China 2000

Finally managed to dig out these pics from a trip to China that I had the privilege to go on in 2000. I have been meaning to get them back up for awhile now. We had an amazing journey and a lot of fun.

• Fresh Pulled Noodles in the Xi'An market
• Pow Mua (sp?) soup in the Muslim quarter of Xi'An (More garlic and broth please)
• Shopping for silk
• Watching people dodge traffic
• Wearing my winter jacket indoors
• The Terra Cotta Army
• Peking Duck
• Riding in a swarm of bikes in Kunming
• Seeing the sun for the first time in a week in LiJiang
• Crashing a funeral outside of LiJiang while on a bike ride.
• Naxi Pancakes
• Pork cooked in bamboo, black rice served in a pineapple
• Evading officials and finding refuge at Sean's Guest House at Tiger Leaping Gorge.
• Taking the upper trail at Tiger Leaping Gorge
• Spending the night at a Naxi farmhouse whose gracious occupants put us up for the night
• Taking a bath at Jim's Peace Cafe in Dali
• Eating a Tibetan feast prepared by Jim's mother (including Yak meat)
• Watching a 3 year old girl shoot a mortar at a bus during chinese new year
• Dinner with the Swiss
• Riding in a sleeper car on a train
• Lizards on a stick
• Sharing this experience with 3 of my favorite people on earth, Arnon, Leo and Jasmine.