Nearly 4 months (16 weeks and 2 day or 114 days) later, we are finally home. Now that we are home and trying to get back to reality and settled into our life, we have been asked many questions regarding … Continue reading So Many Numbers, So Many Favorites!
London was great. In short, we got to spend tons of time with family and friends, managed to do some insane shopping, and explored some new parts of London we’d never seen before. The morning we arrived in London from … Continue reading Lovely London
We only had two nights in Bangkok before heading to London so there was not enough time to get out of the city and see more of Thailand. We stayed in an amazing hotel in a great location and had … Continue reading A Long Layover in Bangkok
After several travelers along the way suggested that we visit Cambodia, we were excited to go there, but also had high expectations. At this time of year, the most practical way to get there from Vietnam was to take a … Continue reading Charming Cambodia
When we arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, we didn’t really know what to expect. Since we had decided relatively last minute to even go to Vietnam, we didn’t do much research. Our hotel was only about 5 km from … Continue reading Vietnam – Land of 5 Million Scooters
We expected Beijing to be crowded and polluted, but surprisingly we found neither to be entirely true. Perhaps the rain we received cleared the air, but throughout the week we also got some beautiful blue skies, and apart from the … Continue reading Beijing and finishing up China
I think it is widely accepted that international travel, especially for an extended period of time, has the tendency to change people, even if in only small ways. Obviously, one of the reasons for this is that you witness the way other people live and have the opportunity to compare many differences in lifestyle to your own. Intrinsic to this comparison, is a greater appreciation for many of the comforts of home. While I have undoubtedly gained a deeper understanding, appreciation and respect for the Chinese culture, travelling for an extended period of time in this Asian society has made … Continue reading Travelling Thoughts
We had a very short trip in Xian – only 2 nights. Again, we noticed immediately how much easier breathing was at a normal altitude. The city of Xi’an was very nice and pretty. The downtown area is protected by a huge wall which used to be the palace’s borders. Today, the wall is used for marathons and the entire wall has parks on the outside which the people use well. The main attraction in Xi’an is the Terracotta Warriors and they are absolutely fascinating. There are an estimated 8,000+ life-size and extremely detailed warriors and another 130 chariots and … Continue reading Xi’an and Warriors
(By Tovah) When we got off the plane in Lhasa, after the most turbulent flight I can remember having, we noticed right away that the air was thin and breathing was more difficult. Since we had an entire week in Tibet, our tour took us in a large loop beginning and ending in Lhasa, but we stayed the first 2 nights in a town called Tsedang, about 2 hours from Lhasa, and the former capital of Tibet. The drive to Tsedang was pretty, but not as magnificent as we expected. Instead of snow-capped mountains, we found that the terrain was … Continue reading 7 days in Tibet!
We arrived in Yichang in the afternoon, and met our new guide and driver who told us about the city and took us to a government run museum that was dedicated to artifacts from the three gorges project excavation. Although this museum seemed a little run down and was by no means as big as the Shanghai museum we’d been to, our museum guide did a great job explaining how they’d found artifacts dating back 6000 years. He told us that thousands of archeologists excavated for over two years before the whole area was flooded and the three gorges dam … Continue reading Yangtse River Cruise
Gypsy Spirit 