Sam At Large

I’ve just arrived in Beijing.  It is the sixth city in China that I’ve visited in the last two days.  I have been on planes, I’ve been on trains and I’ve been in many automobiles in these last two days.  I don’t think I’ve ever done this much hopping around before. Since about noon on [...]

I’ve spent just about two days in Hengyang, which is about 40 minutes due south of Changsha by high-speed train. I have a few hours in the morning before I go back to Changsha and catch a flight north to get to Sanmenxia. We’re due to sign an official agreement to operate another facility there. I [...]

Absolutely mind-blowing how large this station is. Much like the Beijing airport, they build everything huge here.

5 months old. Holes in her heart. Light as a feather.

I’ve always wanted to see a market like this.  This is where western consumerism hasn’t intruded into community life and it’s something I wish we had at home.  Although, imagining people selling live eels in a tub of water or cages of live chickens on the streets of Walnut Grove is pretty funny.