The bus arrives late into Xiahe. It is dark and near freezing. My pack feels heavier than I remember. It cuts into my shoulders, digs into my lower spine. I walk out from the bus yard. Five men sit in the shadows, smoking from...
After several thousand steps upon hard concrete in the shadow of hard concrete buildings, I come to the conclusion that ChengDu lacks soul. Still I plod on towards the People’s Park in the hope that there will be people...
In a tree-lined and upper-class suburb of ChengDu, I find myself walking past high-end fashion retailers where immaculately-dressed and beautiful women trot in delicate patterns across black marble floors, circumnavigating the...
“I’m on the night train And I’m ready to crash an’ burn Night train Bottoms up I’m on the night train Fill my cup I’m on the night train” Axl Rose I’m On The Night Train The passing from...
I have a girl’s bike. It is pink. It has no gears and no suspension but it does have tiny wheels and a small bell that tinkles just so. In Yangshuo county in the south of China, the dirt roads that wind amongst the towering...
The train rolls into a town. More like violently shunts. Smokers rummage for their lighters as they wait for the train to stop. Within seconds of the doors being flung open, fifty or so passengers are out on the platform of this...
Places that I like to eat on Hang Dieu:Loc Tai bakeryThe Loc Tai bakery on Hang Dieu makes cakes, sells fluorescent jelly desserts but most importantly bakes sweet bread hamburger buns (Banh Tao) and croissant-shaped rolls (Banh...
When you travel you meet people. It is one of the many joys. You encounter everyone from free-spirited individuals out to experience the myriad of world cultures to those twisted characters that belong nowhere and are destined to...
It is evening under Saigon’s pinkish skies. Motorcycles course through the crowded streets like white blood cells rushing along veins to fight infection. For a constant angry swarm that threatens to tear you into ugly...
Best Albums 2011 1. Bill Callahan – Apocalypse 2. Bon Iver – Bon Iver 3. Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact 4. tUnE-YaRds – whokill 5. Zun Zun Egui – Katang 6. The Antlers – Burst Apart 7. Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring...