Category: travel

Olympic Workout

8/8/08 the world sat in awe as they watched the splendor of the opening ceremonies. For years China had prepared for the great honor of hosting the Olympics, and as the eyes of the world turned on her… Read More

Scaling the wall

Of all the sites in Beijing, the Great Wall is probably my favorite for the simple reason it’s not in Beijing. Don’t worry, I’m not going to go into a tirade about the ills of Beijing again. Yet… Read More

Beijing in the winter

I hate Beijing. The crowds, the traffic, the smog, and the immensity always make me appreciate my little China city all the more. As an admittedly impatient person, the fact that it takes at least an hour to… Read More

New favorite sign in Beijing

Ah shucks, guess I can’t bring my car bomb on this street. After a whirlwind of touring, I’m headed home today. More of an update later!

Back in Meiguo

After the longest Saturday I’ve ever had, I finally got home at 1 am Sunday morning. I was luggage-less, but very happy to be outside of airports. Let me tell you, traveling through five airports in one day… Read More

Chinese hospitality

Today is 2 for 1 day…I’m going to take full advantage of the blog access to tell you a tale from my travels. As I mentioned previously, on my way back to Siping I stopped in Shanghai to… Read More

Home sweet home

The more times I go away from Siping, the more I realize how much it has become home. Sure, it doesn’t have the impressive lights and skyline of Shanghai. You can forget the flora and warmth of Thailand…. Read More

Ten minutes in Burma

Thailand gives a thirty day tourist visa free of charge to U.S. citizens upon arrival in the country. This allotted amount of time has always been enough for me in the past. However, when two and a half… Read More

Blessed

It’s been nice this week to relax and soak up the sun around Chiang Mai. After only one week of intensive classes, I hardly feel deserving of the break (especially since most people are still in class). But I… Read More

I’m outta here!

I’ve now accomplished the yearly challenge of packing for two months for multiple climates in a small bag. In a couple hours I’ll be headed to the train, on my way to WARMTH and sunshine. It’s been beastly… Read More