Taxi Madness...

The Eagle has Landed... (in Beijing.)

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September 12th 2010
We have safely arrived in Beijing! Everyone is sort of sleeping in the hotel rooms and I write from the hotel lobby at 2am local time after a refreshing 3 hrs of sleep. The kids did great on this long flight. In fact, given that Joshua has never previously been allowed to consume 3 consecutive full length children's movies at one sitting, this otherwise endless flight was for ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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