Destination: China

Gallery: Hong Kong

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 | By heywoods1976 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Funny Stuff

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 | By hopperq | Photo Gallery

Forgive us, for we have sinned

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 | By hopperq | Views [631] | Comments [2]

My friends, I, Clare, must confess: we succumbed to an organized tour. On a coach bus. With a tour guide bearing a yellow flag and using a loudspeaker as he switched back and forth between Chinese and English. Yes, there were mitigating factors such ... Read more >

Mama Naxi part 2

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 | By hopperq | Views [663] | Comments [1]

Here's some more information on our time in Lijiang.  It's written after-the-fact since it was very hard to get computer access there.  This is Jennifer writing from Yangshuo.   We arrived in the Lijiang airport on Monday.  We pre-booked a hostel ... Read more >

Gallery: Guilin

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 | By hopperq | Photo Gallery

Mama naxi

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 | By hopperq | Views [423]

Blog entry will be short bc computer wants to type in chinese。 lijiang is very pretty。 Hostel called mama naxi has a lot of character。kind english major went to a lot of trouble to help us find right bus。havent tried yak meat yet but yak yogurt is good。naxi ... Read more >

Gallery: Lijiang

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 | By hopperq | Photo Gallery

Gallery: mt Hua Shan

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 | By tarub | Photo Gallery

Mt Hua Shan

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 | By tarub | Views [775]

Mt. Hua Shan is located in the Shaanxi Province of China.  It is located 120 km from Xi'an.  Mt Huashan is one of the five sacred mountains in China. Mt. Hua is home to several influential Taoist temples where emperors of past dynasties made ... Read more >

Double shot carmel macchiato a la China?

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 | By hopperq | Views [652] | Comments [4]

Sunday started with Starbucks and ended with Walmart.  Starbucks, because ironically enough, I wanted a cup of tea for my throat and it's not easy to find tea unless you're sitting down to a large meal.  Everyone has their own little thermos and tea ... Read more >

On spitting and staring

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 | By hopperq | Views [468] | Comments [1]

We're not sure what's worse: people accosting you on the street and asking to take a picture with you or people surreptitiously taking photos (and video!) of us when they think we're not looking. Do they go home and show all their friends the strange, ... Read more >

The peasant family quickly fries the chick

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 | By hopperq | Views [430] | Comments [1]

We didn't order this dish, but after a morning at the Lama Temple it sounded tempting. Other dish names were similarly funny: "Harmonious Excellence" and "Blotch soup" are fairly representative. We started the day by taking Jen to ... Read more >

Gallery: Xi'An

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 | By hopperq | Photo Gallery

Your Choice is by All Means Correct

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 | By hopperq | Views [588] | Comments [5]

Or so it said on the back of our ticket to the Beijing opera.  It's pretty entertaining to read all the statements that have been translated into English and are just a little bit off.  There was one in front of the forbidden city that said something ... Read more >

Mt HuaShan - China

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 | By tarub | Views [655]

Climbing on Friday, here are some links of the place. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shaanxi/Hua-Shan/blog-336006.html http://blog.hotelclub.com/huashan-trail-worlds-most-dangerous-hiking-trail/