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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.
Highlights of the trip
- 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
- 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.