Recent Trip Posts
Wooooo!
Well, the day began with the ever-so-delicious buffet breakfast at our hotel in Luoyaug and a slow booking of our tour bus. On the ride towards The Longmen Grotto and The White Horse Temple, our tour guide tells us that we get the opportunity to go to the geology...
Goin’ for a Bike Ride
As we exited our comfy air conditioned hotel we felt the beams of the sun lick our skin. Arguably the hottest day we have experienced, the sun was high in the sky and the anticipated China heat was upon us. Our tour guides agenda for today was to wear down the...
Day 7: Life is About Relationships
While at Beijing University the students asked Dr. Zha if he thought the upcoming U.S. presidential election would have any effect on our country’s relations.  I’m not sure the professor even took the time to blink his eyes before he uttered “no.”  Dr. Zha then took a...
Jade, Spaghetti, Mogadish, Meijers
It was 7:30 (or 0730 Chinese/military time) and the baritone voice on the other end cracked “good morning.” It was another anti-climatic start to another interesting day in the People’s Republic of China. After being startled by a half-made statute that vaguely...
Day 3: Parting Ways with Beijing, Mao Lighter
Today started startlingly early, with a 6.30 wake up call. Not fun. We collectively showered, ate and put on a varying degree of western business attire. Me, Dom and the Big Boss (Moline) were clearly the sharpest dressed. Soon we were off to Peking University....
Day Two!
 Sunday, June 29, 2008 8:35pm Beijing       Wow, what a day…  It started early; we left at 8:00, though Mr. Chisnell and the rest of our chaperones were late, “One dollar,” as Lu Xia said. XD       Anyway, it took about an hour and a half to get to the Great Wall, so...
Road Through Henan
As we drove through the hills of Henan on our way to Luoyang, we passed a steady stream of trucks moving east and west; the eastward trucks were moving in our direction, spreading goods to the major and middle cities, and the westward trucks, heavily laden, were...
The Other Side of the World
I remember one adult who approached me during a China trip fundraiser for the team:  “You ask them,” she said. “You ask them why.”  It was never quite clear to me what she wanted to know, but I surmised it. What excites me about our trip is the why.  As I have learned...
Trips to be added:
|   1999:   Ireland | 2000: Scotland | 2001: Italy/Greece |   2002:   Japan  | 2003: Alaska, Canada | 2003: Hungary | 2004: Costa Rica | 2005: India and Ladakh | 2006: Scandinavia |
| 2007: Dominica |   2008:   China  |  2008:  Iceland | 2009: Northern Ireland |    2009:   Nepal | 2009: American Road Trip I |   2010:    Peru | 2011: Cuba & Belize |  2012:  Turkey |
| 2013: Guatemala | 2013: American Road Trip 2 |   2014:  Hawaii | 2015: Costa Rica | 2016: Cuba | 2016: Italy | 2017: Peru | 2018: Tanzania | 2019:  Bigfoot Hunt  (Pacific NW) |
| 2020: Eastern Europe | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |