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Showing posts with label philosophy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label philosophy. Show all posts
Friday, February 18, 2011

From top to bottom

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In exactly five months we traveled from Cartagena, Colombia to Ushuaia, Argentina (about 4000 miles as the crow flies) by bus, except for tw...
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Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Exuberant Argentinians

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We have been doing a lot of walking to miradors in Argentina. Argentinians of all ages and shapes, solo or by groups, cheerfully ply the sam...
Saturday, December 11, 2010

Musings on quality of life and development

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Being Chinese, food is of particular importance to me. Being around all the scrumptious food in Cajamarca really made me think and rethink...
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Saturday, November 27, 2010

Musings on coups & political instability

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Three weeks before we were to enter Ecuador there was a mini or pseudo coup in Ecuador. Borders and airports were closed for one day. Yet ...
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Friday, September 03, 2010

The world is my pond

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Our route is complete. It looks like we'll be traveling into May. This week John and I are rereading "Walden"(HDT) for book...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

A new level

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Recently, I have been spending all my time trip planning. I have stopped reading, cut back on cooking/baking, and even halted my Spanish le...
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Thursday, June 04, 2009

Freedom: India vs China

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I have been meaning to write this entry for a long time. On the 20th anniversary of June 4, I should no longer put this off. During our e...
Wednesday, March 11, 2009

TV: India vs China

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Indian TV is amazing. We stay at very average places that do not solely cater to international visitors. Usually one third of the 30 to 60 c...
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Friday, February 13, 2009

Having fun in India

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We first came to India in 1997 for four weeks in the Northwest. When I got back to work, I was asked about the trip by some coworkers. ...
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Saturday, November 08, 2008

Things work out

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Travel is the ultimate metaphor for life where the lessons are learned on an accelerated schedule. The most valuable lesson for me is that ...
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Reflections on a summer at home

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We started traveling on 1/1, came home on 5/30, and are leaving on 10/30. Just as our five months of traveling was a first for me (understa...
Monday, September 01, 2008

Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

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Just finished reading Paul Theroux's latest book Ghost Train to the Eastern Star . I've read all of Theroux's travel books at l...
Sunday, December 16, 2007

Traveling card

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We are so serious about traveling, that we had some cards made. I had the help of a professional designer, Azure Yang, a coworker from Micr...
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