Destination: China

September - Mid-Autumn Festival, China

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [2030] | Video

Location: China Dates: Fifteenth day of the eight lunar month Level of Participation: 2 – gaze at the woman in the moon Description: Also called the Moon Cake Festival, China’s harvest festival ... Read more >

Tags: china, mid-aurumn festival, world festivals

Gallery: Yunnan Province

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 | By gretch_costa | Photo Gallery

Flying home today!!!

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 | By muoy | Views [941] | Comments [4] | Video

My Asia adventure is finally coming to an end!!!  This will be my last blog entry...I've put together a slideshow of my China trip...so enjoy!  This has been such a wonderful trip...I'm leaving here with such great memories and also new friendships.  ... Read more >

Gallery: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, Beijing Duck

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 | By muoy | Photo Gallery

Acting like the locals...pushing and shoving....and Beijing DUCK!

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 | By muoy | Views [1409] | Comments [5]

Wow...the last two days have been very tiring!!!  Helen and I got up early both mornings to meet our tour guide at 7:20am.  I'm not use to getting up so early since I've been sleeping in late!  Also, it's been really hot the last two days...so the sun ... Read more >

Back to Work Again

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 | By relivethefire | Views [677] | Comments [1]

Back to work again. Break was relatively boring.  I don't really know too many people around here other than Ming's girlfriend and her friends, and most my coworkers were busy all of vacation touring their families around China.  This basically left ... Read more >

Tags: daily life

Gallery: Ming Tombs and Badaling Great Wall

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 | By muoy | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Qinghai Lake

Sun, 9 Aug 2009 | By nnmsat | Photo Gallery

Climbing Mutianyu Great Wall...

Sun, 9 Aug 2009 | By muoy | Views [1059] | Comments [3]

I made it to the Mutianyu Great Wall today!!!  Mutianyu is about 3km long and is not as heavily restored as the more popular Badaling Great Wall.  I got up bright and early to meet Cory and our driver at 8am to start our day.  The drive to Mutianyu took ... Read more >

Gallery: Mutianyu Great Wall and Houhai

Sun, 9 Aug 2009 | By muoy | Photo Gallery

Shanghai first typhoon approaching

Sun, 9 Aug 2009 | By shanghai | Views [364]

Shanghai yesterday issued its first typhoon alert of the year and warned residents to prepare for the effects of typhoon Morakot. At 2pm on august 8, Morakot was 700 kilometers from the city, above the Taiwan Strait and heading north with a speed of ... Read more >

Tags: shanghai

Hello this is my first story

Sun, 9 Aug 2009 | By shanghai | Views [406]

Hello, this is my first story. I promise I will write more on my journey in China. Stay tuned!

Tags: china

Relaxing on Beihai Lake and learning Beijing's History...

Sat, 8 Aug 2009 | By muoy | Views [1313] | Comments [3]

Well, I was a lazy bum today and slept in till around 9am...so we didn't make it to Mutianyu Great Wall.  Cory ended up having to work in the morning as well, so it worked out that I didn't get up early.  By the time we met up, it was lunch time and ... Read more >

Gallery: Beijing - Beihai Park, Hutongs, and Houtai

Sat, 8 Aug 2009 | By muoy | Photo Gallery

Pearl Market and Other Tourists....

Fri, 7 Aug 2009 | By muoy | Views [955] | Comments [3]

I didn't venture out too far today...hung around the area by my hotel since the weather wasn't too great.  I went to the Pearl Market to check out what things they have there...very similiar to Yashou Market with all the fake purses, watches, etc.  They ... Read more >