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Helsinki: Summer Sun
Posted December 1, 2014 by admin
Helsinki
Finland
August 12, 2014
Hei,
Many years ago I had an American-Hungarian friend. She insisted that Hungarian was “different” and resembled no other language in Europe. Since I was a young man who thought he already knew everything, I doubted my friend’s characterization of her language.
Hungary lies in the middle of Central Europe. Certainly the language is in some way similar to her neighbors’. Surely Hungarian is related to Slovakian Slavic, or Romanian Romance, or Austrian Germanic?
Well I was dead wrong!
Helsinki: The Jewish Community
Posted December 1, 2014 by Jan
So here’s what happened.
Another series of “accidents”?
After my flight from Bangkok to Helsinki, I take the bus to the downtown station and walk towards my hotel. I finally arrive at the proper street but do I turn right or left? I stop a man and ask directions and he points to the right. I notice he is wearing a Star of David so we chat a bit and he points out that the Helsinki Synagogue stands just down the street to the left. **
Bingzhongluo: Stuck in the Mud
Posted December 1, 2014 by admin
Stuck in the Mud!
Bingzhongluo
Gongshan County
Nu Jiang Liuku Autonomous Prefecture
Yunnan Province
China
June 13, 2014
Stuck in the mud! Is that ever a good thing?
Despite the gloomy weather and the potentially muddy country roads, my guide Ilian and I decide to visit a Tibet style temple and to explore the mountain villages above Bingzhongluo here in the upper and remote reaches of Yunnan Province. We hire a local man with a four-wheel drive vehicle.
Nu Jiang: The Angry River
Posted December 1, 2014 by admin
Bingzhongluo
Gongshan County
Nu Jiang Liuku Autonomous Prefecture
Yunnan Province
China
June 11, 2014
My Dear Fellow Travelers, and anyone who yearns for adventure,
In the early morning hours, from my hotel window in Bingzhongluo, I gaze in amazement at the cloud-covered valley of “The Angry River.” “The Furious River.” “The River of Rage.” The Nu Jiang. 怒江
Amazed? Sure. I am feeling so fortunate to be here.