Trips for Great Wall

We sent away for our Visas. We booked our flights to/from/within China, accomodations for the first two weeks and a small group tour (8 including us & the leader) for the second two weeks. We are almost packed and ready for our month long trip …

We stayed in the Hyatt Regency Incheon. Nice place to stay, but for a 5-star hotel they should be more careful with the dirty bath linen they have provided. A part of this, it was all good. The first day was saved to organize ourselves and …

Our goal is not just to create a journal to share with friends but also provide insight into a CYTS tour. I include a lot of detail with times and information about hotels for anyone who wants to go on a CYTS tour and wants to know what to …

I somehow managed to get myself, two dogs, two large suitcases, and my backpack (containing, among other things, my camera and laptop) to the Calgary airport without too much trouble. West Jet was fabulous with Lincoln and Darla and they got …

March 10 and March 11th, 2008 I wish I had been brave enough to tell my boss that I needed Sunday off to pack...but with already extending my one week vacation to almost three weeks...I went to work. I had been logging so many hours to meet …

Day 1 - Reached Beijing International Airport around 5pm Beijing time. The sky has turned dark, head straight to the Airport Express Bus station only costs me RMB16 per person to get to the west side of the city where my hotel is. Day 4 Today …

时候已经是冬天,不知道是北京空气好还是什么原因,总觉得北京的阳光异常的刺眼,踩着地面的雪,发出沙沙沙的响声,我很喜欢这种走路的感觉,就这样不紧不慢地从长安街一直走到王府井,独自一个人走在大街上,看着来来往往的人们,闻名于世的天安门广场。在明清时代，是帝皇 …

Local Lingo... Ni How - Hello Boo Yow - I dont need that! Shi Shi - Thank you EE - One AR - Two EE Jung - One Ticket EE Ping - One Bottle EE Bey - One Cup Sai Lai - More Dwey Bu Shi - Excuse Me/Sorry Wo Bu Dong - I dont understand Ting Bu Dong …

Hekje mulighed for aa lasta bilde naa, men tenkte aa gje ei lidaa oppdatering. Me ae tebage i Tokyo. I gaar rafta me, og me ae mildt sakt hommar(jone hakke vaerre enn meg). Me hadde wetsuits mae bare skuldra, og det ser skjikkele stygt ud. …

airport was a bit hectic, but roughly ok. China world hotel is actually shangri la. Excellent fitness center and health center, and room was also very nice. Right at a shopping center as well. Hongyunlou restaurant had excellent stir fry food …