Happy Holidays from Xining!

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! I am currently in Xining and have passed a lovely Christmas eve day in the city. Here is a list of recommendations for how to celebrate in Xining, should you ever choose to pass this holiday in this city: 1.  Listen to Michael Buble's Christmas album, specifically...

Lost Girl of the Week

 This last week, I was featured on The Lost Girls as the Lost Girl of the Week! I am extremely excited to have been chosen, especially on such an influential site. The original Lost Girls are three friends who quit their jobs in order to travel. Here is a description of them in their own words: In ...

A "Recovering" TCK

That's me on the left! * Here is a wonderful response to and defense against my post: Recovering * Every since I wrote the post on what I consider to be the Top Ten TCK Quirks, I have experienced an outpouring of support and appreciation for what I wrote. It is my most commented on piece and...

Happy Valley Race Track: Beer, Gambling, and Horses

I was born in Hong Kong and have been back to visit pretty much every year of my life. When you have this sort of pattern with a city, you tend to want to visit the areas you are familiar with and won't see for a year. My brother and I stuck to Causeway Bay, TST, Mong Kok, and Sham Shui Po. These...

A Snapshot of Lhasa

  Monks in a department store. Clearly making some prayer rounds.  The majority of articles on Tibet are filled with burgundy-robed monks silently twirling handheld prayer wheels. In a red columned assembly hall, they sit cross-legged on worn red pillows as shafts of light stream down...

Hong Kong and Lhasa

I am currently on my way back to Hong Kong after three months in Lhasa. For the occasion, I have compiled a list of things that I am looking forward to in Hong Kong and things that I will miss about Lhasa.  Everything that I am looking forward to applies only to my individual situation. I...