The Seafood’s Shells Are Never Wasted
You better eat that entire shrimp or I’m gonna steal the tail tip! Shells have calcium! Okay, Laos is not on the sea, but it is where I first encountered what I consider ‘seafood’ in Southeast Asia. I was fresh of my flight from Bangkok, where I’d only been for…
Read MoreI Don’t Like China’s Time Zone
All this land, but only one time zone to play in! Eating Street Food in the dark Even Laos has three zones! and Mongolia, better sunsets I am in yet another Beijing taxi, this time caught in the apex of rush hour. Please don’t ask me why I am here,…
Read MoreOh No, Not A Train Ride!
Be sure to take ear plugs on a Chinese train The Beijing-West station At least the station is clean Haven ridden from the Atlantic to the Pacific on all manner of Iron Horses, including a few in my home country, I’d like to think of myself as an expert on…
Read MoreI Want Out, But Am I Allowed?
Can I dislike China and still be cool? Not my temple of heaven Keeping the kids in line The Soviets were here too I wanted to write about how cool Shanghai is. How it is everything Beijing isn’t; cosmopolitan, liberal, exciting, and filled with foreigners, but I’m not. Shanghai is…
Read MoreChinese Don’t Have Any Manners
There’s a lack of manners in China No, Buddy, wait your turn! Hence the blank page….
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