Hello! Minor Internet difficulties have kept us from updating our blog.... But, here we are in Tehran with a reasonable computer and Internet connection! Here's what we have been up to since Kyrgyzstan: Uzbekistan Farghana Tashkent Samarkand Yurt Camp Bukhara Khiva We really enjoyed Uzbekistan. All of the monuments (mosques, madrasases etc) were all covered in beautiful blue tiles. Meghan, especially, loved every second! Uzbekistan could not be captured on a postcard and Kwesi's [View Full Entry]

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Yes, for anyone who is wondering, we are still alive. Lack of internet cafe's and lack of patience on dial-up connections has contributed to our long silence! We have been in Kyrgyzstan since August 27th. It's a beautiful country with lots of mountains and fresh air. The country is not heavily populated and doesn't have big cities so we've been camping quite a bit. Pictures are not working for us right now... The application will not load properly. Maybe later we'll be able to upload some files... Tomorrow we leave for Uzbekistan. Another adventure! Here are some of the thing [View Full Entry]

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We are in Dunhuang tonight. This will be our third night in the hotel. It's been very restfull! We had a rough, long desert drive to get here. Here are out latest stats: 14 hotels 2 different campsites almost 1 month away from home Dunhuang is famous for the Mogao Grottoes. The caves are full of Buddhist paintings and sculptures. (No photos were allowed). Since we are getting closer to central Asia, the influence from India and Europe can be seen in the pictures. There are some Indian Budhhas and some Chinese ones too. You can even see the cross as [View Full Entry]

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Hello there! We are back at an Internet cafe in Pingliang. We drove 13.5 hours to get here today. It is 330kms from Xi'an. The math doesn't work, does it? ;-) Kwesi bought a fish for dinner. It's late here but we were so hungry! As usual, the food is super good. Kwesi is not thinking about where the fish was caught... Dinner tonight with bottles of water, a fish and too many skewers for me cost about $5. Cool, eh? Plus, we even got to eat outside! We leave tomorrow at 8am (again) for another 300km drive. Who knows how [View Full Entry]

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Hello! So, here we are again. Today we are slowly killing ourselves due to second hand smoke. We hope you all appreciate it! We continue to have good food and amazing experiences. We have posted a bunch of pictures with some short descriptions. It is very hard to find and choose the rights photos to post! Between us we have been taking more than 100 photos a day... Here's a list of our "most useful" items so far! ;-) 1. Toilet Paper. It's a must have in every single bag and pocket. We think this is why the men here carry [View Full Entry]

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Hello! Tonight we are staying in a city called Yinchuan. It's been a hectic trip so far! It's hard to believe that we left more than a week ago. This is by far the best gaming cafe we have found so far. We have only spent time in a cafe a couple of times before now. The upload speed is great and they even let us plug in our camera! That is a first. Everyday it seems we see something incredible. Here are some statistic's we've been keeping: 1. We are in hotel #6. We sometimes forget what floor we are [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone! Here we are in Chengde. Anyway, from the title you might have thought we were staying at a Resort! haha. If only that were the case... We went and saw where the Emperors of the Qing dynastry went for their summer holidays. Posh place. It took about 100 years in the 1700's to build all the buildings and the gardens. It was pretty. Lots of good Feng Shui. We baked today (as we have everyday). Kwesi's shirt changes colour to a slightly darker blue. Good thing he doesn't smell when he sweats! We walked a long way today. Yes, [View Full Entry]

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(Kwesi saved these pictures before we left!) It's smokey. Hard to believe we are in a giant internet cafe with a whole bunch of smokers, but that is life! We arrived yesterday afternoon. It's been hot here but not nearly as hot as I know Beijing can be! We spent part of today at the beautiful summer palace. Kwesi had a lot of fun taking pictures (although we do not have our cameras here to upload anything...) Beijing has been good so far! It raining today. Makes me wonder if they are "practicing" controlling the weather or not. We went out [View Full Entry]

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It is now 7:45 Tuesday morning. I woke up feeling like I have had very little sleep (tossing and turning). It seems to have been what my unconscious body must have engaged in --- I feel very exhausted ... I believe I am going through the emotions of anxiety, nervousness (what the hell did I just sign up for) and whatever you can think of I am currently experiencing it. The thought of being someone else's keeper and protector (my wife, not that she is not capable of taking care of herself...) Meghan is well travelled so I might just have [View Full Entry]

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Phew. Almost made it! Seems like we keep on going through things and finding more to do. I still seem to be working on our contact list.. and guess what?! Kwesi comes home with 50 more names for our travel list! Statistics indicates that it takes about two weeks to forget someone. I hope we are not that easy to forget! Here's to "blogging". Proof we are still here. Tonight, I also realized that I had not written down the names and addresses of any of the people we are staying with! That could have been an unpleasant awakening arriving in [View Full Entry]

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