Ulan Bator
Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia is a spartan place. We arrived on the overnight train from Beijing. Our accommodation was[…]
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Great Wall Pass
Because of the difficulty in getting visa for Russia, and my unwillingness to go through the strange invite process, I[…]
Read more1999 outside Beijing University
I was in a little department store across the road from the 北京 大學. More like a Chinese general store.[…]
Read moreXian the first time
Strangely my drop down list has the title, thinking that it has been used before. But it does not exist[…]
Read moreAn American man eating on the streets of Naha.
Where I was staying there was this American man who had traveled down to Naha from the main islands of[…]
Read moreArriving in Naha
I arrived in Naha by overnight boat from Keelung. As I came through immigration at the port there were about[…]
Read moreHungarian Sailors
I was walking up to the top of a hill in Keelung, to kill some time before my boat left[…]
Read moreCard and Memorisation
I sat in a park in Taichung to have a rest. An older man came up and sat next to[…]
Read moreTwo all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions – all on a sesame seed bun
In Kaohsiung, I was walking down the street. I decided to stop off for lunch in MacDonalds. I could see[…]
Read moreThe three fingers
The next day I headed out to the temple complexes and religious sites around the town where I was staying.[…]
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