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Everyone’s gotta GO at some point, so here are some of my most memorable bathrooms: PARIS – This is a sanisette, found on most major streets. Drop 40 cent euro in the slot and the door slides open. Once you’re inside, a sensor closes and locks the door. After you finish your business and leave, the door [...]
I suppose I should’ve posted this from the get-go. Here’s a map of our trip. From Beijing to the Silk Road then south to Shanghai at the end. (Thanks to my sister for that graphic. She’s a professional for hire.) In our group was me, my sister, our boyfriends, our parents — and 45 Chinese [...]
I know it’s probably cruel to snap a photo when a kid is crying but really, he’s too cute. He was running around and crashed into another boy who was running around. Hence, the crying. I gave him candy. Doesn’t that make it better?
When I was a kid, I remember reading picture books about a kung-fu fighting monkey king. He had a friend named Pigsy who liked to drink. Sometimes there was a monk, and sometimes they undertook noble challenges. The Monkey King is the hero of a classic Chinese novel, The Journey to the West, featuring [...]
This child was singing on the banks of Heavenly Lake. I think he and his goat would pose for pictures with tourists for a fee. We never found out though because when we walked by again after a boat ride, he was gone.
My mom brought a big box of disposable surgical masks with her on this trip. I thought that was so uncool and misinformed since SARS is no longer an immediate threat. Once again, her omniscience trumped my ignorance. The masks weren’t for the SARS. They were for the donkeys. The only way to reach the ancient [...]
I fell in love with this girl in Turpan. She was hiding in a corner of a courtyard where we were trying grapes and melon. My man Jason gave her some Canadian coins. She was enchanted. With a dime, not Jason.
For most of this trip, I walked around idiotically with my mouth open in awe. China is far more vast and surprising than I could have ever imagined. Turpan was no different. At 155 metres (505 feet) below sea level, it’s the second lowest point in the world behind the Dead Sea. It gets 2 [...] |
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