Xitaihua Hotel Lanzhou

... NGS Classic's T-Handle, PC, Pocket PC/PDS, and Laptop/IDS) operation.

The VCM also has detachable cables for connection to industry standard high-speed host interfaces as well as to the vehicle under test.

The VCM V59 includes both IDS (Integrated Diagnostic ...

... of January and as to when the new term begins? This is China, no one actually knows just yet. If people actually knew and others found out, that would give the masses the power to plan ahead. My guess is that the powers that be in Beijing are still waiting for the moon to tell them. Like I said in my last blog, my sixth Chinese New Year in China will be spent in and around ...

... I can't believe how fit the elderly Chinese people are. It really does put most western people to shame who are under the age of forty. Here they are still pulling carts and riding bikes to and from everywhere they go. They then take a simple after dinner stroll for a few hours up a mountains etc. Those who have lived here will understand and totally agree with me. Many of them even put me to ...

... Greek/Turkish sounding language, with a coruscated tongue. Plenty of tshkr sounds. No pigs. Most are Muslim. Plenty sheep, goats and cattle. Great kebabs everywhere. People look like they are from one of the 'Stans. And they probably are. All of China runs on official Beijing time. Except Xinjiang, which runs 'unofficially' two hours behind. Catch a bus out of Kashgar, in the extreme west. The ticket is printed with Xinjiang time, and departs as planned. Next stop Hotan ...

... the Silk Market and then head over to get our tickets and go to the prelims (6:30 Beijing time). The finals will be on Sunday (AM here, prime time there-(9:00)We have tickets to Track and Field and Table Tennis on Saturday. This trip has been a great balance between sports, sightseeing, and shopping. We added some more pictures in here - hopefully you can enjoy them. Love to all -- Go USA! Geri

... falling into the toilet. The smell of the toilet kind of took away from the feeling of cleanliness that one usually hopes for in a shower. By this time, we were on a pretty tight schedule, so we didn't have time to stay in Deqin and explore the numerous other treks that you can do, and had to head back to Bangkok via Shangri-la and Lijiang. Quite a bit of backtracking, but certainly worth it to have made it all the way up to Deqin.

... to hop online and learn from foreign news sources just what exactly had happened in our own backyard. It's upsetting, obviously, but has not affected us directly at all, really. I noticed that Portland-based Mercy Corps, an organization I have long supported has already responded in aiding relief efforts, as has the IRC, so if you feel like helping out, those organizations can gladly accept donations to do so and will do good work. In other news, yesterday Craig and I returned from a ...

... 2 million people, specifically the number of No one can say up, they last for five days a week classes, summer and autumn there are holidays, and now has a summer holiday, many students are ready to color up to the county car home. Color can be reached through the north of Qinghai, south-west can proceed directly to the Ganzi County, southeast of the town can be, after Kaunda to Luhuo County, Sertar repair roads in the vicinity ...

... Tibet. Naito and I faced a small family, a grandmother, a mother and a small son of about four. The boy was shy at first, but soon had flirted his way into our extreme good favor. We passed the time mimicking his faces and noises and he ours until he over generously gave us more sunflower seeds than we could eat in one night. The atmosphere is changing as we travel. We marveled in Beijing at how we were so often left alone ...

... his sheep shopping seemed to be a fairly common sight. As the bus left at 6:30am, we slept through a lot of it. Fairly long journey - 220km taking nearly 6hrs. Wasn't helped that the Xiahe-Liuxia "highway" is a mixture of gravel road, pot-holed sealed road and mud track - the only smooth bit is the toll-booth gates at the start. Also, it wasn't a very happy little bus we were riding ...