That is a bicyclist just between the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square in Beijing wearing the famous Three Wolf Moon t-shirt! Naturally I stalked the poor fellow, quickly zooming ahead of him to lie in wait with my camera, then following him to snap more photos of the poor lad. Creepy? Maybe. Ok, yes. But [...]
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“Therefore I am going to steal the filthy pelf from the corrupt officials!”
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And if you were wondering where that “wall paper delicacy museum” is located… Why it’s just around the corner from the “Nine-Head Bird Hotel”, of course!
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Really, if anyone knows what this is, please let me know. I was out walking past the third ring road of Beijing, when I saw something that made me wonder if I had entered the Twilight Zone… Any ideas? Concerns or fears? hopes? Whatever it is, it doesn’t sound very tasty… Makes me think of [...]
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9/14/06 Dear X, I’m flying from Beijing to Shanghai in the morning to catch my afternoon flight to Brunei which has a bit of layover before getting me to Singapore by 1pm the next DAY! Then I’ll be eating FOOD before I even get out of the airport probably. I’m going to go straight to [...]
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9/11/06 Dear X, I was definitely changing (or rather creating) my schedule according to whims. The train from Nanjing to Xi’An was OK. But it was 15 hours long, and Ihad to drag ALL my belongings (can’t travel light now that I have no home-base city at which to leave things) up and down LONG [...]
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