Upon boarding the plane we discover our window seat on the Chinese tin can we'd elbowed and leaned our way into, taken. My son and I are 3 weeks into a backpacking trip of rural China, weariness having degenerated into truculence at the point in the … [Read more...] about His First Flight
Wanderfood Wednesday
An invitation by Beth Whitman (Wanderlust and Lipstick), to guest post for her Wanderfood Wednesday series resulted in this post. On Wednesdays I'll make a food related post mixing in the only bug NOT to be avoided -- the travel one. In the post … [Read more...] about Wanderfood Wednesday
Zai Jian, A Sad Good-Bye to China
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
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