China
Curious gorge
Three hours north of Lijiang by bus is one of the deepest gorges in the world. It's called Tiger Leaping Gorge. Legend says that in order to escape from a hu…
Hiking to WenHai
August 26 So it was time to get off the beaten path. Geoff and I hit a traveler's online forum and found that it's possible to hike to a village at the edge…
Changes
Greetings from Jijiang. We have spent the better part of the last 4 days just trying to figure out if we really want to cut out the southern part of China or…
Feasting on Street Food
August 16, 2009 I am having a serious love affair with street food in China. It all started with my breakfast dim sum; now Geoff and I search out street food…
Random musings
Boy my dogs are tired. One of the few things that my aging memory gets right about the last big trip we took was that we walked ourselves silly most days whi…
Fluidity of travel
Today we are finally out of Beijing. We are finding it a little difficult moving around the country because it's the local tourist season and all of China is…
Around City
August 8, 2009 Beijing - So today is our first full day in Beijing. Our hostel is in a fascinating, traditional "Hutong" neighborhood full of street vendors,…
Great wall goodness
Just an aside about being in China. The government has blocked access to both Facebook and Blogger (the home of this blog). We have found a way to post to bl…
Arriving in Beijing
After 11 butt crushing hours with Air Canada we got to Beijing safe and sound. It's funny to post about the airport, but it was very impressive. With a minim…
Dont Panic!!!
Don't panic was the overriding thought yesterday morning as we boarded the shuttle bus to the airport. Cindy's wallet was missing containing her credit cards…