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FROM JET AGE TO STONE AGE
Wong How Man
Mandalay, Myanmar – 8 February 2011
Jetting with Global Express into MyanmarI have landed at tiny Heho airport in upper Myanmar’s Shan State many times, the latest being just a month ago. The runway usually is rough and bumpy. But this time, the landing was smooth as silk. Even as the plane taxied to the small terminal, it felt as if it were floating on air. It was akin to how an old jeep with leaf-spring suspension feels when compared to a late model limo cushioned by state-of-the-art shock absorbers.
But then again, I may just be imagining the smoothness. The lofty ride in a private jet, together with fine wine and cheese, not to speak of the aroma of chocolate cookies freshly baked by Sandy the flight attendant can be quite intoxicating.
荣耀归于沙皇：一个军官的爱与死
毕蔚林博士
中国成都 - 2011年5月16日
一直以来，我都在思考，是什么东西驱使探险家离开温暖舒适的家，冒着生命危险跑到天涯海角，要一路忍受旅途的困顿、单调的食物、折磨脊梁的床铺？想到早期探险中国者必须面对的条件，就更加令人不解了。 因为除了马匹、骆驼和步行外，别无交通工具，光是时间往往就要拖个好几年。
普茨瓦斯基考察新疆罗布泊及其邻近地区，发现跟地图有出入：红线是普氏勘察的湖界和河流，黑线为中国地图原貌 深入中国的伟大探险家普茨瓦斯基，1839年出生于俄罗斯Smolensk，父亲是波兰裔贵族。普氏16岁从军，在一年之内升为军官，并获送到圣彼德堡军校学习，攻读包括地理等科目。1865年他返回他父亲的原籍地波兰，在华沙军校任教地理两年。
看来普茨瓦斯基日后势必成为沙俄军队中一颗明星。1867年，27岁的他却毛遂自荐，请求俄国地理学会派他去西伯利亚贝加尔湖附近的Irkutsk。他的计画是对阿穆尔河（黑龙江）的支流乌苏里江盆地作探险考察。该次考察历时两年，是他的第一个大型探险考察活动。