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The Math Teacher

Expatriate Games — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:58:47 +0000

Lily’s friend Su Mei is a middle school math teacher. They’ve worked together nearly 20 years. Su Mei turned 40 last week and has a 15 year old son. Now I know I am getting old and I’ll be the first to admit my memory is not what it used to be, but I am [...]

Yangshuo Winter

Expatriate Games — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:12:40 +0000

Last week Lily and I were able to take make a quick weekend trip to Yangshuo with a few friends. A world renowned travel destination, Yangshuo is an unapologetic tourist trap bordered by stunning karst mountains on one side and the Li River on the other. Sometimes a tourist trap is just what the doctor ordered. [...]

Screen Shots

Expatriate Games — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:11:04 +0000

In these hi-tech days of instant gratification, it’s easy to forget that not all that many years ago there were no cell phones, let alone a smart phone. There were no iPods or iPads, no internet, no email. When I was a kid even voice mail was unheard of. I’m talkin’ a pre personal PC, [...]

Luoman Village

Expatriate Games — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:22:22 +0000

I took a walk in the countryside today with my friends Rich and Sharon Johnson. Sharon had mentioned a small village north of the city that she’d come across while biking, saying it was a cool little place with a Buddhist temple and a friendly vibe. We headed out into the omnipresent grey muck that [...]

Blu… and I like it.

Expatriate Games — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:17:13 +0000

Yes friends… I am alive. I’m hesitant to offer any excuses for the lack of activity here on this website but the truth is, I’ve just been busy. Life gets in the way. Work and the travel that goes with it. Finishing the new house. Moving into the new house. Even dealing with what has [...]

500KM City Music Festival – Kunming Rocks

Expatriate Games — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:09:47 +0000

Howdy folks… been a while. After weeks of going back and forth with a gaggle of different editors about which images to include in an upcoming photo essay, I’m finally able to post some shots from the 500KM City Music Festival. The two-day event took place September 10 and 11 in Kunming with Sunday’s headliner [...]

10 Minutes – 李水旺 (Li Shui Wang)

Expatriate Games — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:40:16 +0000

I met Li Shui Wang earlier this month in Kunming. He was sitting on a bench in a small park intently watching me as I struggled with two lenses, a camera and a bag while attempting to change said lenses. Mr. Li, recognizing my dilemma, invited me over to share his bench. He immediately started [...]

10 Days in Kunming – Perspiration Free

Expatriate Games — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:58:14 +0000

Welcome to the land of no humidity… That was the first thing I noticed about Kunming… the weather. During the 10 days I was there the temps topped out each day out in the mid to low 20′s with lots of sunshine and no humidity. It was nearly perfect. I had gone to Yunnan to [...]

731 Collision Music Festival

Expatriate Games — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:34:25 +0000

The 731 Collision Music Festival took place last night in Liuzhou. 6 bands and a couple of DJ’s later, I walked out of The People’s Square Arts Center equal parts surprised (pleasantly), alarmed, and I guess I’ll say encouraged somehow. A couple of slight, aging security guards in makeshift uniforms manned the doors with a [...]

Yangshuo Weekend

Expatriate Games — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:28:35 +0000

Yangshou is a picturesque tourist trap of a small town located in Guangxi Province about two hours south of Guilin. I’ve been a few times now and despite the touristy thing it still works for me on many levels. The scenery is the big draw. The rivers flowing though Avatar-looking karst mountains have enticed artists [...]