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I watched the first game of the world cup in Hong Kong. We stood outside of a bar watching it on a tv in the window. 100 or so people gathered in the street with us; beers were aplenty. Other pedestrians hurried through us as they made their way to some other drinking hole to [...]
Filed by ryanroth at June 28th, 2010 under General Radness, Life, Our World
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That is what Jay labeled Hong Kong. A little rough around the edges, but the remains of British control are evident everywhere. In HK the folks drive on the left side, spitting is outlawed, and English widespread. Lines exist, the people are a little heavier, littering frowned upon (steep fines), and the beaches clean. It [...]
Filed by ryanroth at June 28th, 2010 under General Radness, Life, Our World
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I left Guangxi province a while ago. But it was so great, I have to share a few things with you. First, Ping’an, a minority village 100 km or so north of Guilin. Rice farming is the way of life in Ping’an. Daybreak to sunset the farmers are out on their terraces working meticulously to [...]
Filed by ryanroth at June 20th, 2010 under Life
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China is wet down here in the south. The past ten days or so we have been in Guangxi province. Guilin, Ping’an, Yangshou. All are awesome in their own respect. And because of that I’ve been had little time to write about my experience. I’ll get some of that taken care of on the train [...]
Filed by ryanroth at June 10th, 2010 under Life, Our World
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Many of my most interesting experiences in China occur while en route to our destination. Not exhilerating or glorious, interesting. I just got off of a bus that took me us from Tankou, Anhui Province to Tanxi, Anhui Province. Just as when we traveled via bus from Hangzhou to Tankou the other day when we [...]
Filed by ryanroth at June 2nd, 2010 under Life, Our World
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