We left Beijing for Chengdu on a thirty hour train.  This was only my second experience on a train; the first being the ride from Vancouver, WA to Vancouver, BC at the beginning of the trip.  We bought berths in “soft sleepers”.  These are four sleeping berths to a cabin, with an actual door.  We ended up rooming with a couple of University ( Read more... )

 So one of the things that’s “not to be missed” in China, especially Beijing, is the Acrobats.  We went to a show that was recommended by our hostel and I have to say - it was very good.  It was no Cirque; by which I mean the overall atmosphere was lacking, not the caliber of the performance.  Instead of a unified story there was a series of ( Read more... )

So.  We're leaving Chengdu today and I still haven't finished updating for Beijing!  This won't finish it either, but I have another train ride to work on that and So.  We're leaving Chengdu today and I still haven't finished updating for Beijing!  This won't finish it either, but I have another train ride to work on that and a Chengdu post ( Read more... )

Wednesday Rob and I went to the Great Wall.  Given my loathing of pushy vendors and crowds we did not go to Badaling, the closest and most frequently visited section of the wall.  We went instead to Jinshanling.  It was about a four hour bus ride outside of Beijing... I'll start there ( Read more... )

Yesterday Rob and I visited Lama Temple here in Beijing. We're going to be visiting a Tibetan monastery outside of Lanzhou later, and I'm hoping it will be less... developed? I'm not sure what word I want to use here ( Read more... )

Heya everyone ( Read more... )

I kinda already did this with the things I'm glad I did... hmmm ( Read more... )

Three pet peeves? This is harder than four quirks ( Read more... )

Oh lord. There are so many to choose from ( Read more... )

There are a lot of these that I have in common with a lot of you, so I'm going to try and come up with a few that might be new to at least some of you!

Day Six: Five books/movies/tv series/etc that you'd recommend.

1. The Witches of Eileanan by Kate Forsyth (this is a six book series)

2. The True Game by Sheri Tepper (This one is a trilogy ( Read more... )