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Quarantine On The Friendship Highway, Part V

By |2020-03-31T13:02:22-05:00February 11th, 2018|Categories: Asia, Unique Experiences|Tags: , , , , , |

Quarantine On The Friendship Highway, Part V. Happy days are here again The skies above are clear again Let us sing a song of cheer again Happy days are here again It was day five, and today we would gain our freedom.  The government officials returned in the morning and called the group to the sparse [...]

Quarantine On The Friendship Highway, Part IV

By |2020-03-31T13:01:06-05:00January 2nd, 2018|Categories: Asia, Unique Experiences|Tags: , , , , , |

Quarantine On The Friendship Highway, Part IV.   Real fear and paranoia set in.  It was our fourth day and for all intensive purposes we were in an information black out.  The day began like Groundhog Day, the same as the day before.  The Yetis silently crept into our room with thermometers clutched in their white latex [...]

Quarantine On The Friendship Highway, Part III

By |2020-03-31T12:59:25-05:00July 21st, 2017|Categories: Asia, Unique Experiences|Tags: , , , , |

Quarantine On The Friendship Highway, Part III.  A rap video!  Let’s film a rap video.  What else is there to do when you being held against your will? If you need to catch up from the beginning, click here to read Part I.   The yetis silently entered my room the following morning.  A thermometer extended, [...]

Quarantine On The Friendship Highway, Part II

By |2020-03-31T12:56:00-05:00November 23rd, 2016|Categories: Asia, Unique Experiences|Tags: , , , , , , |

Quarantine On The Friendship Highway, Part II.  The bed was damp. I was curled in a fetal position under the covers, trying to keep warm. The door creaked and I my eyes eased open. I had just woken up from my first sleep in medical quarantine in Tibet near the border with Nepal. I slid up [...]

Quarantine On The Friendship Highway, Part I

By |2020-03-31T12:52:25-05:00November 8th, 2016|Categories: Asia, Unique Experiences|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Quarantine On The Friendship Highway, Part I.  Xinhuanet Press (China):  "During my quarantine at first I was worried, but the Chinese government provided us daily necessities, and I'm no longer worried anymore," said Jessica Ricci, an American. Let’s face it, as an American, I expect the Chinese to bend the truth a bit when it comes [...]

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