The rest of Hong Kong went superbly. After I said goodbye to Karen and Shan, I got down to tea shopping for real, spending many days sipping tea and many nights sipping whiskey at the bars.

Pu'er in Hong Kong is odd. I expected that all the tales in Kunming of rich Hong Kong merchants, teahouses, collectors would mean a great selection of young ( Read more... )

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I spent over 2 weeks with Scott in Kunming. Truthfully, I did very little. Mostly I tasted tea at the wholesale tea market on the Northern end of town. I spent a chunk of cash on tea, had only one really poor experience with a vendor...I was in heaven. Best of all, I had the opportunity to know Scott better. He showed me around the market--daily, ( Read more... )

How it works...[stolen from chukspace]

Go to the the following site http://www.popculturemadness.com/Music/P
op-Modern/2006.html and check out the songs from the year in which you turned 18. Bold the songs you like.
1. It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
2. Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight ( Read more... )

The verdict is in, and the money is out: I'm going to Fragrant Harbor on December 1st!

Lost Highway is creepy. Bill Pullman looks kinda sexerson in it ( Read more... )

So the expiry of my first visa entry approaches...and I must decide where to go. I have several options, and not wanting to leave Kunming complicates my choosing between them ( Read more... )

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Odd to think that I haven't posted here in a week ( Read more... )

This city is filthy, polluted, and boring ( Read more... )