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 [...]

Wo xihuan Sichuan Fan!

I was sweating, my heart was banging away inside of my chest, and my head was spinning. The food poisoning had probably not even kicked in yet! Through bloodshot eyes I could see my own hand, giving another 2Yuan (.30 cents) to a smiling woman for a bowl of cold noodles. I managed to get [...]

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