First, we have to apologize for the long gap between our last post and this one! We’ve had a friend traveling with us for the last couple of weeks, and it’s been a whirlwind without a lot of time to write. We’ve also been lounging recently on a remote island Read more…
After our two days in Zhangjiajie National Forest, I wasn’t sure what scenery could possibly come close to comparing with the view’s we’d had. But Rorie discovered a huge valley known as the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon with a famous glass bridge [Editor’s note: The largest and longest glass bottom bridge in Read more…
Our last stop in China (!!) – Zhangjiajie National Forest – was the one Rorie was most excited for, and after hearing him talk about it, I was too. [Editor’s note: While we shared excitement to see most of the sights in China, we were each allowed to select an Read more…
While we were excited to get to Chengdu, our journey there was more onerous than for our other stops in China. Specifically, it involved a 16 hour “soft sleeper” (private vestibule with 4 total beds) overnight train ride from Xi’an. Soft sleeper train rides are pretty great from our experience, Read more…
The first accomplishment of our time in Xi’an was surviving our first overnight train ride (~12 hours) from Hohhot in Inner Mongolia. This time we opted for the “soft sleeper” instead of the “hard sleeper” we’d taken from Beijing to Datong, which offers distinct benefits such as being able to Read more…