When we woke up the next morning, though, our plight didn’t seem quite so desperate. We walked up the street, which during the day was a totally friendly, fun place, with brightly colored funk buses (called jeepneys) running up and down, roosters crowing, and people smiling. We got breakfast at McDonald’s, and I looked at […]
By the time we arrived at our final destination, we had traveled by taxi, train, subway, maglev, plane, van, bus, crop duster, tricycle (a motorcycle with a little side car attached), banca boat, and feet. Getting out of China was easy enough (always a surprise) – we woke up, grabbed a taxi, sat down on […]
This Friday I dropped my digital camera in a toilet. And not just any toilet - a nasty, used squatter toilet. And not just any squatter - it was the Castle Bar squatter. This is Castle Bar:
Say what you want about me - I can be a gutless wimp about a lot of things, but […]
That’s my city!
Saturday I went to Castle Bar with some friends and coworkers to see the Shanghai band Banana Monkey. There were posters plastered all over town for this, showing a guy in a gas mask looking very punk rock.
I’ve got to admit that I’ve had a pretty snotty attitude toward Chinese music - most […]
Hey, I survived my first Chinese travel experience with nothing more than a nasty cold. Last Saturday, five of us got on a bus and headed for Jiujiang, which is in the JiangXi Province (a couple of provinces south of JiangSu, which is Anne Town). It was surprisingly easy - I was ready for travel […]