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Guiyang History - The Dragon Sighting Cave
If you have ever flown to or from the City, Dear Reader, then surely you must be familiar with the name of the Longdongbao Airport. Now,...
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May 4, 20234 min read
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Remembering Remnants, part III
Dear Readers, I'm back with the new portion of the Remnants. When I say I'll swing by "tomorrow" it seems to be a week or two later, but...
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Nov 21, 20224 min read
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Remembering Remnants, part II
Hey hey Dear Readers, I'm back with the rest of the pictures included on the Remnants exhibition. Number 3 and 4 were both taken in the...
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Nov 7, 20222 min read
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Remembering Remnants
This is a piece that I should have written a long time ago, yet as always I got preoccupied with hundreds of different things and in the...
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Nov 5, 20225 min read
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Back from the Dead!
Dear Reader, In case you wondered - no, Laoguiyang isn't quite dead yet. Perhaps you thought, after having read the last post on this...
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Oct 9, 20223 min read
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(The Flight of the Flying Mountain) To My Beloved Sandy River Alley
All you need to do is leave the house and gaze at the splendour of the beautiful, subtle rust on metal, the xanthous autumn leaves
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Nov 25, 202110 min read
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Guiyang History IV: The Oil Press Town, part II
The southern part of the Oil Press Town (south of the main street, the area that is now under rapid housing development....
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Sep 3, 20215 min read
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Guiyang History: The Oil Press Town (1/2)
If I were to say that there are places in Guiyang that are known to almost everybody who has ever lived here, I would mention....
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Jul 23, 20216 min read
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The Sea Horse Thoroughfare, part II
Who would have thought! To find this ancient wonder, long lost in the ebb of time, right here in the City. I have always spoken about how...
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Jun 22, 20215 min read
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The Sea Horse Thoroughfare Trail - Part I
There is, however, a rather hidden place here that sports a quite unusual name - the Sea Horse Thoroughfare Road. It sprawls across...
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May 10, 20213 min read
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Guiyang History II: The Six-holed Bridge
Upon me first arriving in Guiyang I often exercised my innate curiosity, trying to ask the locals about names of places and their...
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Mar 11, 20214 min read
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Guiyang History: Triprimacy Well
Awaiting great favour in their career
Those, who sip from the Clear Spring
Below the Heavenly Turtle’s gaze
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Mar 4, 20213 min read
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In the Domain of the Golden Sun, part I - The Dragon Spring
Strange powers converge in the City; it is because of them, that I always feel the time flow here to be a flat circle, rather than a...
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Feb 21, 20217 min read
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The BBQ Lady of the Great Southern Gate
On cold winter days I like to come back in my thoughts to the first time I visited the City. I remember it bathed in the yellowish glow...
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Jan 4, 20215 min read
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After the Storm / Happy New Year 2021!
It has been a couple of quiet months for me and the City. Frankly, I have not spoken to her much after the disaster that has befallen us...
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Dec 31, 20203 min read
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The Story of Two Fish
At the foot of the Black Spirit Mountain, down her southern slope, lies a narrow little alley called the Carp Street;
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Aug 25, 202011 min read
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The Friendship Road, part I
My first memory of the Friendship Rd. must be from the times of my humble beginnings, when someone invited me for dinner...
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Aug 14, 20207 min read
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Update: 9th of August
Since I don't know how else to inform about the site updates, I'm going to write it down here from time to time so you don't miss new...
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Aug 9, 20201 min read
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Celestial Goose Trail, part III
Even a loyal servant to the Will of the City sometimes has to find solace in the greens of the mountains, and blues of the waters...
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Aug 9, 20205 min read
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Celestial Goose Trail, part II
Shall I take the route I know, through the backside of Coal Mine Village and Witches' Hill, or do I feel adventurous today?"
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Jul 30, 20205 min read
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