bus mate

on the way back from a monastery , the local bus (12 cents to get to town) picked up all sorts of local folks (amazingly). My seat-mate didn't mind posing, later tried to sell me her jewellery which i'd been praising, and waved a hearty goodbye when she got off.

deconstructing notions

July 19th 2005
I am in the heart of it all. But even i cannot romanticize Lhasa. In its day it must have been magic... and parts of it still are. But, as expected with 'development' and mass tourism, it is very changed from that romantic image. It extends for kilometres; kilometres of C buildings and new, expensive stores, car dealerships... and on the outskirts, more industrial buildings, a newish military ... read more

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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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