Archive for 'Asia'
Qingdao for some Tsingtao
Posted: November 7th, 2012 by Courtney
We were excited to take one of China’s high speed trains and thought a trip to the coastal city of Qingdao would make a good stop for a few days. We needed a bit of sea air after the pollution in Beijing. Â And what better for that then the beer capital of China and a […]
The People’s Republic of China
Posted: November 4th, 2012 by Courtney
With our visas in our hands on Monday afternoon, we jumped on a plane to Beijing Tuesday morning. We arrived to a bit of a culture shock. We were feeling pretty good in Hong Kong, with familiar Cantonese food and English spoken everywhere. Well, not in Beijing. We were overwhelmed by the scale of city. […]
Packing Up and Heading East
Posted: October 25th, 2012 by Scott
Well we decided enough was enough. We had seen all we could see and done all we could do in Europe. Okay, not really, but we decided it was getting a bit on the cold side, and we had the itch to see something completely different. So we booked a ticket to the other side […]