I’ve probably ridden trains more this year than I have the whole rest of my life put together. I thought it might be fun to review some of my train rides. In January, Edi came to Shanghai and we had the chance to ride the worlds fastest train currently in … Continue reading
My first experience with 30+ hour air travel days was in 1992 when I went to Borneo. We left Fresno, connected in Los Angeles, then Honolulu, Biak, Denpesar, Jakarta (plane change), and finally arrived in Pontianik in West Kalimantan over 30 hours later. That was a pretty tough day, as … Continue reading
Leipzig, Germany has quite a rich history when it comes to music, not to mention its religious history (think Luther and Eck). Fitting then that I should visit the church where Bach was the Cantor from 1723-1750 for a concert / service including some of his music. The St. Thomas … Continue reading
Today, I visited Mega Pon on Gottschedstrasse in Leipzig, Germany. One blogger thinks it is the second best laundromat in the world, having been dethroned by the ever popular Brain Wash in San Francisco. Brain Wash is apparently so good, it won a Yahoo award for world’s best cybercafe’s. Mega … Continue reading
I’ve just finished up 3 consecutive nights of great jazz in Shanghai, China. The first of those nights was at the House of Blues and Jazz (158 Mao Ming Nan Lu but moving soon) and the last two at JZ Club (46 Fu Xing Xi Lu). I also paid a … Continue reading
I never thought I’d utter such a phrase. Neither the stereotypes nor even the facts of flying in Chinese airspace would tend to lend itself to such a comment, but I was rather relieved tonight to be done with Myanmar. From the moment I checked on, I was thinking “I’d … Continue reading
Not having internet access basically drives me nuts. I can do it, really, I can, but I don’t like to. The internet, these days, is my primary means of communicating with pretty much anyone I know. But I also have to be mindful of money. The hotel here is charging … Continue reading
Went to the JZ Club in Hangzhou, China last night. The original JZ Club is in Shanghai, China, but they opened up another location in Hangzhou a year or three ago (I’m not exactly sure when). There aren’t so many jazz clubs in the world, but you can probably count … Continue reading
Livejournal is banned in Hangzhou, but not in Shanghai. Strange, eh? You’d think if it’s unacceptable in Hangzhou, it’d also be unacceptable in Shanghai. Must be a different bureaucrat handling censorship in that province. 😉 V-
On this Shanghai layover that I’m on now, I decided to take a trip down to Hangzhou. It’s only a couple hours away by train and there’s some sights to see… touristy kinds of things I guess. More than anything, it’s just a nice little getaway I guess. I came … Continue reading
