How to Succeed in Communist China

It's been nearly a decade since the last post. But I thought it was time for an update, as today marks the 21st year of this weblog'...

It is hard to believe but this weblog recently celebrated its tenth birthday. I mean sure, we never write on it anymore, and I am probably ...

On Thursday, I made my first trip to Hong Kong. Life here is so much more convenient than Beijing. People speak English, the air is clean, i...

Arrived yesterday at Kuta. Compared to Gili Trawangan this place is a nightmare. Kuta is much more crowded and noisy than Gili Trawangan. Ho...

...but they went away

Just met a new friend and it decided that my lap was going to be its bed for the night. It randomly came up to me and laid in my lap. I thin...

Just got back from a three island tour snorkeling trip on a glass bottom boat. We did snorkeling off the coast of the three Gili islands. Th...

Today, I literally walked around all of Gili Trawangan. The island is tiny. It probably can be done in about three hours but it took us all ...