tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297054102011-12-05T19:00:07.386-07:00Silk Road Boys 2006: A RetrospectiveA blog a little too late on the tail end of our three week trek through China. Shanghai > Wuxi > Xian > Chengdu > Wuxi again > Beijing > then back to home turf . . . Phoenix ArizonaPeter Kelly ~ Social Worker, Traveler, aspiring Magicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05281837400164284609noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705410.post-16230511471815528732007-04-23T21:57:00.001-06:002007-04-23T21:57:49.744-06:00A New American Boy!<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=212721&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script><div id="blip_movie_content_212721"><a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wuweidharma-ANewAmericanBoy716.wmv" onclick="play_blip_movie_212721(); return false;"><img src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wuweidharma-ANewAmericanBoy716.wmv.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a><br /><a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wuweidharma-ANewAmericanBoy716.wmv" onclick="play_blip_movie_212721(); return false;">Click to Play</a></div> </center><div class="blip_description"><p>15 years in the making....the day finally arrived!</p></div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29705410-1623051147181552873?l=silkroadboys2006.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peter Kelly ~ Social Worker, Traveler, aspiring Magicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05281837400164284609noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705410.post-41579775993246242142007-04-09T19:53:00.000-06:002007-04-09T19:54:26.408-06:00<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=198979&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script><div id="blip_movie_content_198979"><a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wuweidharma-TaiChiDemonstrationByMasterPingWei320.wmv" onclick="play_blip_movie_198979(); return false;"><img src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wuweidharma-TaiChiDemonstrationByMasterPingWei320.wmv.jpg" border="0" title="Click To Play" /></a><br /><a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wuweidharma-TaiChiDemonstrationByMasterPingWei320.wmv" onclick="play_blip_movie_198979(); return false;">Click To Play</a></div> </center><div class="blip_description">My buddy Ping has been doing Tai Chi since he was a boy in China. He continues to study with another Master from Canada, and teaches Tai Chi at the local community college and at North Mountain Park every Saturday morning.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29705410-4157977599324624214?l=silkroadboys2006.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peter Kelly ~ Social Worker, Traveler, aspiring Magicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05281837400164284609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705410.post-281720356252441422007-04-08T23:20:00.000-06:002007-04-09T18:51:36.719-06:00<center><a onclick="window.popup_player_198148 = window.open('http://blip.tv/file/193896/?skin=popup&file_type=flv','post_198148','toolbar=no,scrollbars=no,directories=no,resizable=yes,width=360,height=305,top=20,left=20,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,'); return false;" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wuweidharma-OurThailandJourney2004185.flv" rel="enclosure"><img src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wuweidharma-OurThailandJourney2004185.flv.jpg" /></a><br /><a onclick="window.popup_player_198148 = window.open('http://blip.tv/file/193896/?skin=popup&file_type=flv','post_198148','toolbar=no,scrollbars=no,directories=no,resizable=yes,width=360,height=305,top=20,left=20,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,'); return false;" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wuweidharma-OurThailandJourney2004185.flv" rel="enclosure">Click To Play</a> </center><div class="blip_description">Ping & I will never forget the astonishing beauty of the gracious Thais, their traditions, their fiery hot food, and landscape peppered with ancient temples (chedis) and a gritty break-neck urban environment.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29705410-28172035625244142?l=silkroadboys2006.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peter Kelly ~ Social Worker, Traveler, aspiring Magicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05281837400164284609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705410.post-47546332134424795042007-01-28T12:31:00.001-07:002007-02-13T22:01:32.987-07:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/1218/3626/1600/59296/IMAGE_005-714847.jpg"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/1218/3626/320/887406/IMAGE_005-714847.jpg" width="320"/></a></p>cha - oil on canvas by Ping Wei 2006<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29705410-4754633213442479504?l=silkroadboys2006.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peter Kelly ~ Social Worker, Traveler, aspiring Magicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05281837400164284609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705410.post-33150689360000440842007-01-28T11:30:00.000-07:002008-12-08T22:15:51.680-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nKS0uSNXPsM/RbzscETCp1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/LdbJD_RKUzE/s1600-h/Chinafile1+058.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025151251172730706" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nKS0uSNXPsM/RbzscETCp1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/LdbJD_RKUzE/s400/Chinafile1+058.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Well spank my baozi (pronounced: bow-tza, meaning "buns") and call me a Tiananmen square, but I miss running around the streets of Beijing! 2006 marked my second journey to China with Ping, and I can't wait to go back. China is transforming at a break neck pace, and the cities are awash with commerce and the latest trends and merchandise. Capitalism? Bite your tongue! The Chinese call it Chinese Socialism... Hey, whatever floats your sanpan!</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29705410-3315068936000044084?l=silkroadboys2006.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peter Kelly ~ Social Worker, Traveler, aspiring Magicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05281837400164284609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705410.post-1150297913217395532006-06-14T09:04:00.000-06:002006-06-14T09:11:53.226-06:00The way to the Han Dynasty was, no doubt, paved with good intentions. As was my intention to post this blog three weeks ago at the start of our trek through China. Alas, a whirlwind tour of Shanghai, Wuxi, Xian, Chengdu, Beijing and a brief respite again in Wuxi was a formidible distraction from hammering out this blog in real time. Nonetheless, here's a few memories, observations, pics , culural notes and mind jamming English translations that peppered our journey through the Middle Kingdom. Enjoy!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29705410-115029791321739553?l=silkroadboys2006.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peter Kelly ~ Social Worker, Traveler, aspiring Magicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05281837400164284609noreply@blogger.com0