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I didn’t decide by myself to head to Crete, Greece’s largest island in the southern Aegean, to MedTrek for two months. First I went to pay tribute to, and get some guidance from, the iconic Oracle at Delphi. Circe Read more

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Catching the rising morning sun in the YMCA pool after his 5 a.m. workout to prepare for two upcoming masters swimming meets. Read more

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Getting High In Tibet

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Joel in An Odyssey in China & Tibet, Follow The Idiot, Idiotic Musings | 15 Comments

Lhasa, Tibet

“You will feel like your mind is sublimed and soul purified as we pass the highest freshwater lake in the world,” blared the loudspeaker on the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. The world’s highest altitude railroad, a construction marvel inaugurated in 2006, reaches an altitude of 5,072 meters (16,640 feet) between Xining and Read more

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Chinese Yuan Under Yak Attack

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Joel in An Odyssey in China & Tibet, Follow The Idiot | 8 Comments

The Chinese yuan has not only begun fluctuating against the US dollar. It’s also come under attack by a commodity considered to be as good as gold by Tibetan nomads on the Ganjia Grasslands in central China.

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Seeking Chic Chinese Chicks

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Joel in An Odyssey in China & Tibet, Follow The Idiot, Idiotic Musings | 17 Comments

A story about the recent heat wave on Chinese TV was illustrated by shots of women in Beijing, Xi’An and other cities wearing hot pants and miniskirts to stay cool.

Indeed, contemporary Chinese women are as chic and hot/cool as their European counterparts when it comes to fashion. And young Chinese men Read more

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Sizing Up China

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Joel in An Odyssey in China & Tibet, Follow The Idiot, Idiotic Musings | 11 Comments

Is The Idiot the only person who has to constantly remind himself that in China EVERYTHING – not just the Great Wall, the Himalaya, Tiananmen Square and the population – is very BIG?

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Why Is The Idiot MedTrekking On The Great Wall Of China?

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Joel in An Odyssey in China & Tibet, Follow The Idiot, Idiotic Musings | 34 Comments

The Idiot accompanied a high-level-under-the-radar delegation from the European Union on a MedTrekking visit to the Great Wall of China this weekend.

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