Andres from Switzerland, his girlfriend, Paola from Brazil and I were riding on camels in the Thar Desert outside of the western Indian town of Jaisalmer. We were in a spot as remote as I’ve ever been, 21 hours by train from Delhi, just 60 kilometers from the border with Pakistan. It’s a flat, arid [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Beijing’
Delhi’s Commonwealth Games Face
Posted: October 2, 2010 in Africa, Animals, Arts and Culture, Children, China, Dogs, Economy, Global Poverty, India, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Olympics, Poverty, Random Thoughts, Sports, Television, Travel, United States of America, WomenTags: Beijing, Commonwealth Games, Delhi, India, Olympics, Uganda
When I came to Delhi in 2008 I remember the palpable culture shock. It was overwhelming even for a rather intrepid traveler. I had been in Beijing and Uganda earlier in the year so I thought I would be prepared for anything, but nothing I had ever experienced set me up for India. On the [...]
Olympics: Canada Style
Posted: February 3, 2010 in China, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Olympics, Random Thoughts, Television, TravelTags: Beijing, British Columbia, Canada, Canadians, Hockey, Olympic Games, Olympics, Vancouver
I walked out of my hotel room in Vancouver this morning to see a flock of seagulls squacking their heads off. That’s the most noise I’ve heard since I arrived in Canada. Toto, we’re not in Beijing anymore. In 2008, with the Olympic Games a week and a half away, the city was buzzing with anticipation [...]
Greyhound Bus to Vancouver
Posted: January 30, 2010 in Children, Education, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Olympics, Random Thoughts, Television, Travel, United States of America, WomenTags: Beijing, British Columbia, Bus, California, Canada, Greyhound, Long Beach, Olympics, Oregon, Pacific National Exhibition, PNE, Vancouver, Washington
This blog was born so that I could post to my friends, family and anyone else interested from the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Now on the eve of 2010 Olympics, as I prepare to board an airplane for British Columbia, I find myself blogging again and reflecting on the only other time I was in [...]
Vacation in Afghanistan
Posted: July 7, 2009 in Africa, China, India, Inspiration, Middle East, Midlife, News, News and Views, Olympics, Random Thoughts, Travel, WomenTags: Afghanistan, Bamiyan, BeadforLife, Beijing, China, Delhi, India, kampala, Olympics, Travel, Uganda, Vacation, Wedding Anniversary
One year ago I was in Beijing, China for a three month gig working at the Olympics. In November 2008 I headed to Kampala, Uganda again to do more television production work for BeadforLife (http://beadforlife.org) then immediately after a quick trip to Delhi, India for a wedding. No exotic destinations this summer but I’m hungry for [...]
The Truth About China
Posted: September 25, 2008 in China, Olympics, TravelTags: Beijing, Beijing Olympics, China
The truth, my friend Song and I agreed, is somewhere in between. When people see things from completely different points of view, more than likely the reality lies in the middle. Song and I were having lunch towards the end of the Olympics in the International Broadcast Centre cafeteria and I asked her what she planned [...]
Olympic Countdown
Posted: July 18, 2008 in China, Olympics, Random Thoughts, TravelTags: Beijing, China, Olympics, Random Thoughts
The Olympic Games are less than three weeks away and Beijing is spiffing up. When you have a workforce of over a billion people you can get lots done in a short time. Every day the city transforms itself more and more. Signage has gone up from one end of town to the other. You drive [...]
Ginger and the Great Wall
Posted: July 14, 2008 in China, Olympics, Travel, WomenTags: Beijing, China, Great Wall of China, Olympics, Terra Cotta Warriors, Xian
There were two places on my must see list on this journey to China and this past weekend in an Olympic sightseeing marathon I visited both. On Saturday friends and I flew to Xian for a whirlwind day trip to see the Terra Cotta Warriors and on Sunday three of us visited the Great Wall [...]
Hen hao (very good) taxi ride
Posted: July 9, 2008 in China, Olympics, Random Thoughts, TravelTags: Beijing, China, Olympics, Taxi
Mr. Li gets the good Olympic citizen award. I left my new Nike sweatshirt in his taxi following a ride to the Emperor Hotel. After a couple days of searching my Chinese colleague tracked him down and learned he had delivered the item to the hotel thinking I was a guest there. When she told him otherwise, he retrieved [...]
For the love of Panda Bears
Posted: July 6, 2008 in China, Colorado, Endangered Species, Natural Disasters, Olympics, Travel, WomenTags: Add new tag, Beijing, Beijing Zoo, China, China Earthquake, NBC, Nightly News with Brian Williams, Olympics, Panda Bears, Pandas International, Suzanne Braden, Wolong
Sunday in Beijing and I feel the city is mine. The sky is a beautiful blue (yes, it does happen) and the sun is out. In two and a half weeks I have found a French bakery for cappuccinos, a restaurant I love called Hutong Pizza and I rode the subway. I’m making my way [...]
