”为什么来拉萨？” 哥们多次邀请我去拉萨，因为工作原因次次推迟。所以周日我到拉萨，完成多年前给哥们的承诺。同时也希望能为西藏祈祷和平。 然而，上飞机前的痛风，下飞机后的高原反应，缺氧、呼气困难、胃口不好、痛疼、感冒、肺水肿。导游说所有可能有的高原反应我都中了。 拖拉行李，一半都是药。 ”为什么来拉萨？” ”西藏是个神秘的地方，有着灿烂的阳光，洁白的云朵，纯净的天空，稀薄的空气，连绵的雪山，安静的湖泊。“ 这里风景太漂亮了。这5天走过拉萨（罗布林卡和大昭寺）、纳木错、桑耶寺、 雍布拉康、羊湖。如果自己开车自驾游，路上的风景美如画。 然而，缺氧的感觉就是困。路途上大部分时间都在睡觉。而且缺氧严重感觉好像要死掉了。高原走起路来感觉老了20岁，上一层楼梯都会喘不过气。在蓝天白云绿水的纳木错，一步一步慢慢走着，一手拿着手机拍照，另外一只手拿着氧气筒。 风景再美，也无福消受。
Tag: Travel
Short Trip in KL
Made a last min trip to KL for an important meeting (very fruitful). Closed 2 deals while traveling. Unfortunately, I cannot say what it is here yet but I am very excited! Still have 2 pending transactions, one looks like will have to close next week (during CNY) and one will definitely be after CNY. […]
Stuck in Miami
Miss my connecting flight due to snow delay in Chicago, I am now stuck in Miami waiting for the next day flight to Cartagena. Come to think about it, this is the first time I am in Miami. The weather is wonderful, a sharp contrast to the Beijing freezing wind and Chicago snow. But heck, […]
Free market competition
Try to explain why PVG-PEK-SFO ticket is CHEAPER than PEK-SFO ticket. Same airline and even same flight code. No, I am so silly to fly back to PVG (Shanghai) only to take a PVG-PEK-SFO cheaper ticket. Anyway, back in SFO yet again. 3rd time this month. The guy at the immigration was puzzled. Me too.
Wofo Temple – 卧佛寺
RMB 10 each from Wofo Temple…hand-made from leaves. Dragon Phoenix
Strange Encounters in Bay Area
I am in the Palo Alto, on a transit back to Shanghai, with strange ecounters in the last 24 hours. Like sitting at University Cafe talking to some friends (Nick, David and Andy) yesterday and turning my back to see Loic, who is meeting Benjamin, another new friend I just got to know just 2 […]
Billionaire who wasn’t
Billionaire who wasn’t by Conor O’Clery A book about Chunk Feeney, the co-founder of Duty Free Shopping, ranked 23rd richest man who gave away all his money, mostly anonymously until people discover he don’t even own a house or a car. (Incidentally, I realized I was an indirect benefactor of Chunk after reading his book […]
Updates and P2P in China
I had a crazy month traveling across Shanghai, Hong Kong, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Palo Alto, Los Angeles and finally back in Singapore. It was great trip, mostly business but in between some personal stuff, catching up with ex-boss, old friends and making new ones. A great evening with Marc Canter and his family (love […]
Sailing to Tioman
We set off on 24th early morning. We did our immigration clearance on the west side of Sentosa. We set off immediately to the east. Wind condition was bad so we were on our engine assisted sailing. Along the way, we saw a Malaysia police marine heading towards Pedra Branca, for the first time in […]
Next Stop
Goodbye lands of the Vikings. Waiting for the plane to go back to Singapore for a short transit (a warm bath and change of cloths) before flying to Shanghai. See you on the other side of the globe.