Category Archives: Adventure 2012
We’re talkin’ baseball…
Many expat Americans, including several families of American baseball players that bounce between Japanese teams and the majors back home, live in the same condo complex as our friends the Injays. Trish happened to mention that we’d be visiting to … Continue reading
Hiroshima and Miyajima
A few days after we’d gotten to Kobe, once we’d gotten our energy back, we headed west on the shinkansen–Japan’s bullet train–for an overnight trip to Hiroshima and Miyajima. From the time we’d started planning our trip to Japan, we … Continue reading
Life with the Injays: Refreshing and Uplifting
After a few days in Tokyo, we headed south to Kobe to visit our good friends Trish and Mike Injaychock and their adorable kiddos. We arrived to find Trish fully outfitted in a yukata, a summer kimono. There was a festival … Continue reading
Sushi at Sunrise
We were told we should leave the hotel by 4am, so when our alarm went off at 3:30, we crawled out of bed, pulled on our clothes, and brushed our teeth. Bleary-eyed, we climbed into a taxi, but all we … Continue reading
The Money Trail – Hong Kong
Next up on the money trail, the Hong Kong Dollar. The Hong Kong Dollar (HKD) is certainly the most colorful currency we’ve encountered to date. Perhaps more interesting is that commercial banks, under license from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, … Continue reading
Just Say No
Over our first month of travel, I realized that I wished I had packed somewhat different clothing. The long dresses I brought felt dirty since they would get really hot and stretch out and drag on the ground. I had … Continue reading
At Home in Hong Kong with Sarah and Joey
As our plane touched down in Hong Kong, we noticed that it seemed unusually windy outside, but we didn’t think much of it for the moment. We’d been delayed leaving Shanghai, without much explanation offered, and we were tired and … Continue reading
Shanghai in Pictures
As John mentioned in his previous post, Shanghai is a huge, modern city that offered a western-style familiarity that felt very comforting after our adventures in Datong. We loved the fresh juice and fresh salads at Wagas (salad can be … Continue reading
Back to Civilization
After some wrangling at the Datong airport (ask us about it sometime…), we boarded our flight back to Beijing to continue our journey through China. From Beijing, we caught our first bullet train, bound for Shanghai. I have to say, … Continue reading
Dinner in Datong
After our day touring the Hanging Monastery and Yungang Grottoes, Shelley and I ventured out to a restaurant in downtown Datong that was suggested to us by our wonderful tour guide, Nancy. This was a bit more complicated than it … Continue reading