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Category Archives: 2016
Tibet Bound!
This covers the two days traveling to Tibet. Woke up this morning to a misty start. The city of Xining is different the others we have stayed at, it is much quieter both traffic and pedestrian wise. Te sidewalks are … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, China, Trips, Week 1
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Warriors
An interesting eating experience last night. Our guide had recommended a restaurant opposite the hotel, with a caution not to eat at the smaller establishments. We headed over to the restaurant only to find we were in the land of … Continue reading
The Best Laid Plans …………
Well, we survived Beijing, even after finding our own evening meals for the last three nights. Luckily the restaurants have menus with pictures! Prices are pretty good with an evening meal for 2 costing $20-25 Cdn. There was much debate … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, China, Trips, Week 1
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A Quieter Day
A later start to the day as we had a shorter itinerary, we also had a new guide who just happened to be the husband of our previous guide! Today we headed out to the Temple of Heaven, then for … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, China, Trips, Week 1
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No Tanks Today
Today’s trip was modified slightly due to a number of roads being closed tomorrow for a large triathlon in the area of the Summer Palace. We finished doing two major trips today and then two smaller ones tomorrow. Today’s trip was … Continue reading
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The Great Wall
Jet lag wasn’t too much of an issue for me, I woke up for an hour around 4 AM then managed to get back to sleep again. Lyn managed to sleep right through. China is 12 hours ahead of Canada … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, China, Trips, Week 1
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Here we go again!
A couple of years ago there were a number of tours to China on sale for around $2500 including air fare. We decided that China was going to be high on the list of places to visit. About a year … Continue reading
Last Night
We headed out this morning in much cooler temperatures, it stayed around 22°C until midday then climbed slowly to 32°C. Although it was Saturday the Interstates were fairly busy but for the most part we could maintain 65 MPH, much … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Trips, Week 12, West Coast
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Another bit of Luck!
I woke up about 50 minutes before the alarm this morning an knew I wouldn’t get back to sleep so I quietly yelled to Lyn “Are you awake yet?”, well of course she was …….. now. So we up packed … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Trips, Week 11, West Coast
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Time to Leave
Wow, this place is both hot and humid, today’s temperature was 92°F with a humidex of 112°F. These are not pleasant temperatures, yet the campground is full of vacationers here for the summer ….. crazy! Lyn spent the morning cleaning … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Trips, Week 11, West Coast
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