Olympics

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

The Mad Fermentationist

The Mad Fermentationist: "successes and failures with all things fermentable"

Xinjiang plans $182 mln project to conserve ancient canals_English_Xinhua

Xinjiang plans $182 mln project to conserve ancient canals_English_Xinhua: "The karez (subterranean canals) are considered along with the Great Wall and Grand Canal as the largest, most impressive man-made structures surviving from Chinese antiquity."

Eventual route taken


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Additional planning that occurred

Route planning leading up to mine (Spring 2007)

Someone else's trip (1895)

An Australian in China, 1895
BEING THE NARRATIVE OF A QUIET JOURNEY ACROSS CHINA TO BURMA
BY
GEORGE ERNEST MORRISON M.B., C.M. Edin., F.R.G.S.

Situated.

China.

Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, Shang China

Brazilians Giving Up Their American Dream - New York Times

Brazilians Giving Up Their American Dream - New York Times: "That decision — to give up on life in the United States — is being made by more and more Brazilians across the country, according to consular officials, travel agencies swamped by one-way ticket bookings, and community leaders in the neighborhoods that Brazilian immigrants have transformed, from Boston to Pompano Beach, Fla."