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Just a Bad Idea: Dog on a Zipline

by Jessica Marsden on April 8, 2010

I promised to tell you about my hike along the Great Wall from Jinshanling to Simatai today. But it’s been a bit of a week, what with a houseguest, bedbugs, and an imminent conference for work. Writing that post fell by the wayside. So instead, I give you what is, I believe, a bad idea [...]

Tagged as: Beijing, Great Wall, Photos, WTF?

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Snapshot: Wat Xieng Thong, Luang Prabang

by Jessica Marsden on March 5, 2010

This Buddha statue stood out from others at Wat Xieng Thong in Luang Prabang because the gilt on his face and neck was not the usual smooth gold paint that I had seen on other Buddhas in Laos. Instead it appeared as if small postage-stamp-sized pieces of gold leaf had been haphazardly applied over the [...]

Tagged as: blogsherpa, Laos, Luang Prabang, Northern Laos, Photos, snapshot

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Snapshot: Hida Folk Village

by Jessica Marsden on February 25, 2010

After two weeks of all cities, all the time, it was a bit of a relief to arrive in Takayama, a small town* in the Japanese Alps. We’d seen Japan’s hypermodern side on display in Tokyo and learned about its 20th century history in Hiroshima. In Takayama, we would get in touch with its rural [...]

Tagged as: blogsherpa, Central Honshu, Japan, Photos, snapshot, Takayama

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