Wow, I find it hard to let it go, sad actually. A few tears just hit my keyboard. I've poured my soul along with immeasurable hours of time into the documentation of the trip; this trip prompted so much emotion! I close the book for now on my … [Read more...] about Zai Jian, A Sad Good-Bye to China
Archives for March 2009
To My Son and China Travel Partner
This post is dedicated to my son, with only pics of him from the 4 week backpacking trip. Were it not for him, I likely would have never seen China. A tall, mid-western young man in China speaking fluent Mandarin through a bit of a Texas drawl … [Read more...] about To My Son and China Travel Partner
China’s Interior
"It seems to matter not the quality or amount of a night's sleep. We are tired. It's beginning to feel a marathon of the spirit. It is both the physical exertion of exploration but I believe more than that the mental/emotional exertion of days filled … [Read more...] about China’s Interior
What the H*** Did You Do To My Quail!?
As a kid I remember being told if we dug a tunnel through the earth, we'd come out in China. That intrigued me. But not enough to be much inspired to do so when it was just my Dad's admonition to dig harder in order to get those post holes finished. … [Read more...] about What the H*** Did You Do To My Quail!?