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…
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…
I’ve wanted to visit Mongolia for a long time now, with a vision of riding horses across the grasslands in my mind. However, I figured that wouldn’t be possible on this trip since we weren’t planning to spend much time in the far northern latitudes and it seemed really hard Read more…
When we first thought about visiting China, I didn’t know much about the region, but I did know two things I wanted to be sure to see: the Great Wall, and pandas. The pandas will come in a few weeks, when we get down to Chengdu further south, but the Read more…
I’m sipping my latte completely alone in the hostel café because I’m the only one awake at this hour. Unsurprising given that we fell asleep hard around 8pm last night. It seems despite my efforts to counteract jet lag by adjusting my sleep schedule for the few days prior to Read more…
Welcome to Our Jaunt Abroad! Oh man, down to the wire. As I sit here and write this first post, it’s late the night before we take off for China, and it’s starting to sink in that we’re really leaving for the trip. I’m trying to stay up late in Read more…