The Bon: first religion in Tibet China has imposed a great many modernisations in Tibet. Many are for the good of the population…abolishing serfdom, building roads, sanitation, housing, education; it becomes somewhat reminiscent of the sketch in Monty Pythons ‘The…
Street Life – Cleaners In every city in China you will see people cleaning the streets, caring for the trees and plants, even monitoring road crossing points. Most are paid by the city but quite a few are volunteers. The…
Older than we thought! China had a series of walls centuries before they were built of stronger bricks and became what we are aware of today. For many centuries BC warring states in China fought each other, hence many border…
Walls around a state of the mind Human nature has shown us in historical terms that Emperors and probably most if not all those that rule others are inwardly insecure and fearful of being deposed. Modern psychology confirms this as…
Thank God I’m A Country Boy Growing up in a small town in South Carolina in the 60’s and 70’s, I once thought that city life was just that, city. I had no idea, or clue for that matter, that…
What Happened to Pioneer Chicken In Los Angeles? My family and I had a favorite chicken place we went to when I was growing up as a kid in the 1980’s. Even though we mainly ate home made meals, we…
It is More Fun in the Philippines! Have you ridden a Filipino Jeepney? How about a Tricycle? Have you been to the Philippines? Would you like to know? Before that, let us give an overview about this pearl of the…
America’s Top Five Places To Be America’s Top Five Places To Be Are: 1) Los Angeles, California 2) Las Vegas, Nevada 3) Branson, Missouri 4) Shreveport, Louisiana 5) Fayetteville, Arkansas #1: Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, California is the “land…
