Lunar New Year Extravaganza: Kunming (昆明)

A friend and I decided to hell with the fact that Chinese Spring Festival is the worst time of year to travel, we passed around the lube, bent over and with big bearing grins prepared for the exorbitant pain prices that we would pay for airfare and to stay in hotels at this time of […]

Is that an Altocumulus Castellanus or a Cirrus Kelvin-Hemholtz Colombia?

Back here in China I miss a lot of things. I miss being able to go mountain biking without necessitating the use of a machete and dynamite. I miss being able to eat real hamburgers and not having to deal with the soilent green squeezed out of tubes at McDucks. I miss having my laundry […]

Spring is back, and oh look it brought its friend…Wuqi

Well, it’s 20 degrees out. So I guess that’s not so bad.
Funny thing that smog. Around these parts people call it 雾气 (wùqì), meaning fog or mist. The correct word for smog is 烟雾 (yānwù) but I haven’t heard it used. I’m certain that most people know the difference, and aren’t so ignorant to actually […]

The Weather Here Sucks

I haven’t seen the Sun for the past 2 weeks. It’s either blocked out by rain clouds, or on the days when it’s supposed to be sunny, all I see is yellow haze with a marginally bright spot where I assume the Sun is. Naturally the weather is tiring me out like a naked swim […]

in Beijing

Well I made it to Beijing alright, and it’s exactly how I remember it. Current forecast is smoke with a high of 9 degrees centigrade.