Posted in China, Culture, Wellness on Oct 26th, 2008 No Comments »
Xinzuobiao is a vertical community just out past the Fang Zhuang exquisite food street; where the towering new China bumps up against city peasant markets, broken pavement, dust and Soviet era utilitarian boxes of concrete. The subway with its new Olympic induced lines flow new underground rivers of people as the roadways triple park themselves [...]
Posted in China, Culture, Travel on Oct 15th, 2008 No Comments »
They litter the corners of intersections like giant green boxy roaches; gather in clusters at the exits of subways and massive shopping malls. In Chinese they are joking referred to as “electric donkeys.” They serve as three wheels of cheap convenience. For half the price of a taxi, two people can turn a half hour [...]
Posted in China, Culture, Travel on Oct 11th, 2008 1 Comment »
All places have their oddities, annoyances and delights. China should be different from no other place, yet perhaps because it is such a land of contrasts; peasants bicycling mountains of recycle on a 12 lane rush hour highway, as traffic honks its way past a hodge-podge of Soviet concrete boxes lost amidst the wild spring [...]
Posted in Culture, Travel on Oct 10th, 2008 No Comments »
The Vancouver International Airport is a marvel of art and engineering, waterfalls and environment sounds, soaring curving roofs and glassy mazes that are completely in contrast to American cattle corrider and utilititian squares.
Water sounds and saltwater smells greet the weary traveler as they enter the great hall of immigration. It is soft and inviting, and [...]
Posted in Culture, Curiosity, Travel on Oct 6th, 2008 No Comments »
Somewhere on the road between Wuyi Shan and Jiuhua Shan there was a town that involved in a bus change. It was the summer of 2005. Anwei Province Chinese summer hot, with a roasting heat that vied with the humidity and gritty air. Restrooms in Chinese bus stations are by definition a moment of endurance. [...]