Geo: 49.5846, 117.434Erguns Hulun Lake - Manzhouli.Sino Russian Mongolia culture, Fairytale castle town, Doll Square.The day wasn't off to a great start when the scooter with a trailer in front of us would start at the tole booth. So the boys got out of the bus and gave him a push start. The driver was happy and then when he turned around to see western men pushing him he started laughing and then kept turning around and waving and laughing. It was really very funny. We thought he was going to end u... read more

Geo: 36.8945, 104.166October 1st.Hailar - Golden Horde Mongolian Tribe - EnheThe city in the morning was just like any other city. Big, dirty but it had lots of odd roves with yurts on them all painted up in white blue and gold.We grabbed breakfast on the side of the road. Baozi which cost almost nothing. We pas... read more

Geo: 23.12, 113.25We went for the weekend. Friday night and then returned Sunday night.Only Problem.... Flight was delayed. We arrived in Guangzhou at 1am Saturday morning.Very common in Nanjing.It was very humid at the beginning of September.We went up to the top of the Guangzhou Tower.111 floors and 448.8 meters high to the roof but to the very tip its 595.7 meters high.It was the tallest tower in China until Shanghai Tower replaced it in 2013.There is a great view of the city. We also saw window cleaners cleaning the windows on the 107th floor. They where tied up with rope. It didn't look too safe to me. We rode Tuk-Tuks everywhere.The shopping markets are huge. They are out of control.There is a huge shopping mall just for ladies clothes.Another huge shopping mall just for ladies ... read more

Geo: 38.346, -0.484756ALICANTE Beach, tomatoes for breakfast and even more food, castle on the hill. Alicante is defiantly another pace from Barcelona.The average age of the people in Alicante seemed older or with younger children. The old area of the town is a great place to walk around in the narrow streets with the front doors of the houses opening up right onto the streets.The large town square in front of the town hall is always alive with people, tables and chairs from the restaurants surround the edges. There was also a stage set up for a concert and then on the weekend there was a small flee market selling all sorts of old things. In a smaller square just a few blocks away you can have dinner under the stars while you wait for your ... read more

Geo: 48.8566, 2.35097FRANCE Paris Museums, tower, padlocks on the bridge. We travelled with -easy jet- It was cheap but we could only have one bag each so we wore most of our clothes and also wore our biggest pair of shoes. The Louvre was the number one place to visit. We arrived early the next morning only thing o find a very, very long line. So we waited. The line creatively curved around the court yard area and moved quite quickly. About 1 hour and we had arrived inside the Museum and it was reasonably priced. On my list to see was - Monalisa, which is ever so tiny compared to some of the paintings there, Napoleon on his white horse in the battle field, by Gros, Napoleon at Eylau. Then, dumb dumb I want num ... read more