Biking and Learning
November 30, 2011
We spent the day cycling in the Chinese countryside. We rode to a 1400 year-old Banyan tree. We then rode to Moon Hill, a beautiful karst mountain...
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Pursuing the Perched Pagoda
November 30, 2011
Some days the creative juices dry up. Â Insights are slow to come. Â Clever commentary seems elusive. I am guessing this is one of those days. Â As you...
Foreign or Familiar? (and a Nosebleed)
November 28, 2011
 Last night, we watched the “Lion King” and the start of “Night at the Museum”. At dinner, we heard “Endless Love”, “Fast Car”. “Girl from Ipanema...
Finding Awe on the Li River
November 27, 2011
Susie has told me to include the following message in this blog. Since one of my basic strategies of familial bliss is to listen to her, I am doing a...
Respecting Elders, At Least Most of the Time
November 27, 2011
I will get philosophical in this blog. Â Consider this a warning. Â Before I dive in, I will share one nice family picture to start. Â I will include mor...
Pageantry in Guilin
November 26, 2011
Our train trip was uneventful until an hour or two before our arrival in Guilin. “Steve, I did not write down the address for the hostel we are stay...