Archive for July, 2006

Zai jian

Monday, July 31st, 2006

We are off to travel the countryside. We will take such world renowed sites as Chengdu, Lijiang, and Zhongdiang. Zhongdian has recently been renamed to Shangri-la. A clear attempt to drum up tourist money, so we will oblige them. Chengdu’s weather is attrociously hot, kinda like the US right now. However, it has a saving […]

Annona squamosa

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Botanical name : ANNONA SQUAMOSA

The other day, I did a double-take while walking through the fruit market . I hadn’t seen one of these fruit since I lived in the Bahamas–and that was a long time ago. And it was just like I remembered! Appearance, texture, taste, everything! Which just goes to show that not […]

Shílín Rocks

Sunday, July 16th, 2006

Last Thursday we took a day trip to Stone Forest (石林 Shí Lín), which is located 126km (78 mi) southeast of Kunming. It took our chartered bus 2 hours each way. And once we got there we found that the admission price had been nearly doubled in February to 140å…ƒ (~USD17). Ouch! Stone Forest is […]

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