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Yahoo!
My eyes are brimming with tears of joy and again hope that Olivia will be able to experience this first hand some day. Both of us will be waiting with bated breath for your next exciting blog!

Sounds like you had a great first day in China! Looking forward to more posts! Love being able to travel vicariously. Thanks for sharing!

Welcome back
Glad to hear you are safely back. Thanks for making the effort to keep us informed of your experiences and impressions of China. It was a facinating account of an area and people that we knew little about, other than Nat Geo and the BBC. It's great to remind us that we're all in it together, because we hear so much from those who want to tear it apart. And...thanks for all the fish!

beautiful city!
Well, it may have taken you days to get there, but Xi-an looks like a beautiful, intriguing city. I noticed that you didn't rave as much about the food here as in Urumqi. (You should know that I had to go out and get a melon after reading your blog!) It will be interesting to see whether the terracotta warriors are as fascinating as the city walls, Tibetan villages, and desert oasis - somehow, tourist destinations are usually never as memorable to me as the unexpected places found along the way...

So many questions...
What an incredible experience! Beautiful scenery and your blog makes the people seem so open and hospitable. Is it partly because of Jacob's ability to speak chinese - even though it's not the local language? (Somehow your photos look WAY better than the Omak Stampede, also ended a few days ago...) But, questions: What are "butter sculptures?" Are they like ice sculptures? If they're really butter, do they eat or burn them before they go rancid? Cliff's first question was "What kind of motorcycles do they use?" The tents look huge - do you know how large a family lives in each one? Are those cooking/smoke vents in the top? I'm looking forward to seeing all your photos and hearing more about your adventures - thanks for keeping up the blog! Kit

Hi! Love the blog
What wonderful adventures you are having! If it was me there in yak and sheep country, I'd be pinching handfuls and spinning it!

continues fabulous--adventure and description. Now Katie and I have an answer to our question: will you have to take the same scary road back. We wait breathlessly to discover how its repairs have succeeded.

Envious
Everything looks wonderful and keep us posted :) Leroy

from conkep
How marvelous to have connections and introductions everywhere! That's the way to travel -- Keep on truckin'

Trip
Sounds like you are off to a great start. Loved the pics and info. Please say Hello to Jacob for us. Have a safe trip. Marilynn

Send to group
Kit, Have a great trip. If you haven't read it, "News from Tartary" by Peter Fleming, is a great book about the area you will be travelling in. He was Ian Flemings older brother, a travel writer, and very funny. He took a trip into this part of China back in the 1930's by camel and donkey. If you think of it, you can post your entries to the chat group by sending an email to pa68@yahoogroups.com Gary

Wow and Thanks
Kit - thanks for connecting us to your blog! Not every day we have a personal correspondent in China.