it's with incredible excitement that I dust off the ol' blog for another adventure! One of my best friends Yosha and I are embarking on a fabulous voyage to China (Beijing), Vietnam and Thailand. When I was in first year of my undergrad I studied intensive Mandarin for a year at eight hours a week. I am really looking forward to practicing some of it while we are in Beijing. I have never been to Vietnam so that should be wacky fun...and I very much enjoyed the islands in Thailand when I was there a few years ago on my world tour! I would like to see more mainland Thailand though so this will be great!
So far, we depart on Wednesday (OMG in like a day and a half!) the 14th and arrive in Beijing on tghe 15th around 9:30 p.m. local time. From there we only have the Great Wall trek planned but I think other destinations include Tiananmen Square, some palaces, maybe some tai chi in a park...and definitely some markets and local food! We are in Beijing till the afternoon of the 18th when we leave for Hanoi. From there nothing else is planned other than leaving to come home on the 14th of January from Bangkok.
Why only three days in China? well...it's not a great time of year to go but it'll be warm elsewhere and going over Christmas was a great way to maximize our time with the three days off as stat holidays. Also, we only have a month and want to see as much as possible!
We look forward to having you follow us on this magical adventure! Feel free to post comments as often as you like. It's always great to read them!
Make sure you check out Yosha's blog as well because she will be chronicling some food! So if you want to make sure that we are eating well (or at least experimenting and trying new things!) she will likely go in more detail than me about that cool stuff!
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Ya word1! @ parents for a bit. some vacation for me. Great photos! who took em ;-). got a love asia. geese looked cold. miss you Michelle. G luv and all that stuff!
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