China

June 8, 2012

A Digital Nomad in Dali, China

There aren’t too many places in China that I would recommend to digital nomads, but Dali is one of them. Dali is an ancient city, but […]
May 2, 2012

What I love about China (it’s not what you think)

For a balanced view of China I’ve published this post simultaneously along with the more negative: Why it’s time to leave China It’s not about the […]
May 2, 2012

It’s time to leave China

For a balanced view of China I’ve published this post simultaneously along with the more positive: What I love about China (it’s not what You Think […]
April 24, 2012

Learning Chinese

My Uncle has a joke that goes something like this: “I know Arabic.” “What are you talking about, Uncle Jim? Of course you don’t.” We would […]
April 18, 2012

Cruising the Yangtze Day 3: The Three Gorges Dam

This Post is part of a series. Read: Cruising the Yangtze Day 1: Leaving Chongqing and Cruising the Yangtze Day 2: The Three Gorges Before touring […]
April 17, 2012

Cruising the Yangtze Day 2: The Three Gorges

This Post is part of a series. Read: Cruising the Yangtze Day 1: Leaving Chongqing The day before all I could think about was whether the […]
April 16, 2012

Cruising the Yangtze Day 1: Leaving Chongqing

A view of Chongqing from the Yangtze. Our ship pulled out of Chongqing the night before at 22:00—slowly leaving the bright lights of this megacity at […]
April 12, 2012

Getting my Palm Read in China

93. He pencils in the only thing I can understand among the Chinese characters. He smiles and points to the man with a long grey beard […]
April 6, 2012

Photos from the Road: Shaxi’s Friday Market

Shaxi’s Friday Market was by far the most interesting of the markets we had had visited in China’s Yunnan Province. Sha Ping Market, the previous Monday, […]
April 4, 2012

Sidewalk Dentistry in China

Years ago, I remember flipping through a National Geographic magazine seeing a photograph of a person performing dentistry on a sidewalk in China. That remained in […]
April 3, 2012
Cycling along Er Hai Lake

Cycling along Er Hai Lake

One of the best day trips from Old Dali, in China’s Yunnan Province is a bike ride along the shores of the great Er Hai Lake. […]
March 31, 2012

Visiting the Pandas in Chengdu China

I’ve seen Pandas before—in the San Diego Zoo when I was a child and the couple on loan to the National Zoo in Washington, DC. But […]
March 28, 2012

Back Stage at Rice and Friends Cooking School in Dali, China

  Juno photographs Luxi at Rice & Friends Cooking School in Dali, China I had a really great opportunity in Dali, China to check out the […]
March 19, 2012

Passing on the Three Pagodas

What happens when the Chinese are charging 190 CYN ($30 US) to enter the Three Pagodas in Dali, China? I walk around the entire walled complex, […]
March 16, 2012

Tasting Tea in Kunming

It wouldn’t be far from the truth if I told you I’m in China’s Yunnan Province for one reason: tea. True, the scenery is a real […]
March 14, 2012

Shopping at Sha Ping

Every day of the week you can find a market in the towns around Erhai Lake in northwestern Yunnan Province. On Tuesday it’s in Shuanglang, on […]
March 10, 2012

Eating Barbecued Insects in China Video

Eating Insects in Yunnan China from Bohemian Traveler. Not too much to add to this one. I’m going to let the video speak for itself. All […]
March 8, 2012

Vomit and Cigarettes: A Ride on a Chinese Sleeper Bus

View from the road to Dali from Jinghong The vomiting began just after we pulled out of the Jinghong bus station. We hadn’t even left the […]
February 27, 2012

Photos from the Road: Rice Terraces of Yunnan China

From the edge of Xinjie I walked into the countryside. Xinjie is perched on the mountain like a medieval Italian hill town. But we are in […]
February 13, 2012

Photos from the Road: Zhu Family Garden

The Zhu Family Gardens is a huge Qing-era (1644-1911) complex of ancestral building, family homes, courtyards, ponds and gardens. You can amble from courtyard to courtyard […]
February 2, 2012

Photos from the Road: Playing Chinese Chess under Chaoyang Gate

Chaoyang Gate stands proudly in the center of Jianshui, a small Yunnan city south of Kunming. This bright red prominent structure was modeled on the Yellow […]
January 31, 2012

Cooking Beerfish in Yangshuo

Watch the video of Harry making the local specialty beerfish in his Yangshuo kitchen: We spent more than a week soaking up the dreamlike karst landscape […]
January 29, 2012

Night train to Kunming

Our compartment is less than half full. But it still smells. The closest thing I can compare it to is the smell of 100 wet dogs. […]
January 17, 2012

Photo from the Road: Cycling around Yangshuo China

Cycling is one of the best ways to see the countryside surrounding Yangshuo, China. The region is famous for the dreamlike limestone mountains that dot Guangxi  […]