Tashkorgan. Or Stone City, Yeah Yeah, Beep Beep! |
After a freezing week or so living in a yurt with strangers, a wild donkey and extreme fire hazards you tell yourself you are ready for a hotel and all the amenities one is used to at a business desig...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 07:48:00 GMT |
Driving in Kashgar. Or Somebody Call Guinness if That Guy Honks The Horn One More TIme |
I know I promised Tashkorgan would be next. And I am excited to share the world of Tajiks with you, the at-home viewer, but I have been on a day-trip since my return from the mountains that I have to...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:50:00 GMT |
Yurt So Good OR Your Not Seriously Going Set Yak Dung On Fire Are You? |
Well... Let me first start by saying this yurt me a lot more than it'll yurt you. I apologize for the long long gap in entries in the Further Adventures of Me in Xinjiang Province, but I swear I was...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:34:00 GMT |
Eating In Kashgar Part I. Or Now I Know Why Everyone In America Is So Fat |
This revelation did not take long. In fact it took only a couple of days of meal time to really put together this mystery. In Beijing it's pretty obvious. In Kashgar it couldn't be more crystal. I...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 09:59:00 GMT |
Eating in Kashgar Part II. Or Dear God, Did We Just Eat Lunch For Seven Hours? |
All I can say is God bless Omar's parents. Omar invited the whole gang to his parents farm this past Sunday and it was amazing. That morning they tilled a little clearing for us in the middle of one...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:34:00 GMT |
Kashgar Beverages or I WILL NEVER DRINK AMARETTO AGAIN |
I really didn't think it would be necessary to ever utter those words. But trust me true believers, it is fact. Really, how many times have you heard some one, the next day, saying "I will never dri...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:52:00 GMT |
SUNDAY BAZAAR with OMAR featuring Tudaji |
Well, I had hoped to be up on a "blog" by now, but once again, socialization has interfered.I have had a lovely Sunday off though. I have now visited the very famous, legendary even, with 2,000 years...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:16:00 GMT |
Little To No Trouble In Big China (so far anyway) |
Here is my first opportunity to write on life in China. It is during a somewhat scheduled power outage here at the Uygur Mansion. It was scheduled for 2:30 pm yesterday. And here it is. Time is a ...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:17:00 GMT |
