Controversy on the Tibetan Plateau
“The main reason Tibet is so undeveloped and un-Chinese – and so thoroughly old-fangled and pleasant – is that it is the one great place in China that the railway has not reached. The Kun Lun Range is a guarantee that the railway will never get to Lhasa. That is probably a good thing. I … Continue reading
Tibet – First Impressions (Lhasa, Tibet)
The most memorable aspect of Tibet is the sky. The sky in Tibet is as blue and capacious as an ocean. When I arrived in Tibet I felt as if I had landed on another planet, a magical land of brown hills hanging upside-down over the calmest of seas. I say the sky is simply … Continue reading
Singapore Slingin’
500 miles from Singapore somewhere over the Gulf of Thailand I found myself in the lavatory dumping a bottle of Advil into the blue water of the airplane’s toilet. My around-the-world trip was about to begin, and I was really nervous. The comfort of the airplane was the edge of my bubble of safety, and … Continue reading
