Tie-Dye Lady

Tie-Dye Lady, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Walkway

Walkway, originally uploaded by haechoo.

The light at the end of the tunnel is not an illusion. The tunnel is.

The Erhai Painting

Beside Erhai Lake, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Lijiang's Houses

Lijiang's Houses, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Conversations

Conversations, originally uploaded by haechoo.

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

- Dorothy Nevill

What are you looking at?

What are you looking at?, originally uploaded by haechoo.

It's OK to look back at the past - just don't stare at it.

Cormorant Fishing

Cormorant Fishing, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Traditional fishing method in which fishermen use trained cormorants to fish in rivers.

To control the birds, the fishermen tie a snare near the base of the bird's throat. Though this prevents the birds from swallowing larger fish, which are held in their throat, the birds are still able to swallow smaller fish. When a cormorant has caught a fish in its throat, the fisherman brings the bird back to the boat and has the bird spit the fish back up. Though cormorant fishing used to be a successful fishing industry, its primary use today is to serve the tourism industry.

(wikipedia)

Cormorant Fishing, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Asian Inquisitiveness

Asian Inquisitiveness, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart, what excuse is there for his continuance?

- Frank Moore Colby

Struggles of Making a Living

Struggles of Making a Living, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.

Together - Father & Son

Together - Father & Son, originally uploaded by haechoo.

You don't raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes.

- Walter M. Schirra

Taking Dinner Home

Taking Dinner Home, originally uploaded by haechoo.

The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs - The chicken was involved, but the pig was committed.

- Martina Navratilova

But perhaps the chicken was not so lucky in China. Or maybe there is no such difference.

The Bai Woman

The Bai Woman, originally uploaded by haechoo.

This lady tends a stall in the Shaping Market, which opens every Monday, in a town north of the Dali Old Town. She sells noodle-like stuff (see below), but we really had no idea what it was. It was really spicy and the taste was rather interesting. The outfit she is wearing is the ethnic minority costume of the Bai (pronounced as ber) Tribe.

The Bai Woman, originally uploaded by haechoo.

The Back Alley

The Back Alley, originally uploaded by haechoo.

The air was soft, the stars so fine, the promise of every cobbled alley so great that I thought I was in a dream.

- Jack Kerouac