Archive for November, 2007
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
Being Street Smart
In virtually every guidebook you’ll read about China and other developing countries, there is a section describing the dos and don’ts (well, mostly the don’ts) of eating. Cardinal sin number one in many books is eating the street food - that is, food sold by vendors that you can find on virtually every street in […]
1 Comment » - Posted in China, Food by Derek
Friday, November 2nd, 2007
A Great Wall, Indeed
According to Mao Zedong, “he who has not climbed the Great Wall is not a true man.” I’m not sure what this means for me, but Derek, at least, now qualifies. We hiked a relatively rugged 10 km of the Wall yesterday, from a small town called Jinshanling to another one named Simatai. I didn’t know […]
2 Comments » - Posted in China by Shanna
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Under a Blood Red Sky
Standing in the middle of Tiananmen Square a few days ago, I looked up at a monstrously huge portrait of Mao and finally began to understand that, although Beijing often feels a lot like New York, China and the US, in some ways, are still a world a part. The sharp elbow to my ribs delivered by the […]
