Tourist!

well, i have been very busy recently, so i thought id tell you all about it. i flew back from lhasa to chengdu, leaving behind sunshine and warm weather for an overcast grey haze that seemed to permanently envelope the city. i ended up spending a night at the sichuan opera while there. actually, it was very good. the first few acts were screechy and i began to wonder what id let myself in for, but after that, it really improved. there were various different acts,...

hi there, ive been having a great time of late, been off adventuring in tibet!!! i flew from chengdu on a really grey and overcast morning, to lhasa. as soon as the plane was high enough, we broke through the clouds to blue skies and great views of the mountains below, it was really scenic. and the temperature when we landed in lhasa was much warmer than i was expecting, which was a pleasant surprise. but the city itself i wasnt too keen on - after spending most ...

well, i guess its about time for another update - im sure you must have digested the last one by now!!! but dont worry, i dont seem to have been much recently, so this one will be much shorter!! ok, so it was pointed out to me that although i said id taken the train from pyongyang, i made no mention of the train explosion that occurred at the end of april. well, yes we did pass through the site of it, it was almost hard to believe that there had been such a massi...

Less than impressive.