Destination: China

Tokyo Trip Part Two

Sat, 21 Nov 2015 | By zioned | Views [409]

We met the next morning and headed to a French bistro for their breakfast set – amazing assortment of breads, pastries and jams with good, strong coffee to start the day. On the way there, we passed a street performance in front of a department ... Read more >

Photos: Tokyo Trip - Part Two

Sat, 21 Nov 2015 | By zioned | Photo Gallery

Tokyo Trip Part One

Thu, 19 Nov 2015 | By zioned | Views [428]

Japan – World premiere, cheesy show, good friends, amazing food, culture shock I just returned from a four-day trip to Tokyo to see the world premiere of a new musical about the career of Harold Prince. During the trip, I was able to re-connect ... Read more >

Photos: Tokyo trip - part one

Thu, 19 Nov 2015 | By zioned | Photo Gallery

Tiananmen at Dawn

Tue, 17 Nov 2015 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [627]

In only a few hours I'm off to the DPRK! Getting here from Korea involves flying to Beijing and I had a few, albeit exhausting, hours to stroll around. My only option for China after all the heartache with Chinese visas is the 72-hour visa waiver. When ... Read more >

Photos: Beijing

Tue, 17 Nov 2015 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery

Photos: Three Day weekend fun!

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 | By zioned | Photo Gallery

Redefining Home

Sat, 10 Oct 2015 | By zioned | Views [327]

As I came back from my trip to Hong Kong, for once in many years, suddenly I was not coming back to the familiar sights of the Great Salt Lake, the Wasatch mountains, Salt Lake’s skyline to land in the Salt Lake airport as I had done so many times ... Read more >

Photos: Hong Kong Part Two

Fri, 9 Oct 2015 | By zioned | Photo Gallery

Hong Kong Part Two

Fri, 9 Oct 2015 | By zioned | Views [298]

Friday – made my way to TST on my own – navigating the way to the Star Ferry from the Wan Chai metro stop – made it! – paid the fifty cent ferry fee for a spectacular ride across the harbour. Met Gordon at a fancy mall and headed ... Read more >

Photos: Hong Kong Part One

Tue, 6 Oct 2015 | By zioned | Photo Gallery

Hong Kong part One

Tue, 6 Oct 2015 | By zioned | Views [312]

Hong Kong – it is one of those anomalies of a city. You wonder how it can exist. Buildings shooting to the sky – apparently covering every inch of the small island space available. The ultimate in high end glitzy shopping – Prada, Louis ... Read more >

Photos: Working LIfe at Jinling High School

Sat, 12 Sep 2015 | By zioned | Photo Gallery

Working Life at Jinling HIgh School

Sat, 12 Sep 2015 | By zioned | Views [1396] | Comments [2]

Thought I would write about my school and classes in a little more detail now that I have finished my official first full (a little more than full) week at Jinling High School, Nanjing, China. You can read more about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinling_... Read more >

Nanjing Massacre

Sun, 30 Aug 2015 | By zioned | Views [413]

This is a tough one to write about because it invokes all the horrors of war and the brutality that humans can inflict on others. It’s especially difficult having great friends – both Chinese and Japanese – and trying to stay out of ... Read more >