yeti speak…

  • bartering for color

    This guy is wearing a typical Tibetan coat. The sleeves are really long; and typically they will keep on arm out of the coat, even when it’s cold? The inside is usually lined with sheep or yak fur. The coats can be quite expensive depending on the quality. One time over the weekend I saw…

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  • the high land restaurant

    We had a lot of fun at this restaurant that offered "western" and Tibetan cuisine. I enjoyed the yak momos (yak meat inside a steamed dumpling) and some conversations we had with some Tibetan monks. Topics of conversation: the Dalai Lama; learning Tibetan phrases and teaching English phrases; the NBA and Yao Ming; and differences…

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  • labrang – tibet’s answer to

    labrang – tibet’s answer to leavenworth (wa)

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  • close quarters with chain-smoking tibetans

    close quarters with chain-smoking tibetans

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  • not a mud-stained bus

    not a mud-stained bus

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  • headin’ south

    Tomorrow (early) I’m heading to Xiahe–a small village in the Gansu province.  I’m going with a friend of mine and a small group.  It’s about a 7 hour bus ride.  There is a famous Tibetan monastery there called Labrang.  The drive down through the mountains is supposed to be amazing! I’ll be coming back on…

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  • twinkle-fingers

    Anna paid me a great compliment the other day. I was sitting at the kitchen table typing away on the laptop.  She was sitting next to me watching. She said, "Daddy, your fingers are dancing!" I don’t know why that filled me with joy, but it sure did. I guess because there was something so…

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  • too much of a good thing in Thulcandra

    I just re-read C.S. Lewis’ book Out of the Silent Planet (the first book in his Space Trilogy). Lewis is often overquoted in Christian circles, but every time I pick up a book he’s written I am reminded why… The guy was a genius! He is always so insightful into human character and the human…

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  • Disgruntled bank patron

    I went to the bank last week.  Here in Xining I have an account at the Bank of China.  In the States I have an account at the Bank of America because it just makes sense to keep your financial transactions at an institution with your country’s name in its title. Anyway, the bank was…

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  • SCHOOL’S OUT!!!

    It’s official!  We’ve completed our first semester of Chinese language study! Time for recess…

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