Phuket
PHUKET THAILAND I finally got a visit to Phuket after so many trips in Thailand. Me and my wife’s business partner Chris traveled there to connect with the people that operate the Absolute Resort properties. Absolute has 2 resort locations…
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Beijing 2008
BEIJING 2008 We are just a few weeks away from the Beijing Olympics. Here is my official ticket. I am hopeful that the incredible preparations China has made for this event will prove to be the most spectacular in Olympic…
Peach
EAT A PEACH This is called a Pang Tau or the Emperor’s Peach. It was only for the Emperor of China to consume. They are expensive and are only available in China on a limited basis. The “normal” peaches here…
Swimming with the Fishes
SWIMMING WITH THE FISHES Last Tuesday night the rains rolled in on Kunming. It was dumping rain with no let up for several hours. The water was so heavy that the noise kept me awake all night. By the next…
Back in Black
BACK IN BLACK As you’ve noticed, I have been away for some time now and haven’t posted too much. Then just last week my site disappeared because my hosting server flew the coup. That’s right, they just shut down their…
Hong Kong
HONG KONG We are just returning from a week in Hong Kong. this city is such a contrast to cities in mainland China. Even Shanghai & Beijing are not on thesame level as HK Getting around HK is fast and…
Stone Forest
STONE FOREST Driving 85 km from Kunming, we reached the town of Shilin. (Shilin means ‘stone forest’) This is home to the Sani ethnic minority people. Here, the Stone Forest sits on 350 sq. km area. The GPS location 24…
Puerh
PUERH TEA AT FU JIAO COLLEGE I met with my friends Chen Tien and Yin Lang to go to a Buddhist monk school in Anning this morning. They were having a special celebration there that would involve monks from Tibet,…
Wait a week…… it will all change
WAIT A WEEK…IT WILL ALL CHANGE Kunming, like all over China is changing faster than anyplace I have ever seen. In some of my past posts I referred to this as well. Much of this desire by the government to…
stinkin horse!
I DON’T NEED NO STINKIN HORSE! My car insurance agent just told me a story about one of his clients. I had taken my car to him for my free engine cleaning, a benefit this company provides to their customers.…