1 January 2014 – Koh Lanta, Thailand
Welcome to the first day of the year — it’s a good one!
Welcome to the first day of the year — it’s a good one!
Drinking tea is the popular past time in Chengdu, China — so we join in — and its delicious!
Founded: 1005 Pop: 1.1 million Gleaming Kazan train station. We were most impressed with Kazan from the moment the train pulled into the station. Clean, modern, even slick. Beautiful city, colorful, interesting people (and many of them). Budget friendly too – we paid only 100 rubles for bag storage at the train station, whereas in…
Back in Bangkok for a hot second to check out a local supermarket. Your favorite segment, we know!
Met some cool people, swapped wheels at the border, traveled on Chineese train.
Our day trip to the Great Wall of China easily qualifies as a major highlight of our month-plus that we spent in the country. I might even go as far as saying that if I had to pick just one thing to see/do in China, this would be it (although I would be very sad,…
A rather bumpy ride on a colonial-era train from Bago to Mawlamyien