Across Tiger Leaping Gorge

Temperatures dipped to freezing at night—at least freezing for a Californian. I was suddenly glad I brought the heavy jacket, … More

A Night at Tea-Horse Guesthouse

During dinner and breakfast I set up the GH2 to record the sunset and sunrise. Not that we saw either, … More

Alain (the “You made it!” Frenchman) had left for Tiger Leaping Gorge the day before. Maya, with her fear of … More

The first night we ate at a mediocre restaurant, at which two of our party (Maya and Ezra) wisely decided … More

Maya followed our advice and joined us on the ‘big bus’ this time for a few kuai more (which I … More

At first I thought Maya and Ezra were a couple because they had recently graduated from the same med school … More

The plan was to take the cable car up the mountain, hike a bit, and ride back down. Only problem, … More

Yes, I went with the most obvious pun. But if you pronounce it like “Dolly” no Chinese person will know … More

In Kunming I met a doctor from Zhejiang Province. He shed light on many details of Chinese life for me. … More

I shared a cab from the bus station with an American couple. The guy, whom I’ll call “M-C-K”, because that’s … More