incredulous critics |
i just saw a commercial for a movie entitled 3:10 to Yuma.The movie looks pretty darn decent compared to a lot of crap that comes out these days. I do however have two problems with it:the movie is a ...
Posted by RikkiTikkiTaavi on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:12:00 PST |
Laos! (Luangnamtha) |
Crossing the border was a long and boring process, which was slowed to a crawl by bureaucracy and uninspired government workers. Eventually we got through and hopped onto a small truck and into Laos (...
Posted by RikkiTikkiTaavi on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 06:47:00 PST |
Mengla |
A bus trip to China's border town of Mengla was a necessary step before crossing into Laos. We were greeted through the windows of the bus by a group of tourist vultures with claims of the best exchan...
Posted by RikkiTikkiTaavi on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:04:00 PST |
Ganlanba |
Lance was due to arrive in Jinghong early the next day. I wake up around 7am to the breep of my cell phone announcing a new text message. Lance had just arrived and was waiting in his sleeper bus for ...
Posted by RikkiTikkiTaavi on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:07:00 PST |
Xishuangbanna |
We packed our hats and gloves for what we hoped would be the last time and boarded the plane for Jinghong, the capital of Xishuangbanna prefecture. Stepping off the plane and onto the tarmac a few hou...
Posted by RikkiTikkiTaavi on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:28:00 PST |
and i didn't even know it |
because i ran out of lesson ideas way back in november, i jumped at the chance of stealing a fellow volunteer's poetry lesson. teach the kids briefly about poetry and then ask them write their own. he...
Posted by RikkiTikkiTaavi on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:05:00 PST |
Tiger Leaping Gorge |
Morning in Lijiang comes and with it another day ahead of us with no real plans. We were supposed to be neck deep in the gorge's pristine beauty, but instead we were still snowed in at Mama Naxi's. Be...
Posted by RikkiTikkiTaavi on Wed, 30 May 2007 09:10:00 PST |
wen shen |
if you really call yourself my friend, you will have one of these by may 10th of next year.
ps- if you have the time, watch all of the 'whitest kids you know's clips on youtube. they are the ...
Posted by RikkiTikkiTaavi on Tue, 29 May 2007 09:54:00 PST |
stranger than fiction |
sometimes i sit in my office at school amongst the chain-smoking, pig-intestine eating and tone-deaf crooning teachers i share this space with and think about how weird my life is.
today was no d...
Posted by RikkiTikkiTaavi on Fri, 25 May 2007 07:52:00 PST |
Mama Naxi's |
After a restless journey on the overnight sleeper bus, we arrive in Lijiang, still in the early morning. It's cold, much colder than we had anticipated. Armed with Mama Naxi's business card we hail a ...
Posted by RikkiTikkiTaavi on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 02:19:00 PST |
