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Monday October 28th Travel day today We're going from the shaolin school in denfeng to wudang. we get up pretty early, and have a typical chinese breakfast here (wes is hurting lol) and are on the bus by 8 am. we need to catch a plane at 11:50 and the airport is about 1.5 hours away. Our bus driver was either drunk, or there was some big problems with the bus, cuz we were all over the road, infact we almost ran into a truck. We arrive at the airport, and get checked in, we're on a 45 minute flight, then we have to take a 3-1/2 hour bus ride...long day. The flight was uneventful, and pretty quick. We get on a much smaller bus and we're all packed in and we're off. After about 2 ... read more

Flight was un-eventful service was very good - they kept the drinks and food coming, we all had the steak which was pretty good. Wes and Kirk discovered the lounge with all you can eat snacks and chocolate bars. We all managed to sleep for a few hours which will help with the jet lag. We land and go clear customs. After you land in Beijing you take a train to get your bags, that train is some kinda busy!!! Not quite Beijing subway in rush hour, but it sure felt like it! We grab a taxi to our hotel, and i tell you i would not like to drive here, there is some kinda crazy drivers here, our driver even cut off a cop who had his lights on!!! The ride was about 45 mins, ... read more

Hello from LA Mad Crazy Day today! Our flight with Air Canada was originally scheduled to leave at 8:30, so we got up around 4:30, just to finish packing up, and return the car to get to the airport by 6:30. After Jason got up and took his shower he decided to confirm our flight. Our flight didnt exist, there was no 8:30 am flight to Toronto. He went back to the original confirmation number and checked it with AC. They changed the flight to 6:45 am... WTF??? It's now 5:45, i literally just got out of the shower, and the kids are still sleeping! Lemme tell ya we moved super fast, our flight is leaving in 1 hour, and we're still in our hotel, maybe 20 minutes away from the airport! We called the porter ... read more

Thursday April 27th - Part 2 Hello from the city of angels! So we land, get our bags (there are a lot of them now!) and head off to Avis. We end up getting a Jeep Cherokee, and are surprised to find all our luggage fits! Jay programs the GPS with the Beverly Hilton’s address, and we’re off up the 405 freeway to Wilshire blvd. The Beverly Hilton is pretty close to everything, 3 blocks from Rodeo drive, and it’s close to Sunset Blvd. We arrive and check in (again, Jason got this place on price line) and get some help getting our bags up to our room. It’s a pretty nice place, with the beds being really comfortable! We all got showered and cleaned up. Dinner time, lets see if there is an olive garden ... read more

Wednesday April 26th Today’s our final full day at Marau Vale. Even though we’ve experienced Fiji time to the fullest our time here seemed too short. Today started pretty early, as we wanted to get a full days activities. The plan was to get up early, and send the kids off with Maureen and Vika to the waterslide, and Jason and I would go snorkeling out by Honeymoon Island. The kids got off ok at around 8:30, but the moon gave us an extremely low tide, and Sireli’s boat got beached. So our plans were shot for a while. Well, making use of no kids being around we went next door to Coconut Grove to do some final shopping for some crafty things. The large mask that I saw there a week ago was still there ... read more