Travels in China: Beijing and Chengdu

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May 14th 2008

Published: May 30th 2008

Beijing Next stop on our trip was Beijing. We planned to visit Bob and Gabrielle, two teachers that Travis taught with in Japan, for a few days. Gabrielle and Bob are now teaching at Hwa Bae Dien Li Da Xue, the power University. We arrived at the beautiful new terminal of Beijing airport and hopped in a taxi. We were given instructions to ask a student to borrow a phone and call to notify our ar... Read Full Entry

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Michelle and Travis

Tbone and Maam

June, 2007 We got married in June of 2007 and figured our backpack through Asia trip had to happen now or never, so we quit our jobs, sold our cars, rented our condo, and booked our plane tickets. Now it's time to teach in Japan and then travel through Southeast Asia! May, 2008 We arrived safely back in Toronto, and we have to get back to real life! We're trying to get the last few entries of our travels posted so please bear with us! March, 2009 We have continued our travels with a short visit to South America: Chile and Argentina!... full info

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The chairman Mao!

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Arrow wall guardhouse tower

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Bicycle rickshaw ride!

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delicious!

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Hoods up! Mike, Michelle and Travis went for a mini tour of some Hutongs.

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Workers sweep water into the sewer

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This was the strangest shot, we shot from a moving car and a man flew by on his bike just as the shutter opened. Pretty crazy how you can see right through him! We don't think we could duplicate this shot if we tried ...