http://missyshera.vox.com/library/posts/2007/09/page/1/ runnin' around, somewhere en Vox Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:08:21 -0700 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/holy-leaping-tigers-batman.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(missyshera) http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/holy-leaping-tigers-batman.html?_c=feed-rss http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/holy-leaping-tigers-batman.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:08:21 -0700 Maybe it's the Prairie Girl thing. The whole "mountains only get in the way of the view" sensibility, but I have never really been into the big hills. All that time at the Banff Centre, and living in Calgary shuttling back and forth in the Rockie... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/holy-leaping-tigers-batman.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4142d1dca685e00e398aa8fb60005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/walking-marriage-in-the-womens-kingdom.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(missyshera) http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/walking-marriage-in-the-womens-kingdom.html?_c=feed-rss http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/walking-marriage-in-the-womens-kingdom.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 15 Sep 2007 06:03:06 -0700 I have to say, bless him, it was Chris's idea to go to Lugu Lake. Talk about an absolutely stunning place! The whole region was completely isolated right up until the 1970s, and managed to survive China's upheavals unscathed because it really was... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/walking-marriage-in-the-womens-kingdom.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4142d1dca685e00e398a8cdb70004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/to-fly-when-you-die.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(missyshera) http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/to-fly-when-you-die.html?_c=feed-rss http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/to-fly-when-you-die.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:27:21 -0700 I was surprised to hear that sky burials are still - erm - alive and kicking in Tibetan China, after their ban in the 1970s. And I was surprised again to find that in the thin air of tiny little Litang there lived one of the few rogyapas ("body-... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/to-fly-when-you-die.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4142d1dca685e00e398a8c2d00003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/the-lowbei-blues-china---i-love-it-i-hate-it.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(missyshera) http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/the-lowbei-blues-china---i-love-it-i-hate-it.html?_c=feed-rss http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/the-lowbei-blues-china---i-love-it-i-hate-it.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:08:53 -0700 Arrival... Originally uploaded by missyshera & chrissybun. I think I am finally getting to grips with China. 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Every place we went had a temple of some sort, and usually there were several...It reminded me travelling around Europe last summer in the van, when I got seriously churched o... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/temples-temples-tempus.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4142d1dca685e00e398a4bb740004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/china-guide-books.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(missyshera) http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/china-guide-books.html?_c=feed-rss http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/china-guide-books.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:25:10 -0700 Street Food Rocks Originally uploaded by missyshera & chrissybun. We managed to get a bootleg copy of the new Lonely Planet (2007) edition. As the Chinese govt doesn't allow the import of the China Lonely Planet - probably because it is n... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/china-guide-books.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4142d1dca685e00e398a4a0200001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/of-cowboys-vultures-and-thin-rare-air.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(missyshera) http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/of-cowboys-vultures-and-thin-rare-air.html?_c=feed-rss http://missyshera.vox.com/library/post/of-cowboys-vultures-and-thin-rare-air.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 02 Sep 2007 04:37:31 -0700 TIbetan China Street Scene Originally uploaded by missyshera & chrissybun. Suddenly, it's been three weeks that we have been trawling around the backwoods of China. 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