Trips for Ming Tombs

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 …

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 …

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. …

My trip will overland from my home country Thailand to the Angkor wat, then take a train up to Beijing and start the silk road route from Xian across Central Asia enter Europe from Turkey, hopping around greek islands and finish Europe in Rome