Tag: China
大理: Hippy China, Freedom, and Tall Mountains
Men with long hair and flowing pants drift by. Women dance alone to bands that play bluegrass, twirling in long skirts with their arms outstretched in a way I haven’t see since Eugene. The workday starts around noon, but that’s no strict rule. 大理(Dali, Yunnan) is one of those places that operates in parallel with … Continue reading 大理: Hippy China, Freedom, and Tall Mountains
Mummy Found Inside Ancient Chinese Buddha Statue
Best Laid Plans
My camera, ~1000 pictures, and two near-full notebooks are gone, with small and diminishing hope of return. They were in a red drysack that got lifted from my backpack somewhere along the road from Kunming （昆明） to Dali（大理). The camera can be replaced with a month’s work, but the memories, the posts planned, and the … Continue reading Best Laid Plans
360 by bike 