I had been to our last stop, Shanghai, a few times when I lived in China. The city had never grabbed me, seemingly just another big Chinese metropolis, though admittedly one a bit more full of itself than most. I will confess to enjoying it a lot however with Hannah, perhaps in part due to… Read More Once More Unto the Breach
The almighty Cloud has, unfortunately, let us down. In lieu of saving and securing photos sent off into the supernatural ether, it has decided that removing them instead was the better option. As a result, this particularly entry will have to rely on the strength of my ability as a writer to describe a scene.… Read More Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
It had been five years since I’d last been to Hong Kong, nexus of east Asia. The city remains the same outwardly, spindly concrete jostling each other to crowd out the sky, hemming in narrow pavements thick with people walking and carrying out their commerce. The same calls for copy watch, copy suit, copy handbag… Read More Hong Kong & Shenzhen: The Reboot
And so the last day came and went and I find myself sitting in the Denver airport. Earlier while camping on the ground I saw a white person coming toward me and tried to think of how I knew this person. Then I remembered there were white people everywhere. Turns out he was going to… Read More 千言和万语
I went through my last classes a week ago, telling my students what I will be doing and where I’ll be going after I leave them behind. They were a little sad, as was I, and the word ‘bittersweet’ was the one I chose for illustrating my feelings about leaving. In truth, it is nice… Read More Landslide
Ten days! That is all the time remaining. An American friend, Eric, and myself ventured south from Beijing this weekend to Luoyang, one of the cities of Henan province. It is situated on the central plain of China, a repository of ancient Chinese history and centuries of farming in the land fed by the mighty… Read More Room to Give
I feel like I’ve had it happen before, the clock running down, the last classes approaching, the impending arrival of summer and the freedom that it brings. Yet this year is different, as I will be leaving China now. I’m still in the process of sorting all of that out. Walking home the other day… Read More Walk Into Splintered Sunlight
I have four day weekends here, as a rule. I have yet to really, truly, and fully take advantage of this opportunity up here. Part of it is that I’ve been to a number of places, part is the dearth of travel companions here compared to Shenzhen. Last weekend, with the clock ticking on my… Read More Northern Exposure
Having Zak and Tori together in China for a family reunion was the best thing about our trip to Wuhan. Wuhan does not offer as much culture as Beijing but we did visit the Yellow Crane Tower and the Hubei Provincial Museum. The real highlights for me were listening to Tori and Zak’s never ending excerpts… Read More Onward to Shenzhen…and Beyond
So my final days in Beijing come to a close tonight as we board the night train to Wuhan to meet up with Toto. So excited! Wrapped up my time here with a visit to the Summer Palace on Lake Kunming. The royals would move here to escape the summer’s heat in days of old. … Read More Cindy – China Post 2 Moving on
Zak Abroad 