Category: travel
Updated on August 2, 2011
Sunday Snapshot: Sunday Market {Chiangmai, Thailand}
Photography is a very introspective practice for me. With camera in hand, I tend to get a bit lost in seeing the world through my viewfinder. Others around me tend to disappear a bit. The past few weeks… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
Peek into the journey
A small window into the classroom of the past week…can you guess what we were studying?
Updated on August 2, 2011
From the land of silence
I’m alive and well under the sunny skies of Thailand, continuing what has at times seemed like the never-ending pursuit of my masters degree. This week and the next I have the amazing privilege of sitting in a room… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
Back in China (momentarily)
I’ve spent the past two days tucked away in a friend’s apartment in Beijing. The sole purpose of this brief hibernation prior to heading to Thailand for classes and conference was jet lag recuperation. Way back when purchasing plane… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
Being chased by the new year
I finished teaching my last class at 5 PM today. Starting at 4:30 AM tomorrow morning, and continuing for the next 30 some odd hours, I will be chased by 2011 and be clinging to the last remnants of… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
Big city & Twins
This semester has been up, down and all over the place. Consequently, I’m ashamed to admit that I haven’t made a single trip to the big city to visit my Chinese nephews. Yep, the last time I saw them was… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
Sunday Snapshot: Coffee Therapy
The therapeutic potential contained within a good cup of coffee is truly astounding. At 6:30 AM yesterday, as the sun began to greet the day, the team headed off to the train station for our “chase-the-blues-away” trip to… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
Calling all Koreans
During our stay in Yanji, a city with many Korean residents, we discovered a previously unknown correlation. Where there are Koreans, there are coffee shops. And not just any old coffee shop, but cozy and inviting coffee shops…. Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
Waterfalls and Washing
I do not share the above picture because of it’s quality or beauty. In fact, I don’t even really like the photo. The lighting was horrible, the time of day not ideal, and I was incredibly rushed in… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
Sunday Snapshot: Changbaishan
Wednesday morning at 4:20 AM, eyes a bit bloodshot, we waited in front of KFC for our tour bus. The reason for our being awake at such an unseemly hour the second day in a row was a… Read More
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