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

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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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Chengdu - Panda Sanctuary

This sign points out two random facts about pandas!

Chengdu

Mike gets a massage

The kids of Chengdu

"Man I'm sick of filing these tax returns!"

The kids of Chengdu

Mother, daughter, bag of chips

The kids of Chengdu

We walked up to this store and saw this kid playing one man hide-and-seek. His family runs a Tibetan store and he quickly befriended Travis. The kid was hilarious!