This is an area I've wanted to go to for a long time too!! Your photos are great, and it certainly sounds as though kayaking is worth it as an alternative to walking :-)
Informative Blog! I was not aware of the camel market in Ashgabat until reading this blog - thanks for providing the inspiration to visit the city on a Sunday!
A PLEAURE Hi Kathie and Jordon:
What a pleasure to be part of your travels. I thoroughly enjoyed the commentaries and photos. Jordon, I am so glad your mom, in her Christmas letter, felt I may be interested to follow your adventure. Thank you. Best to you both.
Elizabeth Davey
P.S. If you travel to Toronto you are welcome to stay here. I offer a decent hostel and the price is right, free.
Sad to see it end. Thank you two so very much for all the great emails/pictures. Have thoroughly enjoyed them all, as well, so has my daughter.
Take Care - Best Wishes,
Joyce Beshara
Beautiful photos. Those little fellas look unbelievable cuddly and it certainly seems to be the perfect final stop in China for you! Looking forward to reading about the next leg of your trip. Take care!
Fun! looks like an awesome trip! I'll have to check back on some of your older blogs that I missed. I went to China last summer and I loved it too! jiaozi and baozi were also my favorite!! No American/Chinese food comes close. I'm glad you guys had such an awesome trip. I'm trying to plan a trip to go back and see more of the natural sights and small villages too, so if you have any tips send them at me! Have fun in New Zealand!
The weather didn't improve! Hi Jordan and Kathie,
We left the morning after you - everything still shrouded in thick fog! The Belgians and the Canadians were huddled around the
coal burner when we said goodbye... Now we're in Jinghong - beautiful weather - it's so nice to get rid of all the layers!
Don't think you've quite reached 'your' summer yet? Enjoy it all. Stay in touch, it was great to meet you.
Nice photos again by the way.
Take care, Tracey and Jim
Amazing photos! Wow what great shots. Poor Jordan looks like he is freezing in the lunch time shot. We aren't faring much better here. We had a bit of a cold snap but it should be getting warmer later this week.
Keep warm!
Sounds like you are getting China-ed out. I've heard from other people that if you want to see genuine Chinese architecture, you have to go to Vietnam!
Prayer Flags Hey, what exactly is written on those prayer flags? Can anyone put one up or is one of those buy one and put it up deals? Inquiring minds need to know!!
Love Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins Wow... hard to believe you guys have been gone for over 5 month.. does it seem that long? Time has absolutely flown here, I hope your has gone slow enough to enjoy. Happy New Year... and nice to see you found a premium place to spend it, and with good company. Im looking forward to reading more of your travels, keep safe.
Paul
Hi!
Welcome to our travelblog page. We initally called ourselves "AfricaBound" because we spent a year traveling around Africa from August 2007 to August 2008. At that time, little did we even think that we could go on another extended trip. Somehow through much perseverance and determination we were able to save up for yet another extended trip, this time as sort of a honeymoon. Our current itinerary has us traveling from July 2010 until December 2011 through Central Asia, China, New Zealand, Australia and then back up to SE Asia, Nepal, India and then finally Japan.
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Jo McCarthy
This is an area I've wanted to go to for a long time too!! Your photos are great, and it certainly sounds as though kayaking is worth it as an alternative to walking :-)