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| 13th November 2009 BOBBY | SAD - From: A tough Goodbye to a Dear Friend it is sad to learn of what happened. arun must have been a wonderful person indeed. he went as an adventurer would like to go - on the mountain. your tribute to him is very moving. yes . danger and opportunity go hand in hand. the chinese have an incredible way of expressing the most profound thoughts. keep smiling through the tough times! |
| 30th October 2009 Béatrice LINARES | - From: By Sand, Wind and Mare's Milk Hello!! Nous nous sommes rencontrés brièvement à Xiahe, un soir au Yousth International Hotel, j'étais en voyage avec mon fils et vous nous avez raconté votre voyage qui nous a éblouit. Et ça continue, à la lecture de votre blog!! C'est un vrai bonheur de vous lire, votre voyage est riche et passionnant, les photos font rêver!!! Je ne comprends pas toujours tout, mon anglais n'étant pas terrible, mais les mots ne sont pas toujours nécessaires!!!! Continuez à partager votre voyage, là bas et ici, c'est un régal!! Béatrice |
| 23rd October 2009 PedalledPennings | yup Josh - From: On The Road Again - Dali to Zhongdian I did forget you mentioned but then again I think I mixed it with the info about TLG gate entrance another biker friend told us of. Thanks for the visit. |
| 23rd October 2009 PedalledPennings | Thank ye much... - From: Southbound birds and Late Summer Fruits Hey Jimmy, welcome to the blog. Thanks much for your little note of encouragement. Yup Shillong was a great place to grow up when it was still pinewood outback. The place has changed much but I hope the pine woods still fringe the town. |
| 23rd October 2009 PedalledPennings | Thank ye much... - From: Southbound birds and Late Summer Fruits Hi bobby, thanks for dropping by and leaving your little note of encouragement. Makes cycling more enjoyable. Do try a trip, however small yourself sometime. |
| 22nd October 2009 Jimmy Fernandes | Amazing Grace - From: Southbound birds and Late Summer Fruits I too read about your trip in the local Mumbai papers. Surprised that Pearly Jacob is from Shillong. We have visited often and have very good family friends Family Swer. Do keep in touch . Jimmy |
| 14th October 2009 bobby | hi - From: Southbound birds and Late Summer Fruits hello there. read about u in the papers here in india and got the link to your blog. what fun u guys are having. wish u all the very best. is three a crowd?!!!!!! |
| 20th September 2009 josh | f**ing toll gate.. - From: On The Road Again - Dali to Zhongdian I had the same argument with them at the toll gate... after an hour or so they let me through for 80 also... you forgot i told you how to get around! Apparently after 6 you can get through as the workers are off at that time, or you can do some off-roading starting way before the gate... I agree... that "park" is a travesty! |
| 19th September 2009 feddabonn | - From: Southbound birds and Late Summer Fruits oh...my...god. i'm like...this is SO TOTALLY cool. [heh. so proud o you i lapsed into american for a minute] |
| 15th September 2009 neville | good one - From: Backtracking: My tryst with the Himalayas Nice going manly king!! |
| 6th July 2009 Ashok Kumar Ganguly | Amazed - From: Backtracking: My tryst with the Himalayas Hi Pearly! I just read thru your bio and could not believe the things you have done! Pretty awesome. Anyways, it is good to know that something very offbeat worked out for you. I am bookmarking your blog, and you can be assured of one more regular reader.. Godspeed! ... Ashok |
| 27th June 2009 anonymous | - From: Backtracking: My tryst with the Himalayas if possible, try heading over to tailing/silung. apparently is one of the places the mizos/hmars might be from. when i checked on google maps, 'tailing' resolved to 'qujing', and is about 500 km away from you, on the other side of kunming. |
| 19th June 2009 PedalledPennings | @febbabonn - From: Laos bivouac and other untold stories sigh! true! I\\\'ve seen lots of gobblers (turkey) slightly skinny but turns out these are saved for weddings and fancy occasion. So we grill the common squirrel tonight. It's also me trying to rationalise. |
| 18th June 2009 baruk feddabonn | laotian bushmeat - From: Laos bivouac and other untold stories no poultry/livestock? and leafy greens provide a good deal of protein too! i'm beginning to wonder if we (all) have 'cultural addictions', and defend the choices we make saying we didn't have any other choice. meat, cars, computers, clothes... |
| 1st June 2009 Michael | haha - From: What grinds a cyclist's gears and screws out tears haha,great,I was in there>~ |
| 1st June 2009 PedalledPennings | Re2: Chinese Ethnic Tribes - From: Riding Yunnan’s Sky-Rice Fields I might have misplaced my statistics bit I think compared to the mainland Han population, minorities make up 3% of the total Chinese population and Yunnan supports the majority of them. And they do have special privileges like exception from the 1 child policy imposed on Han Chinese. They are allowed to have 2 officially bit we did cross villages with people who didn't really seem to be keeping stock of their brood. Children are not a rarity here. They are very present and heard everywhere and they seem to have a blast. |
| 1st June 2009 PedalledPennings | Re: Chinese Ethnic tribes - From: Riding Yunnan’s Sky-Rice Fields I'm still working on my Ethnic minority IQ but I now there are over 24 ethnic groups in Yunnan alone all with their distinct languages and adornments. The diversity is staggering. The way I see it it could considered similar to the tribes, sub-tribes and dialects we have in North East India but the differences in terms of dress and language seem a little more distinct. Well we do have similar tribal patterns and choice of colours when it comes to Nagas and Mizos back home but here it is really more diverse. The Hani wear a kind of pant suit blue being the colour of choice, the Miao almost gypsy like pleated skirts, the Bai again are distinct by their affiliation to white with heavy embroidery often in shades of pink for their pant suits while for the Yi black is the nobleman's colour while white for the serfs. As for cultural links...if old mizo folk tales were to be believed didn't we emerge from a cave which in all possibilities could have been an opening in the Great Wall? Hani belong to Tibeto-Burman Stock of the Sino -Tibetan Language Family so well I guess resemblances are unavoidable. |
| 31st May 2009 baruk | chinese ethnic tribes - From: Riding Yunnan’s Sky-Rice Fields really good read. i must admit i had never thought of the chinese as being divided into 'tribes' or ethnic groups, i thought of the 'chinese' as one whole. on retrospect, an extremely silly thought, considering the sheer insanity of the diversity on china's western and southern (i know little of northern) borders. do you think the groups you have met have similarities/resemble any you have known? there seem to be some cultural links between the NE and the pacific islands, though it is too early to say if it is because of any shared heritage. the hani women headdress reminds me of the laddakhi one, or am i stretching it a bit far? |
| 26th May 2009 surabhi | wow - From: What grinds a cyclist's gears and screws out tears pearly! how amazing. the story as well as what you are up to... glad to have access to your journey and your thoughts along it! keep writing xo |
| 26th May 2009 baruk | aah the mighty prc - From: The Great Firewall ...and i meant to ask you if the mindless and touchy censorship of the mighty prc had affected you yet! lol. ah well. |
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