September 30th, 2005
Meal.
Museum.
Meal.
Massage.
Meal.
Massage.
(More photos.)
A simple day today, but spanning hours and hours due to the insane traffic. Tomorrow is National Day in Ch...
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September 29th, 2005
Shanghai flights. We took a taxi at 6:30 am yesterday to the tiny airport in Lijiang. As I was waiting to board, I heard a lady ask me, “Ni de xiao tu zi zai na li?” I was caug...
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September 27th, 2005
I couldn't have picked a better place to have 2 layover days. The old section of Lijiang, located in the foothills of the Himalayas, is tranquil and old-fashioned, yet filled with en...
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September 26th, 2005
One of the main reasons for coming to Lijiang was to hike the Tiger Leaping Gorge. Unlike the Grand Canyon, it's not clear exactly how the gorge got its name, but Jamie a...
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September 24th, 2005
Back to Jamie. Back to China. Five years ago I did a city-hopping highlights tour with my Chinese teacher, and three years ago Jamie lived in Guangzhou and taught English. So this tr...
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September 21st, 2005
So what just happened? Let's take a look...
9/6 flew from Bangkok to Colombo, drove to Kandy
9/9 drove through the tea plantations of Nuwara Eliya
9/10 climbed Adam's Peak
9/...
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September 21st, 2005
I woke up early yesterday so I could say goodbye to Thushanti, Doshi, Shama, Mama, and all of the other friends I met in Unawatuna. Over the past 3 days, we played volleyball toget...
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September 21st, 2005
Today we took a field trip to Galle, one of the major port towns (and 4th largest city in Sri Lanka) just 15 minutes north of Unawatuna. We walked along the ocean edg...
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September 21st, 2005
In Biker Boys Vietnam, Jamie and I each rented a scooter and cruised down the coast. The sequel is a bit different: Kyle and I rented one real deal motorcycle for the...
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September 19th, 2005
Our first day in Unawatuna
They told us there’d be a full moona –
A special day in the calendar luna.
Here they call the day poya.
And everybody, girl or b...
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