Pedaling to Shangri-La

“What would possess you to do such a thing?”

This is a question Claire and I get from Americans when they hear of our tandem bicycle travels in third-world countries and our perseverance in spite of difficult conditions. Of… Read the rest

Our “New Bohemians” are heading home

Bob and Claire Rogers are on their way home from their extended and very exciting trip to China and most of Southeast Asia. They’ll be traveling back to Tucson on Christmas Day.

Be sure to check their website… Read the rest

The New China

After the tumultuous years of the opium wars and near the end of Great Britain’s quasi control of much of eastern China, the British wisely determined to keep one portion that would be the easiest for them to defend… Read the rest

Shangri-la exists!

If you haven’t yet checked in on Bob and Claire Rogers and their trip across China and southeast Asia, please take a moment and click on one of the links in the sidebar and go check out their progress.… Read the rest

Bob and Claire sample Chinese health care

Bob and Claire Rogers had a little accident yesterday and had to spend a few hours in a local hospital.

I’ll let you take a jaunt over to their site to read their story… Read the rest

Return to Taiwan, Island in the Sun

Editor’s Note: As Bob and Claire Rogers continue their amazing cycling trip, our attention has been focused on all things “Asian.” Chi Newman offered to let us publish this adaptation of her article that describes her recent trip

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On the road to Shangri-La

James Hilton’s novel Lost Horizon described a mystical, harmonious semi-paradise, gently guided by ageless Tibetan monks from a lamasery situated high above a peaceful valley enclosed within the western end of the Kunlun Mountains.

This wonderous place… Read the rest

Enjoying Chinese Food and Hospitality

In China when somebody says, “Thank you,” (Hsieh, Hsieh) the answer is, “Bu Yao Keh Chi,” which means, “Don’t put on the air of a guest.”

As a child, I remember my parents always giving or going to dinner… Read the rest

Bitter-sweet Memories

My twin sister, Lu, and I were thirteen years old when we left behind everybody we loved and everything we owned in Beijing, China. At 4 AM one cold November morning, we were awakened by my father, my mother,… Read the rest

Point of View [corrected]

This isn’t the first time I’ve received an email about this subject, but just a few days before our publication of Craig Bieber’s article introducing “Fred Longcoor,” I received the following (edited for spelling and punctuation):

[See Editor's note below… Read the rest

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