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19 Jun
China
Subject: sun brain body block
Got a ton of very strange medicines yesterday from the traditional herbal
uighur hospital for my on again off again dysentary. Strange little tiny
brown balls like something rolled by a dung beetle. And this jam stuff.
And two sorts of mole type paste except it's definitely not mole. And some
sort of very thick intense fruit drink medicine. Am a bit vague on how much
to eat every day. I figure I'll just down as much as possible while here in
kashgar because there's no way I'm taking it with me when we start moving
again. I'd need a second backpack.
Have now taught the entire circus all the lyrics to hotel california. For
some reason the uighurs are obsessed with this song. That and the sound
track from Titanic which, thankfully, I don't know so can't teach them.
Am gorging on this internet access while I've got it. Good way to escape
the sun in the middle of the day. I'm trying to figure out if I should
continue touring with the dawaz troupe (which means another month and a half
on the road) or if I should split and take a bus back north and try to see
some other parts of xinjiang. Like someplace with grass instead of sand.
Main incentive to go north is to try and catch the horse festival. Main
incentive to stay with these guys is out of some perhaps stupid obsession to
see things through to the bitter end. Not sure how much more usuable
unrepetitious footage I'll amass. Guess I wouldn't think twice about it if
I knew from the beginning how long the tour would be. Underestimating and
discovering it's twice as long as expected is hard on the psyche.
Wish it wasn't so hot so I could think more clearly. Instead I just wander
around looking at knives and rugs.
miss you, love d
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