China
Month 12 Roundup
STATS Days on the road: 365 Number of beds: 14 Countries visited: Russia, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Turkey Postcards sent: 10 Beautiful Mount Ushba, Svaneti, Georgia Thoughts Wow. It’s been a year since we left the US – our home, our cat, friends and family. Without hesitation – best.decision.ever. We would do it again in […]
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Great fun at the Great Wall
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, […]
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Month 4 Roundup
Dragon is going to bite Sergey so hard! in Kunming, China. STATS Days on the road: 121 Distance traveled: 3135.2 miles / 5045.62 km by plane – 756.1 miles / 1216.9 km by train – 2060.1 miles / 3315.44 km by bus – 197.4 miles / 317.8 km by boat – 81.3 miles / 131 […]
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17 November 2013 – Guangzhuo, China
Goodbye China! It’s been real. More than a month (if you count 5 days in Beijing). Amazing country. But time for us to go explore the wonders of Southeast Asia. Starting with Bangkok, Thailand. (As an aside — SriLankan = awesome).
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16 November 2013 – Guillin, China
Walking around Guilin — enjoying the street food, but not the prices for tourist attractions!
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15 November 2013 – Yangshou, China
More stunning views from Yangshuo, China. We rented a moped to get around, which was great fun as well 🙂
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14 November 2013 – Yangshuo, China
Our day of exploring the famous karst scenery around Yangshuo, a found secret garden and delicious kumquat wine. A wonderful day!
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13 November 2013 – Yangshou, China
Our hostel in Yanshuo – Yangshuo 11 – had fantastic views (cannot say the same for night time peace and quite, but hey sacrifices have to be made).
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12 November 2013 – Kunming, China
On the bus in Kunming, China.
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Month 3 Roundup
Baby pandas learning to crawl. Panda Research Base in Chengdu, China. STATS Days on the road: 91 Distance traveled: 4528.58 miles / 7288.04 km by plane – 1092.49 miles / 1758.19 km by train – 2532.3 miles / 4075.34 km by bus – 734.39 miles / 1181.8 km by boat – 2.2 miles / 3.54 km by car – 167.2 miles / […]
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11 November 2013 – Kunming, China
A happy hour in Kunming, China – a necessary luxury sometimes.
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10 November 2013 – Kunming, China
Enjoying great weather in Kunming, China. So rare to see blue sky and sun — at least in the fall! We liked Kunming!
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