Sneaky Siberian Tigers
Siberian Tigers are out there! Baltimore Sun, November 8, 1998 Siberian tigers are menaced as Russian economy collapses By Will Englund In 1992, when the economy was very bad here, poaching threatened to get out of hand. Reports that the tigers faced extinction led to a grant by the German…
Read MoreChinese in Nigeria: Where Do They All Go?
China Southern Airlines at LOS
Sitting here on this Nigerian flight from Lagos to Abuja, I’m surprised to be the only “white” guy on the jet plane. That the majority of passengers are black Africans is not surprising of course, but its the other ethnicity present that shocks – Chinese.
And I do not mean a Chinese here or there. I would say that about a third of the flight is Chinese – not Asian, not Japanese, not Thai, Cambodian or Indonesian. Not even “Overseas Chinese” from Singapore or Hong Kong, but full on mainland Chinese who very much look the part.
Chattering away in putonghua, with the mannerisms and dress of middling businessmen, they are an uninspiring lot at first glance. But by the second or third take, I start to wonder what they’re doing in deepest Africa.
Read MoreAfro-Albinos @ Niketown
I’m in awe of the Niketown on Union Square. It’s so big, flashy, and new. It also has some rather striking male mannequins. Mannequins I’m not sure if I should applaud or decry.
First, I noticed they had white mannequins in the men’s soccer section and black mannequins in the men’s basketball section. Thinking this a little too stereotyping, I mentioned it to a Niketown staffer. She told me to take a closer look. So check out the photo to the left very carefully. Click on it for the larger Flickr version even.
Read MoreSixteenth Annual St Patrick’s Day 10K
Do you ever follow a pink ass? Do you see Lauren? They sure do! And so can you Wow! This is so beautiful. Here I am, in a crowd of 5,000, all of us running down Pennsylvania Avenue, and I am doing what I do best. I am following the…
Read MoreRambling on las Ramblas
Beach Blanket Bingo in Barcelona Freaks on the Streets Gaudi was ant-straight line One too many paellas In Arabic, ‘rambla’ apparently means ‘river’ or ‘stream,’ and in when the Moors ruled Spain, they named the stream through the middle of ancient Barcelona, ‘Rambla’. Over time, the name has evolved, and…
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