Fishing Boats

The view from the "floating restaurant" on one side... decrepit fishing boats. I felt bad while I was eating... and worse, guilty almost when I passed old farm folk who have been doing backbreaking work all their lives on the island by the lake.

No such thing as a clear blue sky

June 25th 2005
Didn't post yesterday since we must spent the day at home alternating between eating, reading novels, and napping - ahh, what a life! Today was action-packed though: we crammed into the good ol' SUV (yes, sigh, I know - I didn't even know they had a car here! Honda CR-V) and drove 2.5 hours to the Tai Hu, the second largest lake in China. I was happy because I thought it would be cool by the w ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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