Coming to Shanghai was all about seeing Mark and Sheryl. I wasn’t looking to sightsee too much as I did a lot of sightseeing when I was in Shanghai in 2008. Oh and Mark promised to show me many dumpling houses while I was in town and when I saw him in Bhutan in June, […]
Since I came to China in 2008 (and visited Beijing, X’ian, Shanghai and Hangzhou) I only planned to stop in to see the Panda Bears in Chengdu and my friends Mark and Sheryl who were now living in Shanghai. So this was really a quick stop with specific cities. BUT…My Journey from Hanoi to Chengdu wasn’t easy…and […]
No matter how careful I am, or how much planning, checking and re-checking I do…I always run into some sort of travel snafu. I have even been known to run into some illegal situations and try my best to smile and work my way out of them. As these situations tend to have funny stories […]
Heading out to Shanghai was my last major stop in China. After looking at overnight train and flight options, I opted to fly as it was just a little more money, but much faster. Speed was the name of the game in Shanghai, as once I got off the plane, I headed over to the […]
I decided to go to Xi`an (pronounced “Shee Han”) to see the famous Terra Cotta Soldiers so I knew it would be a quick stop, but something I wanted to do as I was so close. After three full days in Beijing, I just wanted a day of rest. Kinda like my weekend if there is such […]
I was very excited to get to Beijing as I was going to be meeting Gina and Ben. Gina is one of best friends from high school and Ben was one of my best friends from college. I introduced them in 2000 and they later got married. I was thrilled to get to meet them in Beijing. Ben`s […]
I guess when airlines are involved and flights get canceled or my round the world ticket (RTW) is about to become void (if I miss a flight), that makes for a pretty big snafu. This one counts as Snafu #2 (first one was back in May with Norway flights). Well this snafu was about to happen and […]