Singing in Chengdu

Yes, they are wearing lipstick and makeup. No, they are not ladyboys. I have no idea why, but the traditional men’s singing group that we happen to catch today in the Wengshu temple district were all fixed up. They looked like kids that had gotten into mom’s makeup drawer or something. When they finished, they [...]

Halloween Party Sichuan Style

Myself and Vicky displaying our artwork with Sim OK….so there were no ridiculously sexy adult costumes, no kids with bags, very little candy, or goblins.. …but there were some carved pumpkins. And bourbon. And coke. I was hanging out at Sim’s Guesthouse with some new friends, when David, a very cool photographer from Singapore overheard [...]

Happy Halloween from Chengdu

I was wondering if anyone here knew what Halloween was…I guess at least one person does! When I first arrived in Chengdu, I thought that I had made a mistake. Sure, it was a few degrees warmer than the mountains of Yunnan, but not by much. The sky is the usual big-Chinese-city polluted gray, and [...]

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