Stuff People Ingest Voluntarily episode 31 Before you start accusing us of focusing on the poor, fading laundry as part of our own Antonioni scheme to sabotage the world’s image of an entire nation, let us be clear: we are more interested in the one small bright square so carefully preserved like some tiny peep [...]
Mar 05, 2010 | Categories: China, Nanjing, Stuff People Ingest Voluntarily | Tags: Antonioni, beverages, cement, chai, Cina, consumerism, corn juice, corny, destruction, development, drinks, Expat, laundry, Progress, social commentary, tea, the future, Travel | 3 Comments »
The Nanjing Galaxy Yacht Club floats securely in the yellowish, turbid water of the Yangtze River. The neighborhood – in the northwest of the city, far from the Ming Dynasty wall – is mostly industrial. Not far upstream is the famous Yangtze River Bridge, a dark, ominous shape stretching across the water. There are no [...]
Feb 27, 2010 | Categories: China, Nanjing, Yichang | Tags: chinese schools, dinner, Expat, face, foreigners, payment, promotion, Propaganda, teachers, teaching english, Travel, yacht club | 3 Comments »
Feb 23, 2010 | Categories: Egypt, Other, Poetry | Tags: arab culture, city, Crazy, desert, dust, market, night, religion, Travel | 4 Comments »
No, the four different bread products aligned so neatly on the plate is no mistake. That – along with a cup of lukewarm tea and some soft cheese – is what you eat for breakfast after a night on a rickety train sailing south into Upper Egypt. That is all a stomach can handle. Our [...]
Jan 28, 2010 | Categories: Egypt, Other, War on Dreams | Tags: battle, bread, breakfast, Cairo, collision, danger, Luxor, train, Travel | 1 Comment »
Dear Readers, Well, we’re a little older, a little wiser perhaps, and definitely a little more sarcastic. This happens when you travel. We hit Dublin, London, and Paris with a succession of shocking realizations as to just how short our Chinese paychecks would take us Share this:EmailRedditStumbleUponDigg
Dec 03, 2009 | Categories: Letters to Whomever | Tags: Alaska, camino de santiago, change, Egypt, Europe, europe is expensive, perspective, pilgrimage, Spain, thailand, Travel, walking | 3 Comments »
Totally Awesome Picture of the Week 62 The boy stands spinning the long thread of twisted foil with unfettered fascination. His eyes, in following the shiny extension of his arm, cause his head to move in small circular nods as though also attached to the magical whip. Much like the powers of Dorthy’s tornado, this [...]
Apr 10, 2009 | Categories: China, Totally Awesome Picture of the Week | Tags: escapism, Humor, imagination, Lijiang, poop, shiny things, social commentary, Travel, Wizard of Oz | Leave A Comment »
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Aug 23, 2008 | Categories: China | Tags: 2008 Olympics, airport, Beijing 2008, Chinese, crowds, discomfort, having a terrible time, jet lag, security, tired, too much baggage, Travel | 1 Comment »
Totally Awesome Picture of the Week 23 This image portrays a “barbarous” man (Chinese ba nationality) clutching a spear and peering curiously from his shelter of twigs. Obvious within the poetic subtleties is China’s heed to its minorities and the care China has taken to preserve the culture and lifestyle of its indigenous people. The [...]
Apr 21, 2008 | Categories: China, Totally Awesome Picture of the Week | Tags: ba minority, Barbarians, China Minorities, Civilization, Expat, humanitarian, Magic, Nationalism, natives, Ridiculous, The Flintstones, Tourism, Travel | Leave A Comment »
Totally Awesome Picture of the Week 22 This is White Horse Cave. Feelings provoked within its confines are less of the typical spelunking claustrophobia and more of the “searching for the bar in some sort of labyrinth style new age night club.” Though it is obvious that the tour of this hole in the ground [...]
Apr 14, 2008 | Categories: China, Totally Awesome Picture of the Week, Yichang | Tags: Cave, Chinese, Expat, Ridiculous, Spelunking, Stalactites, Stalagmites, Tourism, Travel | Leave A Comment »
Corn Juice for the Masses
Stuff People Ingest Voluntarily episode 31 Before you start accusing us of focusing on the poor, fading laundry as part of our own Antonioni scheme to sabotage the world’s image of an entire nation, let us be clear: we are more interested in the one small bright square so carefully preserved like some tiny peep [...]
Mar 05, 2010 | Categories: China, Nanjing, Stuff People Ingest Voluntarily | Tags: Antonioni, beverages, cement, chai, Cina, consumerism, corn juice, corny, destruction, development, drinks, Expat, laundry, Progress, social commentary, tea, the future, Travel | 3 Comments »