Archive for November, 2007

What It’s Like: To Buy A Duck In China (Video)

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

Shot in a very rural fishing village in China, the team heads out on a mission to buy a duck with no supermarkets in sight. No commentary, no real editing—it’s raw and uncut so you might know “what it’s like” yourself.

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Guest Traveler:Helen Chen Luan

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

The next installation in my ongoing series of “Guest Traveler” posts, written by people I’ve met along the way. This post is from 陈峦 Helen Chen Luan, a Chinese friend of mine who lives in Shanghai. She writes about her trip to Lugu Lake in the Yunnan Province of China.

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The First American In China

Monday, November 5th, 2007

After 9 hours on buses, taxis and a ferry boat, I stepped onto the beach of the small island of Jin Xua, China. I was, reportedly, the first American to ever visit the island’s small fishing village of 1,000 people, of which exactly none spoke English…

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