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Shanghai, most vibrant city in China

Shanghai is known as the most vibrant, most fast-paced and most western city in China, and it certainly shows. The city goes on for miles and there are skyscrapers everywhere. Its apparently fast c...

An Incident off Hainan during the Cold War

During the late 1960�s and early 1970�s I was aboard the USS Eldorado LCC 11 in the capacity of Electronic Warfare Operator, which at that time was part of the Radarman rating. While the Eldora...

Lhasa, Wednesday the 20th of July

Once again, an early wake up: 0400. I was too excited to care: I am going to Lhasa, the forbidden city, protected by the most inhospitable terrain and some of the highest mountains in the world, th...

Ganden Monastery, Thursday the 21st of July

I am starting to suffer from all of those early wake ups. Bene is consoling me by telling me that I can have a lie-in the next day. So, yet again, up at 04:00 in the morning to catch our bus to go ...

Lhasa, Friday the 22nd of July

The day was spent walking about Lhasa, taking in the sight and the atmosphere. The Tibetan quarters are extremely pleasant and full of happenings. They have all remained pedestrian, with no space f...