Keep Those Letters & Postcards Coming! from China's Wild West
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- Spook Spook Dec 4, 2009 @ 11:48 am
- Merry Xmas Tammy, long time no hear. Blessed by an Angel.
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- spirituality spirituality Jun 28, 2009 @ 5:41 am
- Great lens - you've been blessed by a squidoo angel :)
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- Home-Interior-Designer Home-Interior-Designer May 20, 2009 @ 7:51 am
- This is a superb lens about a truly fascinating part of China that we rarely get to hear about. Wonderful.
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- AppalachianCountry AppalachianCountry May 13, 2009 @ 9:18 am
- Wow, this is such a great lens. Thank-you for all the awesome info.
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- Vincentn Vincentn May 8, 2009 @ 10:38 pm
- Interesting story, places, and photos. Definitely my 5* favourite.
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- chefkeem chefkeem Apr 27, 2009 @ 11:38 am
- What a beautiful lens! 5*s and a hearty SquidAngel Blessing! :-)
I'm so glad Drifter0568 introduced your work over at our Squidoozine, SquidLog.com...
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- susannaduffy susannaduffy Mar 26, 2009 @ 5:55 am
- Absolutely excellent! It's a pleasure indeed to read a lens of this calibre.
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- QueSea QueSea Mar 22, 2009 @ 1:34 pm
- Wow. I'd like to see that part of the world. It is so cool you made the trip and brought back the photographs and stories. Thanks for sharing them. I look forward to more of your lenses.
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- JustBon-Crochet-Designs JustBon-Crochet-Designs Mar 18, 2009 @ 12:36 am
- Great lens. Enjoyed my visit :) 5*s
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- Sylviane_Nuccio Sylviane_Nuccio Mar 17, 2009 @ 8:25 pm
- Beautiful lens, great job!
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- sittonbull sittonbull Mar 16, 2009 @ 11:32 pm
- Magnificent lens! Got here per Poddy's foot which is most always a great share! You have a good photographic eye and an intriguing descriptive style of writing. Thanks for sharing your magnificent trip! Stars all round, fanned and faved.
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- Gandree Gandree Mar 16, 2009 @ 9:43 pm
- What an awesome trip. The pictures are wonderful. I'ld like you to add a section about what you ate. Did you have to cook your own food or were there public eating places?
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- TimeHacker TimeHacker Mar 16, 2009 @ 6:34 pm
- Very nice lens, the photos are wonderful!
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- Rewards4life Rewards4life Mar 16, 2009 @ 1:22 pm
- What a great lens, and these photographs are amazing! Well done!
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- poddys poddys Mar 16, 2009 @ 1:00 pm
- This definitely is the trip of a lifetime and I am extremely jealous of all the amazing experiences and unique places you have been able to see. So few westerners get to see these places. 5***** for a great lens.
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- Gina Gina Feb 21, 2009 @ 8:54 pm
- Your adventures give me hope!
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- Feb 12, 2009 @ 10:10 am
- There is so much good information on your lens! 5*
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- AndyPo AndyPo Jan 12, 2009 @ 10:50 am
- Another wonderful lens with absolutely stunning photographs.
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- Webcodes Webcodes Jan 12, 2009 @ 12:22 am
- Magnificent lens 5*. Thank you for describing your journey in China.
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- Cinetech Cinetech Jan 6, 2009 @ 9:01 am
- Awesome lens. I really liked your personal touch. The pictures are stunning. West China reminds me of Mongolian people and their land. Well done Tammie!
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- charlino charlino Jan 6, 2009 @ 7:55 am
- Thank you for sharing your trip to China. This lens is an A Plus.
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- clafun08 clafun08 Jan 6, 2009 @ 2:53 am
- Traveling in West China is my dream! Thanks for this great lens! Very informative!
Thank you for your nice comments on my lens about hotels in Beijing.
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- kiwisoutback kiwisoutback Jan 5, 2009 @ 9:27 am
- Wow, this is my kind of lens! This looked like an amazing trip that you had, you did an incredible job chronicling it.
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- a_willow a_willow Jan 4, 2009 @ 12:03 pm
- You are one of October graduates! Come by and answer few questions to show the way to those who will follow! Wish you many, many more great lenses!
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- ElizabethJeanAllen ElizabethJeanAllen Dec 23, 2008 @ 4:30 pm
- Merry Christmas from the Totally Awesome Lenses Group.
Lizzy
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- Jimmie Jimmie Dec 16, 2008 @ 1:31 am
- Great additions! :-)
There is always so much left to say about China.
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- CrypticFragments CrypticFragments Dec 1, 2008 @ 7:29 pm
- ni hao ma! xhe xhe for this fascinating lens on western China...I have an interest in Silk Road history myself
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- d-artist d-artist Nov 20, 2008 @ 8:27 am
- great phtos and stories...5*
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- Amanda_Blue Amanda_Blue Nov 17, 2008 @ 9:07 pm
- What a good solo "writer" you are. A provocative lens on an unusual subject featuring wonderful photos! Thank you.
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- awelldressedbullet awelldressedbullet Nov 17, 2008 @ 2:49 pm
- What a great lens, very interesting and love the pictures. Can hardly wait to see what you come up with next! - Kathy
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- GabryelandKarilyn GabryelandKarilyn Nov 17, 2008 @ 10:33 am
- Very interesting. We want to go to China very soon.... Blessings, Karilyn
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- bdkz bdkz Nov 16, 2008 @ 11:46 am
- Wonderful lens!
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- mulberry mulberry Nov 11, 2008 @ 7:15 pm
- Outstanding lens, the photographs alone are worth a visit to this page!
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- debnet debnet Nov 11, 2008 @ 11:03 am
- Super lens and STUNNING photographs!! I had visions of you practising the toilet squats prior to your trip LOL!! You had the adventure of a lifetime but I've a feeling you've many more to come ;) 5 very well deserved stars for you!
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- Squidster Squidster Nov 11, 2008 @ 2:48 am
- Welcome to the Squidoo.Asia Directory. We're proud to have such a fine example of lensmastery and I have to join those in awe of your writing and photography skills. Having a bit of that adventurous bug in my ancestry myself I really appreciate where you're coming from. Looking forward to seeing more great lenses from you, I'll have to angelically bless this one in anticipation ^:)^
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- Jenysie Jenysie Nov 10, 2008 @ 7:15 pm
- Wow, how absolutely interesting!!! Although I can't believe you ate something cooked with Yak dung!! and lamb intestine!! That just doesn't sound very tasty!
You sound very adventurous! And it makes me want to go hiking, and travel the world!!
You go girl!
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Thanks for sharing this!
Sincerely,
Jenysie
p.s.
5* and favorite(d)
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- DrRichard DrRichard Nov 7, 2008 @ 1:52 pm
- This is a great lens with inspiring writing and stunning pictures. You deserve the Angle blessing! I'm looking forward to more stuff from you...
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- JaguarJulie JaguarJulie Nov 7, 2008 @ 9:05 am
- Ah, just dropping by to say hello today and ask, "when are ya gonna create that next lens?" I'd love to see more of your writing style. xoxoxo
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- ArtByLinda ArtByLinda Nov 6, 2008 @ 1:23 pm
- Thank you so much for taking the time to congratulate me on LOTD for my Kootenay Lake, BC lens. I really appreciate you! :-) This is a wonderful lens, and I can't wait to see others that you make, your a great lensmaster already! Linda
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- EverythingMouse EverythingMouse Nov 6, 2008 @ 10:30 am
- Brilliant writing. Wonderful pictures.
I don't think I have ever given an Angel Blessing for a first lens before but this is very well deserved.
You have been Blessed by a Squid Angel
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- Amanda_Blue Amanda_Blue Nov 6, 2008 @ 10:14 am
- This is what a "lens" should be: truly prismatic, fascinating, beautiful to view, and replete with unusual thoughts and information. Thank you!
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- SaraMu SaraMu Nov 6, 2008 @ 5:58 am
- I recently did a China city tour and am disappointed I did not see more of the countryside. It looks just amazing.
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- Lisa Pierce Lisa Pierce Nov 5, 2008 @ 11:29 am
- Awesome, Awesome, Awesome...You are so traveled and your writings and photography continue to show us the worlds that many will never be able to admire or enjoy, but, we know that's why we have you! Keep up the good work and tell me more. Lisa
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- ElizabethJeanAllen ElizabethJeanAllen Nov 4, 2008 @ 10:07 am
- What a beautiful, well written lens. I look forward to seeing more from you.
Lizzy
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- ElizabethJeanAllen ElizabethJeanAllen Nov 4, 2008 @ 9:56 am
- Welcome to the Totally Awesome Lenses Group.
Lizzy
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- esitesro esitesro Nov 4, 2008 @ 9:53 am
- Very nice lens... lot of info and great picture. 5* from me :)
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- rms rms Nov 4, 2008 @ 9:30 am
- Fabulous lens! Keep 'em coming! 49 more like this and you're a shoe in for beoming a Giant Squid Lensmaster!
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- Clay Mama Clay Mama Nov 3, 2008 @ 3:21 pm
- Love to travel this way with you. You go, endure, enjoy, and write about it in your special way, and I've been there with you all along. LOL
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- spirituality spirituality Nov 3, 2008 @ 5:03 am
- Well done. Great pictures.
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- Mark_Amy Mark_Amy Nov 3, 2008 @ 3:15 am
- OK, I'm biased, I live in China so I already love the country:) Congratulations on your lens! It is a joy to read and your photos are just superb! You are an inspiration for me to improve. Look forward to reading future updates and seeing more of your photography.
Mark
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- Optimist1 Optimist1 Nov 2, 2008 @ 1:55 pm
- Congratulations on having the courage to visit such a remote places. Your trip sounds unforgettable. It must have been a fantastic bonding experience with you son.
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- a_willow a_willow Nov 2, 2008 @ 7:23 am
- This lens entered Fresh Squid Contest for November as one of the lenses that has been featured on Fresh Squid group during October!
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- JaguarJulie JaguarJulie Oct 27, 2008 @ 4:45 pm
- OMG! Are those YOUR photos from flickr? Absolutely stunning and breath-taking. You obviously are quite talented. What a remarkable journey.
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- thesolowriter thesolowriter Oct 27, 2008 @ 10:19 am | in reply to CCGAL
- Thank you CCGAL for your very flattering comments. I'm so glad you enjoyed China's Wild West. And isn't that the fun thing about Squidoo? We can't all do everything, so we get to experience what we miss through others.
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- Noridah Noridah Oct 26, 2008 @ 3:18 am
- Interesting lense, Great job!
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- CCGAL CCGAL Oct 25, 2008 @ 10:10 pm
- I am practically speechless after viewing this - WOW!!! is inadequate. I will never be able to go to China, much less go and back-pack through the rural areas that you did, so getting to live vicariously through your lens has been a tremendously moving experience for me. I hope you will continue to add things to this lens as you recall them, and post more of your fabulous photos - I'm sure I'm not the only person who would bookmark and return. You get 5 stars from me, a fav and a follow.
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- a_willow a_willow Oct 25, 2008 @ 10:23 am
- You did great job with your first lens! Are you sure you haven't done this before? LOL Welcome to Fresh Squid group! Glad to have you aboard!
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- Pops Pops Oct 24, 2008 @ 3:06 pm
- Your words and pictures let me wander around China and imagine I was there. Can't imagine "security" where I couldn't utter a sound to explain myself, much less defend me. Love "Stark Beauty. Want a print for my the wall of my "stark" office. It is not beautiful. Keep more coming. Love your style.
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- thesolowriter thesolowriter Oct 24, 2008 @ 1:46 pm | in reply to Churchill
- Jimmie, thank you for the time to review my lens and to give it an Angel's blessing. How much fun is this?!
Tammie
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- thesolowriter thesolowriter Oct 24, 2008 @ 1:42 pm | in reply to KimGiancaterino
- Kim, thank you so much for your encouraging words and the "blessing". Tell your son to hang in there. There is and will continue to be great demand for this skill.
Tammie
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- KimGiancaterino KimGiancaterino Oct 24, 2008 @ 1:32 pm
- What a wonderful story... I hope you'll add more photos. You have a great eye. 'Stark Beauty' is gorgeous. My step-son is studying Mandarin (he's 14) and hopes to visit China one day. Squid Angel Blessed!
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- Churchill Churchill Oct 24, 2008 @ 8:17 am
- What a fascinating free spirit. To adventure out as you do would be exhilarating yet humbling. I want to hear more!
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- Jimmie Jimmie Oct 23, 2008 @ 10:38 pm
- You're officially blessed!
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- Jimmie Jimmie Oct 23, 2008 @ 7:48 pm
- Welcome to Learn About China group! This is an excellent addition! We had nothing about the Wild West. I've never been, but it's on "the list." Love your photos and descriptions.
Can't believe you dyed your hair!! I'm blonde, and despite how much I stand out, I can't imagine dying my hair.
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- JessieA JessieA Oct 23, 2008 @ 11:39 am
- Great Lens very unique topic!
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- Spook Spook Oct 23, 2008 @ 11:28 am
- Fascinating, I'm also a big lover of Chinese food. Keep up the great work.
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- The_Homeopath The_Homeopath Oct 23, 2008 @ 10:53 am
- Wow, this is fascinating!
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- Lisa Lisa Oct 22, 2008 @ 10:22 pm
- Great stories and even fabulous pictures to give the visual insights...you are an artist with the camera, an adventurous of the soul, a talent with the words and truely a rare find! Keep them coming, Thanks!
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Contents at a Glance
- Literal No Man's Land
- Cut & Color
- The Eyes of Western China
- Yurt Dweller
- XinJiang Beef & Cilantro
- China - No Chance in Hell
- Gobi Sand Dune
- Stark Beauty
- Kashgar (Kashi -- no not the food company)
- The Annual Haircut -- Taken at the Kashgar Livestock Market
- Silk Road Photos by Thesolowriter
- Well, Have You?
- Dunhuang, Gansu Province
- Colors of Dunhuang
- Mogao Caves
- Jade Gate Pass / Yumen Pass on the Silk Road
- Grainery Warehouse on the Silk Road
- Westernmost Section of the Great Wall
- Do Not Miss
- My Big Chinese Purchase
- Twittered
- Keep Those Letters & Postcards Coming!
- Peace
- Simply Del.icio.us
- Maps, Food, and Other Great Reads
