Yangtse and the Southwest of China March 26th 2006 Well here we are in Beijing on our last day of the tour. It's been such a busy 3 weeks that we've not had much time to update the blog. But glad to hear Dave's toilet poem caused so much debate. It definitely wasn't the worse toilet we've seen on our trip, but very typical of the toilets here. There's much more to talk about than the toilets, although within our tour group there was much discu ... read more
Asia » China » Beijing For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more
After a few years of marriage and careers and our thoughts now drifting towards what to do next, we decided we wanted first to see a bit of the world. We have decided to quit our jobs, sell our house, then take a trip through India, Asia, Australasia and North America.... full info