The Queen in someone else's palace

September 24th 2006
I am a muzungu. A white chic. No doubt about it. But with five hours and fifty bucks, even a muzungu can become an African Queen. I took the plunge in Mombasa, on the Kenyan coast, just a day before leaving the continent. It took me until the 11th hour in Africa to get up the guts, so now I’m a Muzungu African Queen in China. Not a regular scene on the streets of Beijing, that’s for sure. Bu ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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Sarah T Lucas and Jonathon J Kass

Sarah and Jonathon

We're Sarah and Jonathon. We're exploring. But we are exploring in a rather circuitous fashion, and the order of our blog postings is even more illogical. So, if you are wondering where we are right now, the answer is....ooops....we're home! But we may post some final Africa blogs anyway. As you look through where we have been, beware that we'll be posting out of order so the top post may not be the most recent. You can either scroll through to see what is new, or subscribe to get a message and link every time we post something new. ... full info

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