It’s been a long time, but last summer when Meena and I were back in the States, some of the best time back was with my Dad and my brother Brian fishing for redfish off the jetties at Port Aransas, Texas. In one word: awesome! Our family has been doing fishing and hunting trips since [...]
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We spent Valentine’s Day soaking in a lot of sun and, literally, stopping to smell the roses…or, rather, tropical flowers. We got up and had a fabulous French breakfast at the MeiMei Cafe and then made our way over to the city’s tropical flower park. We spent the entire day there, complete with a picnic [...]
Southern China and Village Life
Posted in Culture, Holidays, Photos, Shopping, Travel on Feb 13th, 2009
One huge difference about Yunnan than any other part of China we’ve visited is how devoted to Buddhism many of the people are. We got to visit a Buddhist temple in the city and we also got to venture out into a nearby town, their morning market and local temple. There are so [...]
We spent a few days in a port city in Yunnan Province called Jinghong. It is a beautiful city that reminded us of northern Thailand in the weather, food and style of architecture…but it was China, which we love. I am going to describe Jinghong in a way that you will probably never [...]
Instead of flying back home to China we took a boat up the Mekong River, passing by Laos and Myanmar…actually getting to stop in Myanmar to collect some rocks. Apparently they’re very valuable and sell for a good price in China. It was a beautiful boat ride, about 12 hours long and then [...]
Northern Thailand has some of the most beautiful tropical flowers in the world and we got to be there for the annual Flower Festival. There was a beautiful parade with floats made from those beautiful flowers, traditional Thai costumes, music and dance. It was amazing. The running gag we heard from a Chiang Mai expat [...]
One of the coolest things about staying in Thailand is how inexpensive it is to stay in really nice places. There are plenty of big hotels in town, but we prefer to stay at these small, out of the way spots. We stayed at this guest lodge, The 3 Sisters.
It’s so comfortable, relatively inexpensive and [...]
Some of our best friends from Urumqi moved to Thailand last year and we’ve missed them so much. We are so thankful to be able to visit them over our break. Their kids are so dear to us and we got to spend some time with them at the Chiang Mai Zoo and Aquarium. I [...]
A Good Start
Posted in Travel on Jan 22nd, 2009
We’re doing some traveling over the Chinese New Year while we’re off school and can get away from the freezing cold and smog for a while. So.Needed.
So, I know that McDonald’s is, like, evil in the fast food world…well, any food world and , yes, I have seen “Super Size Me,” BUT, after being away [...]