Author Archives: Richard

It’s hard to believe that except for a day shopping in Ft. Lauderdale during a stopover that I haven’t been in the US in over three years. I had to check this site to remember when. I still can’t believe … Continue reading →

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! For those of you who read this after the holidays, I hope you and yours had a great holiday season. I returned this week from four weeks in Nepal. It was just about everything … Continue reading →

Marcella and Ale, who went with me for the first half of my Mongolia tour, came to Chongqing with their friend Carl and stayed with us for about a week. Here we are having dinner. Ale is the guy in … Continue reading →

It’s been a while, I know, since I blogged. Since returning from Myanmar, I’ve had a very settled life. Myung and I still live in that same apartment In Chongqing. She still has her cosmetics shop and part of a … Continue reading →

Hi everybody I just spent a month in Myanmar on kind of an extended Chinese visa run. Before that, I was in Kunming for several days to get the Myanmar visa. It felt good to be on the road again. … Continue reading →

I hope you all had a happy holiday season, had an opportunity to be with friends and family, had fun, and could share food and good will and hope for the new year. Man, this year went quickly. I know … Continue reading →

May all of you in the States be having a happy Thanksgiving, and may the rest of you be having times you can be thankful for. November has been good to Myung and me. The Giants won the World Series. … Continue reading →

“Ni hao” is Mandarin for “hello”. I don’t think I can safely say my Mandarin is coming along. I wish I could say it’s coming along well, but it’s slow process for my aging brain. That said, I am beginning … Continue reading →

Hi everybody, Well, we decided to stay. Myung is seriously working on her business plan, so we leased an apartment for a year. It’s over the railroad tracks and down a block from where we were before. It’s a much … Continue reading →

Hello again from Chongqing. Myung and I were here in March of 2009. If you want to see pictures of Chongqing and some of the people we have met here, click on the March 2009 link on the right side … Continue reading →