About Me!
A recent grad in my early 20's hailing from Seattle, USA. This year I'm teaching English at a high school in Ningbo, China. Read along and have a laugh as I share my ridiculous adventures around Asia!
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Scary Karaoke and China’s Caucasian Mummies
Urumqi: a place where Han China meets Xinjiang. A relatively young city by Chinese standards, Urumqi was established in the Tang Dynasty- the same time period that Xi’an was in its prime and the Dazu Caves and Leshan Buddha were … Continue reading
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Tagged caucasian mummies, China, China Mummies, karaoke, night market, Proto Indo Europeans, Uighur, Urumqi, Xinjiang
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“Not Been to Kashgar, Not Seen in Xin Jiang”
The next morning we all piled into the bumpy van for the ride back to Kashgar. One thing that I noticed along the “highway” was that there were no rest stops.. or anywhere to stop for that matter. On our … Continue reading
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Tagged China, glacier, Gobi Desert, honey, Kashgar, mosque, ramadan, red mountains, Uighur, uighur medicine, yurt
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