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Dali

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Hello from Dali! This city is by far my favorite place in China. The air is clean, it’s beautifully placed in a valley by a lake, and the drivers are slightly less crazy. (We actually felt safe enough to ride bikes yesterday!)

Today we rode horses up the mountain. It was fabulous fun, although a bit scary. It was really steep in some places and sometimes their hooves slipped, but we got out of it alive.

Horse!  

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It’s raining, it’s pouring

Friday, July 11th, 2008

The old man is snoring.

Yeah, the weather in Kunming is terrible today. Rain, thunder, lightning. Actually, it feels a lot like Seattle. 🙂 A major road is flooded, so we had to skip our bus ride to Dali today and go tomorrow instead. I can’t wait!

So what’s been going on with us? Well, in our last days in Xi’an we spent our extra time wandering around the city and exploring. We found the bird market, which is aptly named because every 3rd stall sells birds (from parakeets to chicks to pigeons!) It also had a lot of turtles, rabbits, and crickets.

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Pictures

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
It takes FOR EVER to upload pictures here, so I'm just going to post a few for now!   China cool metal design!   flutterby! [Continue reading this entry]

We’re stuck, but the food is good

Sunday, July 6th, 2008
Hello! Right now we've been stuck in Xi'an for 5 days. Our original plan was to leave after 3 days via train to Kunming, but all the tickets have been sold out until the 13th. So we made the ... [Continue reading this entry]

Giant Buddhas and Precarious Monasteries

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
These past few days have been awesome. We took a train from Beijing to Datong, a very industrial city without much natural beauty. Our hostel was right next to a coal burning facility. The countryside around the city ... [Continue reading this entry]

Hospital visit, good food

Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Wow. These past few days in Beijing have been very eventful for many reasons. For one, my brother went to the hospital!On Wednesday night, Gustav was feeling a lot worse. His vomiting wasn't stopping, and he felt pain ... [Continue reading this entry]

China!

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Well, I made it safe and sound to China! These past 3 days have been incredible. Beijing's been really foggy, and the air here smells so different. Here's what's been going on:Monday: I arrived in Beijing at 1 ... [Continue reading this entry]