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I have no idea why I felt that a trip to Egypt, a mere four months after the trip to China, might be a good idea.  It’s even more indefensible when you consider that the trip to China happened four months after the trip to Spain and Italy.  What is it about a really cheap […]

I write this from the extraordinary comfort of my living room, having just roused myself from  my last activity – two entire hours flat out on my back on the living room floor. We left China in the wake of the approaching superTyphoon Meranti, which hit Taiwan and then came ashore in China during our […]

I think the crucial thing to know about eating in China is that it’s important to arrive at a meal having eaten a pre-meal entree, consisting of snack food from Keebler or some ice cream if you can locate it. It’s key that you have no need for sustenance whatsoever.  And then it’s also important […]

Yesterday I got on the bus in Xi’an, heading to the airport to fly to Shanghai, and my tour mate Ruby handed me a bottle of water she had frozen in her hotel room refrigerator, in effect creating, just for me, a large bottle of ice water for me in a land where I cannot […]