Great Wall Y'all

In the immortal words of one in the long line of unbroken amazingly articulate Presidents of the United States, "It sure is a great wall." (digital sarcasm bout the prez). Unfortunately, the Prez or Commandante or Comrade who's in charge of foreigners using the internet in mainland china isnt about letting me upload the photo goodies just yet.
So here's less than a thousand words:
Beijing is on some "Golden Age" type stuff out here, Art and Culture are progressing with the speed of the Olympic planners pulses, everything is in limbo and you can feel it.

Cool stuff from Beijing:

Hutong living structures
798 Gallery Spaces
That Picket Fence next to Mongolia
Fresh skateboard scene on the come up
and the Amazing staff at the Red Lantern Hostel who have taken care of just about any problem to arise, they are rad.

Solo travel session finished with the arrival of one Don Ford, ready to "Do it to it" We head to Xi'an tomorrow on the 12 hour hard seat train, wish our bootys Cushion Luv.

Spent my birthday (thank you everyone for the mails!) on the great wall, after a night out at the fresh new neighborhood bar joint, the wall is rad enuff that 2 hours of sleep can be conquored with a couple views off the ramparts.

X's and O's to all, you can buy me this for my birthday if you want. No, two is too much, i couldn't accept.

More Soon, with pictures