Trip: China Bound
There are [17] stories from my trip: China Bound
CHINA | Sunday, 18 Nov 2007 | Views [530] | Comments [7]
A Kiwi, two Irish, a Canadian and an American get on a train.... and no one in their carriage sleeps for the next 14 hours! hehehe, okay maybe we weren't that bad... but nearly! Most passengers enjoy the train or are indifferent about it, but these ... Read more >
Tags: Laughter
CHINA | Saturday, 20 Oct 2007 | Views [372] | Comments [1]
October is without a doubt my favorite time of year ~ something about the changing season makes me dream and write and plan and think. Of course, spending three days on a boat in the middle of the Yangzi River does nothing if not give me plenty of ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
CHINA | Tuesday, 2 Oct 2007 | Views [350]
Their names were Julie 1 & Mike 1, Julie 3 & Mike 3 (no kidding), Alf, Carin, and Rose and we have just had too much fun! I'm sorry if this traumatises my dear grandparents or parents, but I have not drank so much or slept so little in a very ... Read more >
Tags: Laughter
CHINA | Friday, 7 Sep 2007 | Views [494] | Comments [2]
Just a little blurb about how I spent my time off. I had 18 days between trips, so I did what every good tour leaders does with so much time - TRAVEL! :-) Maureen flew into Hong Kong the day after my trip ended so I flew up to meet her there. It was ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
VIETNAM | Thursday, 30 Aug 2007 | Views [447] | Comments [5]
If I even began to tell you about Day 1 of this trip alone you would fall over from the stress of it all! I had fully intended to hibernate at our apartment in Shekou for my 4 days off between trips, but my second day there another tour leader popped ... Read more >
Tags: misadventures
CHINA | Thursday, 16 Aug 2007 | Views [300] | Comments [4]
Whew, just finished a 3 week long trip and I'm exhausted! This is the longest trip I've done so far, plus I had SIXTEEN passengers! Good gracious, every time I did a head count I had to do it 3 times to make sure they were all there! At first I didn't ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
CHINA | Sunday, 22 Jul 2007 | Views [363]
Who would've thought I could have such a great time with just these three older guys as pax? I certainly didn't, but this trip could hardly have worked out much better than it did. The guys were all like-minded, similar interests and backgrounds, and ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
HONG KONG | Wednesday, 4 Jul 2007 | Views [989] | Comments [3]
Greetings my fellow Americans and Happy 4th of July! :-) I am currently in Hong Kong after finishing up another Hanoi > HK trip. I have one more on this route before I go to Beijing at the end of the month! My pax and I arrived in Hong Kong just ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
THAILAND | Sunday, 17 Jun 2007 | Views [371] | Comments [8]
Sawadeekaa friends :-) I'm really surprised at how much of a brain-bend it has been visiting Bangkok this week and seeing my friend from home. For starters it is understandably very different from when I was here 10 years ago. It is so much more modern ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
VIETNAM | Tuesday, 5 Jun 2007 | Views [449] | Comments [2]
Kudos to Isaac Newton for discovering the Law of Gravity based on the simple premis, "What goes up, must come down." I find however that the opposite is true when it comes to hiking: "What goes down, must come up." At least this ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
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