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Memories: The Peak That Flew From Afar. Under Yellow Tile Roofs →. Long Way To China. February 5, 2015. Before I start maybe a small historical note:. Late in 1988 – while I was in the military service in Germany – I had read in a newspaper that it had become possible to book a passsage on the Trans-Siberian Railway as an individual traveller. I knew that I would have some time to waste after my tour of duty ended, and so I decided to go to Beijing via Moscow on a train. All of that is now ancient history.

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Memories | Pacific Tides

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Ioyama In The Clouds. May 11, 2015. As the bus winds its way up the mountain towards Ebino Kogen, I am starting to question my decision to come here at all. From one moment to the next, we are entering dense fog and all around us the world of the Kirishima National Park dissolves into vague grey shapes. I had probably not [.]. April 20, 2015. Under Yellow Tile Roofs. March 11, 2015. Long Way To China. February 5, 2015. Before I start maybe a small historical note: Late in 1988 – while I was in the ...

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Talking About A Revolution | Pacific Tides

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Memories: Long Distance Buses →. Talking About A Revolution. May 23, 2013. On my first backpacking trip to China I witnessed what can only be called a revolution – although an unsuccessful one – and it is certainly among the moments of my life that will forever stay with me. I was also preoccupied with the first part of the trip. Taking a train to Moscow and planning to take another one across the full width of the Soviet Union tends to focus one’s mind. There was a hopeful upswell of emotion sweeping th...

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Memories: The Peak That Flew From Afar | Pacific Tides

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Long Way To China →. Memories: The Peak That Flew From Afar. November 26, 2014. Memories is a random series of memories of my trips to Asia in the late 80s and early 90s. Here is an excerpt from my travel diary of a trip to Hangzhou in eastern China in 1993. The bus stops abruptly and the doors open with a metallic snap. All the passengers try to leave the bus at once, pushing and shoving to get out and into the pouring rain. I’m being dragged along, my only effort is to stay on my feet. The first temple...

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Newer posts →. Where Every Bamboo Stalk Is Different. May 13, 2013. Katano near Osaka is one of those very typical small towns that surround the major cities in Japan – big enough to retain their status as an independent city, but too close to a major megalopolis to ever attract any of the spotlight. There are generous picknick spots with roofed seating areas and views of the surrounding landscape and the hills have a wide variety of micro-landscapes to make the plants from all over Asia feel at home here.

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Where Every Bamboo Stalk Is Different | Pacific Tides

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Memories: Ocean Liners →. Where Every Bamboo Stalk Is Different. May 13, 2013. Katano near Osaka is one of those very typical small towns that surround the major cities in Japan – big enough to retain their status as an independent city, but too close to a major megalopolis to ever attract any of the spotlight. We visited the gardens just at the end of the Cherry Blossom Season (caps intended as this is Japan! And various cherry and plum trees were in full bloom in all shades from white to red, much to t...

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China | Pacific Tides

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April 20, 2015. Memories is a random series of memories of my trips to Asia in the late 80s and early 90s. Chengdu, Summer of 1993 The cup is handleless, rather tall and slim, with a gorgeous blue glazed dragon curling around a pearl at the bottom. There’s now a small heap of tea leaves lying on the [.]. Under Yellow Tile Roofs. March 11, 2015. Long Way To China. February 5, 2015. Memories: The Peak That Flew From Afar. November 26, 2014. Memories is a random series of memories of my trips to Asia in the...

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Smart Phones Killed The Suspense. October 18, 2015. It’s fairly certain that I’m not the first person to point this out or to even notice this, but there has been a distinct lack of compelling suspense novels written in the second decade of the 21st century. And it’s not just suspense. Crime fiction, adventure novels and near-future science fiction seem all to go [.]. Ioyama In The Clouds. May 11, 2015. April 20, 2015. Under Yellow Tile Roofs. March 11, 2015. Memories is a random series of memories of my...

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Memories: Long Distance Buses | Pacific Tides

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Talking About A Revolution. Between Two Storms →. Memories: Long Distance Buses. May 30, 2013. Memories is a random series of memories of my trips to Asia in the late 80s and early 90s. Long-distance buses were probably my least favorite mode of transportation in China. It is safe to assume that if you saw me on a bus in the middle of nowhere, I was officially desperate to get from point A to point B. Some of the buses operate through the night on long hauls across provinces and these typically have beds...