Flashback 6: China (Tongren, Urumqi, Turpan)

It’s nice to feel energized again, after four days of doing close to nothing in beautiful Signagi. The eighteen days leading up to Georgia were pretty crazy, and so taking it slow in a small town of less than three thousand was the perfect remedy for us. Dianne and I now find ourselves in Telavi, another town in Georgia that’s only … Continue reading →

Turpan, China: A Journey To The West

The air is hot and dusty. The streets don’t quite look like they belong to China anymore. And neither do the people. The desert town of Turpan lies near the Western edge of China, in the province of Xinjiang, where suddenly the Chinese people almost seem like a minority. It shows in the way the … Continue reading →