It would appear that Saddam Hussein's Worst Nightmare has come true. But not really: see Mongolians Return to Baghdad, This Time as Peacekeepers.

More Beijing Street Action: Why are the two young women smiling?

She's Everywhere, She's Everywhere!

Hillary Clinton's new book is for sale in every book store in Beijing. And on the plane to Taiyuan I noticed two Chinese women reading it. And it was even for sale in the little book stall in my hotel in Taiyuan. But the Chinese version appeared to have been edited: for the story see Hillary Gets Chopped; for the censored portions see Hillary Longer and Uncut.

Six Beijing Residents After Reading Hillary's Book

Just got back to Mongolia this afternoon after a short sojourn in China.


Ground Zero in China: the entrance to the Forbidden City on the north side of Tiananmen Square

Just returned from Wu Tai Shan, one of the four sacred mountains of China, in Shanxi province. Photos to follow. Spend two days in Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi. Now in Beijing. More to come. . .

Ladies of the Khangai Mountains

RIP Johnny Cash

Stupas at Erdene Zuu, founded in 1578 by Avtai Khan, great-grandfather of Zanabazar

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Madame Blavatsky superimposed on a Shambhala thangka in the City Museum in Graz, Austria, the Dharma Wear capital of the World.

Just reread Madame Blavatsky: The Woman Behind the Myth. Great "Truth is Stranger than Fiction" book. No one could have ever dreamed up Madame Blavatsky but Madame Blavatsky herself.


Madame Blavatsky

Riders of the Purple Sage (Khangai Mountains, Mongolia. August 18, 2003)

That's it. I have had it. My patience is completely exhausted. Smithers, release the Hounds.

Whatever turns you on: Giant Dino Feces Excites Researchers.