在乞力马扎罗山的六天

My Dear Rili·第一天 我从达累斯萨拉姆乘最早的飞机到达乞力马扎罗国际机场,之后坐车约半小时到了Machame Gate.办好了登山手续之后,我和同行的向导、厨师、背夫迎着中午火辣的太阳开始徒步穿行热带雨林.高大的树木,清新的空气,土路并不难走,我背着相机轻松地行走在雨林中,一路拍着花花草草,偶然发现一种像海马一样的花,向导说那是乞力马扎罗山独有的花Impatiens kilimanjari,后来在登山证书上也看到了.我们走了近7个小时,到达Machame Camp——海拔2980米的帐篷营地时,落日余晖映照在雪山上,仿佛我们一天的疲惫消融在这壮观的日照金山的美景里.厨师送来了热乎乎的奶咖和食物——在满天星斗下吃着烛光晚餐,真是一件浪漫的事情.半夜醒来,满天繁星清晰可见,天空清澈极了.     

拚死吃河豚

江苏近海及扬子江内,盛产河豚鱼,其血液、肝脏、性腺、泪腺中均有剧毒,人若误吃了它,很快神经麻醉,窒息而死。民间有“吃了海豚肉,神仙也难救”,“吃了河豚籽,仙丹难挡死”之谚,谈豚色变。只有那些生活十分绝望的人用吃河豚来自杀,这叫“拚死吃海豚”。然而扬子江上的渔民及两岸的民众,明知河豚有毒,却把它当成是“天下第一鲜”,     

Dear Hong Kong:Your Have Our Holy Blessing!

BeforeandafterHongKong'sreturntothemotherlandonJuly1,TibetwasimmersedinhaDDVce1ebrations.INNORTHERNTIBET.OnthemorningofJune20,some10,000Tibetans,inleatherTibetanrobesandwearinggo1dandsilveradornments,gatheredtoperformGorzhuangdanceinthevastNorthernGrassla…     

Our Dear Cousins the Americans: Sara Jeannette Duncan in Washington

As a young woman, Canadian author Sara Jeannette Duncan (1861–1922) spent nearly a year writing for the Washington Post on literary and cultural matters, and published many of her assessments of American society in The Week, Goldwin Smith's journal of Canadian affairs. Her articles repay close scrutiny not only for their inherent interest as witty observations of America by an engaged Canadian observer, but also for the manner in which they reveal Duncan's national preoccupations and biases. Approaching the Republic with neither antipathy nor deference, Duncan turned her newspaper sketches into an occasion for wide-ranging cultural comment on the nature of the republican experiment – especially concerning America's claims to freedom and human flourishing. She found the results encouraging, if not without salutary warnings, for Canadian efforts in the same direction.