China Summer 2015

On this trip, the journey is the destination! Due to the rainy weather conditions, we will not be going to Tiger Leaping Gorge–a portion of the park is closed. Instead, we will be going to Shangri-La early, with an added excursion from a Tibetan village. We’ll still have very limited Read more

We’re wrapping up our two-week stay in 南尧村 and will be beginning our week-long expedition phase this Saturday. During this time, we will be hiking up Tiger Leaping Gorge, visiting the old town of Shangri-La, and staying in a traditional Tibetan village. We’ll have more internet access when we get Read more

Hello from the peaceful village of Nan Yao Cun! Internet access here is very limited. We’ll be here until July 18 before setting off on a week-long expedtion. We’ll arrive in Kunming probably on the 26th.

Hello from Kunming! Due to the limited internet access, most of the posts will be uploaded at the end of the trip. We have just finished our three-day orientation in Beijing and will leave by overnight train to Lijiang, which is located in Yunnan Province. We will spend two weeks Read more

Today, I embark on a six-week expedition to the Middle Kingdom. It is a trip where we will leave our old lives behind us, and assume new identities while wandering through China. I wanted to share the following quote with you. It is by Anaïs Nin, a Cuban/French author: We Read more