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Min

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About Me


Backpacking around China at the moment, wish I could do this forever...

My Interests

Staring into space, drinking juice in coffeeshops, Snacking at bars/clubs/parties, Alliance bakery, Bullet Train rides, riding bike, backpacking, slurping noodles, dim sum, late night dinner at triple crown, food

I'd like to meet:

your shadow

Music:

Zbigniew Preisner, Jo Hisashi, Sam Hui! Faye Wong, Francoise Hardy, Jay Jay Johanson, Pizzicato Five, Ritsuko Okazaki, Supercar, Miyuki Nakajima, Pet Shop Boys, Saint Etienne, Loreena McKennitt, Secret Garden, Dubstar, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Jpop, Bossanova, Ethnic, Celtic....

Movies:

Vivre Sa Vie, 2046, Fight Back To School III, From Beijing with Love, Castle in the sky, double life of veronika, la jetee, amelie, any Miyazaki, Godard, Truffaut, Kieslowski, Wong kar wai, and Stephen Chow films.

Books:

oscar wilde, haruki murakami, lao fu tse, yu hua, junichiro tanizaki, kenzaburo oe, pablo neruda, yukio mishima

Heroes:

the guy who stood in front of the tank in tiananmen square june 4, 1989

My Blog

Mongolia.

A trip taken nearly two months ago, from the end of May to the 20th of June. Going to Mongolia was mostly a trip to extend my visa in China, but also another way to redeem my unsuccessful trip to Tib...
Posted by Min on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:01:00 PST

Beijing, Tianjin

Was in Beijing twice this trip, first the end of May, and then the end of June mostly a stopping city for Mongolia. Since I've climbed the Great Wall, spied in the Forbidden City, fasted at the Tiana...
Posted by Min on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:18:00 PST

Friend's Wedding

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Posted by Min on Wed, 23 May 2007 08:17:00 PST

Hangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi, Shanghai

I am way behind my blog so I am doing a couple at a time. Actually back in Shenzhen now for a close friend's wedding! This is all from one week ago. After Xi'an and Mount Hua my next destination wa...
Posted by Min on Mon, 21 May 2007 11:45:00 PST

mount hua for Sunrise.

After Xi'an I went on one of the more exciting and fun experience of my life, climbing Mount Hua (2hours from Xi'an), one of the steeper mountains in China. Originally I was to climb the mountain wit...
Posted by Min on Mon, 21 May 2007 11:18:00 PST

Xi'An ??

Xi'an was one of the ancient capitals in China and the largest capital city in the world during the Tang dynasty (618-907). I skipped my river cruise from Chongqing to Yichang and made a detour to Xi...
Posted by Min on Sun, 20 May 2007 08:33:00 PST

Chongqing/Chungking Express

Only 4 hours away from Chengdu, Chongqing was a part of the Sichuan province before 1997.  But because of the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, the government decided to let Chongqing be it's...
Posted by Min on Mon, 14 May 2007 05:35:00 PST

Chengdu, Sichuan

Some photos from Chengdu, Sichuan, taken almost 2 weeks ago!  I believe I've already written about Chengdu previously, so I want talk about it here.  It's my favorite metro city on this trip...
Posted by Min on Sun, 13 May 2007 10:52:00 PST

Tiger Leaping Gorge, Dali

Oh it's been a really long time since I've had an update.  I almost wanted to jump off a cliff after realising one of my sd card failed to read on the computer....Ahhh some 500 photos gone! ...
Posted by Min on Sat, 12 May 2007 08:38:00 PST

Shangri La/Zhongdian

It's been a while since the last update.  Just got back from hiking Tiger Leaping Gorge for a couple of days, a bit tired but manageable.  The scenery was amazing though my pictures may not ...
Posted by Min on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:24:00 PST