when I would say that
Japan seemed more like Europe than the Asia I remembered. My last
trip here was Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam. The dusty hustle and
flow of those countries ... Read more >
JAPAN | Sunday, 4 May 2008 | Views [1658] | Comments [2]
Ahh, Tokyo. Back in the big city, back
in our Sakura Hotel. This time, however, we got a “twin room”
instead of a “double room” as the latter were all booked. Good
news actually, as the room was much bigger ... Read more >
JAPAN | Friday, 2 May 2008 | Views [2916] | Comments [1]
After Nikko we're back in Tokyo. Only
briefly this time, for a change of trains to get to Kamakura. But
the station is unmistakeable in its Tokyo-ness.
Again the crowds are dominated by the
conservative grays ... Read more >
JAPAN | Friday, 2 May 2008 | Views [1507] | Comments [1]
I am old. I did my best to run away,
but turned 30 nonetheless. Although, when exactly I turned 30 is a
little bit of a mystery, what with timezones and datelines and what
not. We decided that this meant I got to ... Read more >
JAPAN | Wednesday, 30 Apr 2008 | Views [1970] | Comments [1]
After such an early start for the
Buddhist ceremony, and walking around Koya-san, and then the trip to
Nara, we were dead on our feet when we got there. The tourist
information desk booked us into a nearby hotel. After about
two-weeks in ... Read more >
JAPAN | Saturday, 26 Apr 2008 | Views [1540] | Comments [6]
Koya-san is a remote little town high
up in the hills south of the conjoined metropolises of Kyoto and
Osaka. It's home to a Japanese School of Buddism, and houses many
monasteries ... Read more >
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