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Chengdu, Huang Long, and JiuZhaiGou
We got up early to catch our train to Chengdu. No real problems arose on the train. You could definitely tell that the regular train was the mode of long distance transit for the lower income families. A bullet train was available, but Aunt 7 did not have our passport #'s, so no go. It took 4 hours, not too bad. Salesmen & women walked the aisles, ( Read more... ) -
Chongqinq, Round 1
This portion of the blog is brought to you by the letter ‘A’. More on that later ( Read more... ) -
West Lake Drama
Mitchell had the day off and decided to waste it with E and I. E had seen a show that took place on a lake via YouTube and it was showing at a location known as West Lake in Hangzhou. It was a couple hours away via train, so Mitchell bought tickets and we were off to Hangzhou. Kelly had to work, but would join us later in the day for the show. The ( Read more... ) -
48 hours pt 3
As I stated in the previous blog, we restarted our trip to go to the museums and the French Connection. I felt better after sleeping for a few hours, no more than 5. We took a similar path as we had the day before. Except this time, we knew that there was an additional stop we needed to take on another subway line. This stop would allow us to get ( Read more... ) -
48 hours pt 2
I know what you are wondering, where was Lance? How could he leave that cliffhanger? Was he cancelled? What was the event? Did he save that woman from an oncoming train? Am I over-dramatizing this? I would guess no. Do not worry, I was just WiFi-less. I decided to type these into Word 2011, stating that because I just bought the software. Love that ( Read more... ) -
The next 48 hours pt 1
Now, by the title you might be thinking that we didn't do much the past 2 days. Not true. Sunday was the most adventurous day of the all, so far. We awoke Sunday and planned to do trips to 3 places. YuYuan Garden, the Shanghai Museum and Art Museum, and the area called the French Connection. Elizabeth and I had planned this all on our own. M&K had ( Read more... ) -
First 24 hours (plus a couple more) pt 2
I was exhausted from our travels, so I had assumed that I would sleep for hours on end. We went to bed around 1am, I awoke 4 hours later. I do not know if this is a part of jet lag, but my body would not go back to sleep. I didn't feel bad, so I accepted this. After everyone had arose, we went down the block to get some breakfast from a few street ( Read more... ) -
My First 24 hrs, pt 1
Traveling on the bus from the airport did not provide the shock I was expecting. I saw traffic and billboard signs with Chinese characters, but none of those made me realize that I was now in China. I believe is was because I was just getting off the plane. We took a long bus ride to Mitchell's home area. From that bus we took my first real thrill ( Read more... ) -
Made it to Shanghai!
Well, it took a good chunk of my life, but finally made it to Shanghai. But as always, I must explain how we got to here first. We got up early on Thursday and worked out at the "fitness center" at our hotel. It basically consisted of a bunch of aerobic machines and a bowflex. This Bowflex had been used so much, the resistance bars drooped like a ( Read more... ) -
A fun night
It wasn't easy to get to the fun night. We got to LAX and were told to go to china eastern ticket desk to receive our voucher for a free hotel stay. This was because we were bounced from the original flight and had to stay in LA for one night. I knew of this months ago, so no worries. Except that the single china eastern flight had gone out, and ( Read more... )