Shantou and the Teochews
I visited Shantou last year but have only gotten around to sharing what the city is like. You can read and see more photos at “Exploring Shantou’s vanishing treaty port…
Travels
Tension at the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
Amidst the frenzy of work, meetings and exhibitions, I forgot to mention that I was in Seoul, Korea during the early part of April. It was a brilliant…
Action down at Dubai’s Meydan Racecourse
[imagebrowser id=25] What does one do at a racecourse besides the obvious activity of watching horses run toward an oatmeal bag at the end of a line? Gamble…
Dubai: Steel, sand and sea
The last few days were well-spent lounging on the beach facing the Straits of Hormuz. The weather has been most welcoming in Dubai, balmy low to high twenties depending…
Excuse me, I was in Xinjiang
I apologize for my long absence from the blog. For friends living in China, I hope you had an enjoyable Golden Week holiday, celebrating the National Holidays with…
Up in the air
While playing with (and by that, I mean being bullied by) a screaming bunch of pint-sized kids in the longtang one day, a ruddy-faced boy suddenly asked me, “Have you…