There was a travel thread of how many train statioms you have been to. It was a lot of fun, brought back some memories. But it got closed. Rather than waste the effort, here it i.

Waupun USA
Milwaukee
Hannibal
Chicago
Glovertown Canada
Bonavista
El Limon Nicaragua
Leon
Managua
Granada
Facatativa Colombia
Girardot
Llay-Llay Chile
Valparaiso
Porto Alegre Brazil
Novo Hamburgo
Glasgow UK...

Two weeks in rural China--October 1996

I'm not a writer, but I'll write this anyway, which may be
what I should have done four years ago, when the events were
fresher in my mind. Then again, maybe only the memorable is
left, and that's the part worth telling.

The first chapter of a travel book is the least interesting,
being more about the author than the place, and after all, I am
not so interesting that China would come to me. I went to China...