I remember Dali by its steps. On that Wednesday, we climbed and climbed. At eleven in the morning, we stood at the bottom of the Cang Shan (苍山), the sacred mountain that’s the backdrop to Dali — a land as surrealist as its name. Our destination? A Buddhist nunnery called Ji Zhao An (寂照庵), sometimes … Continue reading At a Nunnery in Dali
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In Shangri-la, Yunnan: Pics ( ^ω^ )
The austere serenity of Shangri-La. Its forsaken courts and pale pavilions shimmered in repose from which all the fret of existence had ebbed away, leaving a hush as if moments hardly dared to pass. Lost Horizon, James Hilton Shangri-la. I knew the word as a hotel brand, a fictional place, a mystical concept that means … Continue reading In Shangri-la, Yunnan: Pics ( ^ω^ )
From A Foodie: Frolicking in Kyoto, Uji, Tokyo~ 🏔️
Read other installments:From A Foodie: Tasting Japan & Its Shokunin Spirit 🍙From A Foodie: Tasting Taipei — worn, but lovely 🍹From A Foodie: California Dreamin’ 🌴From A Foodie: Singapore Chinatown Hawker Adventure!!! 🥟From A Foodie: Favorite Eats around Harvard & the Best of Boston 🦞 * My travel itineraries are planned around food. What I … Continue reading From A Foodie: Frolicking in Kyoto, Uji, Tokyo~ 🏔️
December in Japan: Vignettes
(Idk why I wrote this in third person. But it’s more fun that way.) * No one talks on the Shinkansen. She eats her colorful little bento and hears not a cough, not a beep of anyone’s ringtone. Quieter than every 7am subway she’s been on around the world. Outside the oval window, the countryside … Continue reading December in Japan: Vignettes
Harvard Israel Trek 2022
Hello dear friends, it's been a long while—On March 1, I submitted my History and Literature senior thesis!!! During spring break, a hundred of us embarked on the annual peer-led Israel Trek, which took us from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, into the West Bank and territories under the Palestinian Authority, to a hotel by the … Continue reading Harvard Israel Trek 2022
Selina Xu 