http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Hubby-and-Wifey/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Hubby and Wifey en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:08:19 +0000 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:08:19 +0000 After Beijing Yini and I traveled to Guiyang capitol of the Guizhou province in southwest China. Guizhou is filled with watefalls forests mountains and other such natural delights. Here are some pictures. Enjoy http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guizhou/Guiyang/blog-412733.html Some more pictures from our stay in beautiful Beijing. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/blog-409717.html After our tour of central China Yini and headed to Beijing for a 4 day stay. We saw the Great Wall naturally the Summer Palace the Olympic Stadium and lots and lots of shopping http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/blog-409710.html Our train back to Beijing didn't leave until 1000pm so Yini and I had the whole day to spend in Shanghai We got our train tickets from our tour guide and said See you later PEnjoy http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shanghai/blog-409707.html Justin is being lame and taking a nap on grandma's couch so now I'm doing the million updates XDOn the way to Shanghai we stopped at two old cities on the river. These ancient cities are built along the river for easy transportation access now they are just touristy places Then when we arrived at Shanghai me and Justin ditched the tour group to have a nice meal ourselves Then we all went on http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shanghai/blog-409696.html After a crappy tour group dinner lol we headed off to Song city it is an entire entertainment city built to mimic the Song kingdom The show was awesome and there was a ghost street filled with silly stuff http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Zhejiang/Hangzhou/blog-409691.html This day was dedicated for Hangzhou we mainly stayed around the westlake a very famous place in China It's beautiful and very romantic Lots of love stories took place here And it was rainin just softly so it's even more beautiful But I still dislike the rain http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Zhejiang/Hangzhou/blog-409685.html Here are some pictures from Suzhou and Wuxi and some of the surrounding places. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Jiangsu/Suzhou/blog-409679.html Yini and I set out on a 7 day tour of central China including the cities of Nanjing Wuxi Suzhou Hangzhou and Shanghai. The following blog posts will mostly be pictures so please enjoy We will include captions where appropriate. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Jiangsu/Nanjing/blog-409654.html After arriving back in Baoding yesterday my uncle booked a big dinner to celebrate Justin's 22nd Birthday Happy birthday hubbyWe had the biggest table ever with a huge spinning top See pictures Then they sang happy birthday to him in Chinese and English XD It was fun Justin also had three shots of baijiu i.e. white liquor None the less after we came back to my Aunt's house for the nig http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hebei/BaoDing/blog-405539.html Today was our second day in Shijiazhuang. This morning we saw Yini's old school. The kids were finishing up their morning exercises when we arrived. We weren't allowed in though. I guess that would have been creepy. PThen we went shopping at an electroincs outlet and the big mall they have here. Yini and I got 3 really nice winter coats. 2 of them were only 100 yuan I.e. 15 USD. The other o http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hebei/Shijiazhuang/blog-405121.html Today Yini and I and her Mom and Aunt caught the 744am train from Baoding to Shijiazhuang. Shijiazhuang is Yini's hometown. WoohooIt is probably most famous for its pollution. Wow The skies were blue on the way in then brown when we arrived. Supposedly Beijing cleaned up somewhat for the Olympics but not so with Shijiazhuang PIt's a lot of fun though.We arrived and had some of Yini's chi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hebei/Shijiazhuang/blog-405047.html Today we got up at 500am. No we weren't woken up this time we just got up at 500. I guess we're still not adjusted to Chinese time.This morning we went with Yini's aunt and uncle and her Mom to see some of the Han dynasty tombs located in the Baoding area over 2000 years old. We saw two of them tucked away in a large rocky hillside. To get there we walked up 200 meters of stairs hundreds may http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hebei/BaoDing/blog-404327.html Today we saw Yini's aunt's new apartment. Very swanky.Afterwards we went to the park and had some delicious park food. This particular item was one of Yini's fondest childhood memories. Aww... It was good tooWhile in the park two girls came up to us and ask to speak English with me. Neat They asked me my name and I asked them theirs. Nice to meet you and so on. I felt special. It's kinda c http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hebei/BaoDing/blog-404322.html We were awoken this morning by Yini's uncle at around 730am. He came by and drove us to the morning market where we ate donkey meat for breakfast. Wow that was really tasty Afterwards Yini's younger uncle took us biking to the lotus garden in town. Aparently it's one of China's top 10 gardens and it was really quite interesting. It's pretty cool seeing stuff that's 800 years old still preser http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hebei/BaoDing/blog-404320.html We left San Francisco at around 1130am Thursday and arrived in Beijing at around 300pm Friday afternoon after a comfortable if long 11 hour flight. To pass the time Yini and I listened to music slept ate food and read sex books Yini's uncle picked us up in Beijing and drove us to Baoding about a 1.5 hour drive away to the southwest. Once we arrived we got to meet my new grandparents and http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hebei/BaoDing/blog-404318.html The air was cool and breezy in San Fran a city we've never been to After sorting out our hotels and tomorrow's ticket Justin and I went to town for the night looking for some amazing North Beach clam chowderWe took the hotel shuttle to the airport and took the BART subway thing to downtown The way there was misty due to temperature difference between the ocean and land. The houses were all http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Francisco/North-Beach/blog-404301.html Yini and I left for China today. Here was our scheduled flights Houston to Denver Denver to San Francisco San Francisco to BeijingTwo flights on United one on Air China.After boarding our flight to Denver we were informed by our pilot that the left engine was broken. We then deplaned and went to the United ticketing counter to schedule a new flight. The time was about 1015am.The United repr http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Francisco/North-Beach/blog-404290.html