Geo: 16.3302, -86.5194Here we are on Roatan, Honduras. Roatan is a lovely island located in the Caribbean, 65 kilometres north of Honduras. We are staying with our friends in a VRBO condo. The condo is located in West End Village.... read more

Geo: 9.93, -84.08Because of the time difference and the International Date Line, we gain a day on our trip home, so time-wise we arrived in Los Angeles before we left Shanghai! It was a great flight and the eleven hours went by quickly. After going through customs we picked up our luggage and moved it to where it will connect with our flight to San Jose. Without our luggage to cart around we were free to explore a bit of Los Angeles. We caught a shuttle bus to a close hotel and from there caught the bus we used to explore Los Angeles when we started our trip. We spent time wandering around Manhattan Beach. It has a lovely beach and pier area. After having a light lunch we got back on the bus and headed ... read more

Geo: 31.2257, 121.476We have had an absolutely amazing trip and we are sad to see it coming to an end. Today we headed out to do a bit more exploring before we have to climb aboard our flight back to the real world tomorrow.We decided to spend the morning at the Shanghai Museum. The modern building was designed in the shape of a traditional cooking vessel. The exhibits featured such subjects as furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasty's, paintings, ceramics and jade. All exhibits were beautifully presented. The museum was pretty busy so we decided to have a quiet lunch back in our hotel room.This morning before heading to the museum we walked through a park where they were setting up for an outdoor jazz performance. One of the band members came down and chatted ... read more

Geo: 22.2894, 114.148Today we visited the Central Mid Level Escalators and Walking System. It was built in 1993 and is the longest outdoor covered escalator system in the world. The entire systems covers 800 metres or 2600 feet in distance. We took the escalators up and then walked back down. From 6 am till 10 am it runs downhill and then from 10:30 am till late at night it runs uphill. We then wandered along Hollywood Street to our hotel. In the afternoon we did a little shopping before the rain started. For dinner we had one of our first Western meals of the trip. After dinner we got our suitcases organized as we fly back to Shanghai tomorrow. We have a taxi coming for us at 4 am!... read more

Geo: 22.33, 114.18After a lazy morning of organizing our suitcases, we were off to the Guilin airport. Our ride there took us around an hour by taxi. We did like our time in this area. It was beautiful to see the thousands of karsts peaking up everywhere over the landscape. Yangshuo was quite a touristy location, but it is located in a very pretty setting. Today we flew with Hong Kong Air and the flight was on time. A first since arriving in China. As we neared Hong Kong the night lights of the city were very beautiful. It is a fabulous city to fly over at night, as there are lights twinkling everywhere. From the airport we took a train and then a taxi to our hotel. Once settled in our room we ventured out ... read more