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Earth Train: October 2007
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Stories from my travels and details on the trains, buses and boats that got me there. Wednesday, October 17, 2007. Into the countryside: Hoi An. Our next stop was Hoi An, a smaller town along the central coast of Vietnam known for its tailor shops, where Guillermo and I spent more than a few hours pouring over fashion magazines and books, picking out fabric and getting measured for a few made-to-order suits and jackets (after all, I will eventually need to get a job! Thursday, October 11, 2007. In additi...
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Earth Train: Herding Yaks
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Stories from my travels and details on the trains, buses and boats that got me there. Sunday, September 30, 2007. While having a hot chocolate the other day, we were lucky enough to meet Eleanor, an Australian woman who lives here in Shangrila and works for an NGO called the Eastern Tibetan Training and Language Institute (ETLI). As part of their mission, ETIL runs a school that teaches English and other hospitality-focused skills to a growing number of local children (about 50 this year).
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Earth Train: August 2007
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Stories from my travels and details on the trains, buses and boats that got me there. Wednesday, August 15, 2007. Words I've taught my office mates:. FAR/ floor area ratio. I often write these words down, at their request, and I looked back over the various scraps of paper today. Its fun to try and remember the conversations that spurred these words (alien = looking at my sister's ultrasound. A boy! I also like the two basic themes present: food and planning. The basics. Friday, August 10, 2007. Later, b...
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Earth Train: A Dog's Life
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Stories from my travels and details on the trains, buses and boats that got me there. Saturday, September 29, 2007. Anyway, even though I love big dogs (according to my mother I've been introducing myself to random, large dogs on the street since I was at least 3 years old) I would not have posted anything about them except that Shi Lo's story is just too good not to share. I was amazed when I heard this story - especially since most dogs I know would be at the shop getting sausage all the time. For the ...
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Earth Train: Goodbye China, Hello Hanoi!
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Stories from my travels and details on the trains, buses and boats that got me there. Tuesday, October 9, 2007. Goodbye China, Hello Hanoi! I'm missing a few photos from my last days in China due to some unfortunate circumstances, but once Guillermo gets around to posting his pictures from our last few adventures in China (a trip north to the Deqin area near the ominous - if gorgeous - snow-capped mountains in Fa La Si and a short jaunt through Kunming), I'll add some here. Into the countryside: Hoi An.
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Earth Train: September 2007
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Stories from my travels and details on the trains, buses and boats that got me there. Sunday, September 30, 2007. While having a hot chocolate the other day, we were lucky enough to meet Eleanor, an Australian woman who lives here in Shangrila and works for an NGO called the Eastern Tibetan Training and Language Institute (ETLI). As part of their mission, ETIL runs a school that teaches English and other hospitality-focused skills to a growing number of local children (about 50 this year). Most of the ti...
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Earth Train: Shangrila Monestaries
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Stories from my travels and details on the trains, buses and boats that got me there. Friday, September 28, 2007. Shangri-la is on the edge of Tibet and a good place to get the feel for Tibetan Buddhism. If you can't make the trip all the way to Lhasa (at least that is what we are telling ourselves). I couldn't take pictures inside the temples of Songzanlin, which has amazing brightly colored murals and huge golden Buddhas draped with silken katas. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Great Wall, Again.
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Earth Train: Urban Aggolmeration
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Stories from my travels and details on the trains, buses and boats that got me there. Wednesday, October 10, 2007. Planners often use the term "urban agglomeration" to refer to a metropolitian area that is actually a collection of several smaller cities and towns that have grown together to form one large urban entity. Los Angeles is a perfect example of this. For example, you might live in South Pasadena, or even - gasp! The Inland Empire, but you still belong to the urban agglomeration that is LA.
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Earth Train: Ha Long Bay
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Stories from my travels and details on the trains, buses and boats that got me there. Thursday, October 11, 2007. Just a few photos of our day trip to Ha Long Bay, which is a few hours northeast of Hanoi. The bay is famous for its limestone karsts - literally thousands of the rocky formations (shown in the picture on the left) jut out of its waters. In addition to the majestic scenery, I also really loved the small boats laden with fresh tropical fruit that sidled up to us in hopes to sell their wares.
