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A picture is worth a Japanese kid's life  
   

A picture is worth a Japanese kid's life

This picture almost cost me my life, seriously. I set the timer on the camera for 2 seconds instead of 10 then rather than just taking another picture, i ran to sit on the ledge and managed to pull off the tough guy face even though I almost fell over the edge.
"Did you see a little Hare Krishna midget in a tree floatin' or is it just me?"

June 23rd 2005
Lhasa, Tibet - Day Uno I believe my first exposure to Tibet would have been thanks to Eddie Murphy's classic 'The Golden Child' back in the day when I was like nine, hence the title of this entry. This also forced me to fight the urge the first time I saw the prayer wheels in the temples to do the classic "I said...Aye Aye Aye-ay Aye Aye-I waaaant the kniiiiiife....pullleaze". If you don't know ... read more
Asia » China » Tibet » Lhasa

Chinese Flag 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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