The CIA’s opium and heroin cash cow playground since the 1950s: The Golden Triangle, were Burma/Myanmar, Thailand and Laos all coverge – right on China’s border. (image by www.bbc.com) Join Jeff in Beijing for his Radio Sinoland Show. He discusses news and events about China, at home and around the world – information…
In the huge covered, outdoor market in Chishui, a dentist sets up shop and performs a wide variety of dental needs and operations, for all the world to see. Open wide! Photo from the book, 44 Days Backpacking in China, by Jeff J. Brown. Listen to Jeff talk about some of the travel…
Fabulous late night traveling circus in Nayong, Guizhou, complete with magicians, Punch and Judy puppets, Chinese song and dance. Photo from the book, 44 Days Backpacking in China, by Jeff J. Brown. Listen to Jeff talk about some of the travel and cultural highlights from his book and journey, 44 Days Backpacking in…
Lake Erhai, where Dali is located in Yunnan. Taken from the Zhonghe Temple in the Canshan Mountains, at 2,600 meters above sea level. Dali is 600 meters below, along the lake. Photo from the book, 44 Days Backpacking in China, by Jeff J. Brown. Listen to Jeff talk about some of the travel…
A look along the totally isolated, deserted path in the primeval forest of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountains, outside Lijiang, Yunnan. Photo from the book, 44 Days Backpacking in China, by Jeff J. Brown. Listen to Jeff talk about some of the travel and cultural highlights from his book and journey, 44 Days…
Expansive view of Dali’s Erhai Lake, from 2,600 meters above sea level and the Zhonghe Temple, high up in the Cangshan Mountians, overlooking the huge lake plain 600 meters below. Photo from the book, 44 Days Backpacking in China, by Jeff J. Brown. Listen to Jeff talk about some of the travel and cultural…
A Mosuo boatswain ferrying Jeff across Lugu Lake, from Sichuan to Yunnan. Photo from the book, 44 Days Backpacking in China, by Jeff J. Brown. Listen to Jeff talk about some of the travel and cultural highlights from his book and journey, 44 Days Backpacking in China. This podcast covers his journey across China…
On 2014.3.17, Jeff J. Brown, author of 44 Days Backpacking in China, gave a talk at the International School of Beijing Parent-Teacher Association. Sweeping in scope, Jeff’s ISB talk is a deeply personal, soul searching and boundary breaking presentation. It will challenge your notions of the human condition, as he compares the history and…
Apologies for the photos being out of focus. The nice lady at the Bookworm didn’t notice she had the camera on manual focus… Better luck next year! Jeff and Bill have a jolly good time during their repartée together. One part of the packed house for the 44 Days book talk….
Delicious, home cooked, fresh and piping hot food is available everywhere you turn when traveling in China. Here is an open air roadside restaurant on the way from Chengdu to Kangying, in Sichuan Province. Photo from the book, 44 Days, by Jeff J. Brown. Listen to Jeff talk about some of…
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