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Top Ten Liked Posts For 2012
Many of the posts that got the most hits did so because of web searches. The people came, looked, and moved on leaving no comment or trace. Maybe they liked the post. Maybe not. While getting the most hits can … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged candlelight, Cathay Theater, China, chopsticks, Dinner By Candlelight, Don Hong-Oai, Earth At Night, Japanese food, Karakul Lake, machine gun, NASA-NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership, Obama Thanksgiving, photo, photography, Queen Elizabeth, Shanghai, Taiwan, Thanksgiving, Traditional Chinese Paintings, Xinjiang, Yeliu
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Chinese Man, Fearing Mayan 2012 Apocalypse, Spends Life Savings Building Ark
Urumqi, Xinjiang, China is the farthest place in the world from any ocean or large body of water. However, a Chinese man, Lu Zhenghai, has spent his life savings building an ark in anticipation of the December 21, 2012 apocalypse … Continue reading
Posted in China
Tagged 2012 phenomenon, Ürümqi, China, Maya calendar, Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, Xinjiang
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Photo of the Day: Horses of the Tianshan, Xinjiang, China
You can see Sayram Lake in the background. This is from a scanned photo taken some years ago.
Photo of the day: Tianchi, Xinjiang, China
About an hour and a half east of Urumqi, China, you can find the so-called Heaven’s Lake (Tianchi). The place was too touristy for me–fake Kazakhs in fake yurts, cardboard cutouts of the Qing Dynasty emperors, horridly grotty restaurants, etc. … Continue reading
