Jetlaaaaaaag........So the day started off by finding out a couple of people whom we know had an emergency landing in Winnipeg on there way here. The Arrived last night. (Smoke in the cockpit). Not a good way to begin the trip. We were greeted by our Tourguide and sure enough, the bus could hold 30 people but we were 6. Out of season or its just the way things are done. We promptly went to Zhoupuzhen to visit a small area that resembles the style of Venice. took a little skiff on the water and were treated with the lifestyle of the former ages. it was cold on the water, so we were budled up.The highlight of our day was lunch or so I thought..... read on..... We decided we would go and eat "hairy crab" ... read more

This trip will be shorter than usual. We will be flying out tomorrow direct to Shanghai to visit the World Expo. Packing light as usual. Plane won't hold much more luggage then a carry on. Then 3 days or so later hitting the Yangtzee River and Beyond. Actually this is really what I've wanted to do in Asia since I was knee high to a grasshopper.lol (Well not that little.lol) Oh by the way if you noticed in the pic, I am now a pilot. Siu Yee is brave and confident that we will make it across the ocean in this plane!!! I have my doubts. lol Just to be sure the family line continues, I have instructed the kids to fly at a later date on a bigger plane. The best part of this trip ... read more

Great title eh? We arrived in Madrid expecting a parade and received the metro..... It was a chore trying to find our lodgings because everything did not make sense. The signs indicated something different from the maps we had until we found out that there is an above ground Metro and a below ground train, both converging together so we had no way of knowing which was which because Espagne isn,t English friendly everywhere. Once we analized, googled, and asked we were okay., Well, it took an hour or so and a cappo or two b/4 we found our lodgings but as usual the brilliant wife planted us directly into the center of where we needed to be. That being said, we toured the area and concluded minus the bull fights that Madrid is somewhat like ... read more

Well, sorry for the delay. When you travel lite and have no wifi access, this is what happens. So a few blogs at once to catch up. Once we landed we promptly went as scheduled to our houseboat. NO ONE WAITING.... So we went for a cafe and had a LARGE dutch pancake and a cappo. BTW my pancake was sliced apple and raisons. So what. Lol. We tried phoning but kept getting a doctors office. So we were stuck. We knew what houseboat so we planted our derrieres outside and waited, and waited, and waited......... zzzzzzzzz. Ha ha only for an hour then our Irish contact showed up. Showed us the ropes and the toilet. The toilet.... I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED A TOILET LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE.. the pics as proof. Our freinds showed ... read more

Yep we made it to Cambodia. The procedures to get into the country were the worst we ever had to endure. We had to bring a passport pic with us, fill in a customs sheet, fill in an arrival and departure form, fill in a Visa request form. Then they had to process the Visa and take 40 USD from us. 1.5 hours later we then had to go through passport control. We met our guide around 2:30 and he first took us to the wrong hotel to check in. Once we cleared that up we asked him what was on schedule that day and he said that we had the rest of the day free. We asked what we could do and he mentioned a floating market boat ride. We decided that that would be ... read more