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29.3.09
Tiger tiger burning bright, lept across a gorge that night
The red dot signifies where I got to. It was much scarier at ground/water level. What a place though, it was like being a kid again jumping and hoping around Peggy's Cove.
Note: for all images CLICK for a larger view.
28.3.09
Pig & Ping Pong
I dont know if you can make this out, but those are whole pigs that have been de-boned, sewn up, and dried out to age for a year or more.
I ma taking ping pong lessons. I have to get a video of the machine to show you.
26.3.09
Dark house, light smoke
An old house from one of the last societies where women rule. Whew, that was close. I felt like I was in the home of a vampire (note: I was told on a number of occasions that Yunnan is known historically as the region of Vampires in China).
22.3.09
These girls sang a song. Somewhat sentimental I guess...
On the boarder of Yunnan and Sichuan province (in Sichuan), high in the mountains on the lake.
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14.3.09
road to Lugu Hu
Where an 8 hour drive turns into 9. Landslide? No problem! Bring in the machinery, men in kung fu slippers, AND the all important twig-fire. They re-BUILT a road in under 60 minutes...
13.3.09
Water Wheels
The entrance to Lijiang "old city". Cobblestone lane-ways with canals on the side, and water wheels turning all night long.
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8.3.09
let the "beautiful" pictures begin.
For my month in Yunnan I often struggled to stay away from the tourist spots. The problem is on many of our tours they would stop the bus just to take a photo, get back on, stop again a few minutes later, etc. This would happen for a who;e 8 hour bus ride. I had to give in at some point.
6.3.09
sign posts.
Dedicated to my friend Ryan...I'm always on the look-out for catchy phrases for your paintings;) This place is a gold mine!
2.3.09
I am being punished for my absence
Yes really I saw this awhile ago and wanted to post it. What has taken so long is that I don't really know what it is. I found it, and many others like it, at almost every subway station. never more than one per platform. I just got home from a night of beer, flat bread, raw garlic, and meet skewers...I even convinced my friends to each eat the bottom leg of a lamb. That means all together we are responsible for one lamb? My students today all ate lamb tongues in class, I dont know where all these animals come from, or like the Kentucky chicken can they breed lambs with more than one taster in its mouth? Baaaaaa, I just finished Mirikami's "Dance, Dance, Dance" and like him I must acknowledge the sheep man, or the man wearing a sheep skin depending on which character we pretend to be. I apologize for my drunkin behaviour but really I am quite despicable right now (watch me dance). Watch me stumble, and let this be a warning that strange things are to come (I omitted a word my dear brother detests). Yes I did spend almost a week with a Chinese tour group...so imagine the "beautiful" photos you are about to see. Relish in the thought of all-night-buses with karaoke, the museum of the "da gao" (large dog), and riding a donkey up the side of a mountain where the only pair of pants I had split at the crotch (one week in!). (yes you just read donkey and crotch in the same sentence) Check back on Wednesday (or Tuesday night in Canada) and the month that was will begin.
PS you are lucky if you read this because I likely will delete it come tomorrow:)
PPS It is tomorrow and I am resigned to leave this up so that I will never do it again.
PPPS Does anyone read this thing besides the two people who made it? Please leave some comments... even fake ones are good!
pigs and pumpkins
Ok seriously I apologize for the lack of posts. I've been sorting through a mountain of images and am slowly easing back into life in Beijing. I bring you pigs and pumpkins, please enjoy.
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