Man I am exhausted. In a good way, but still exhausted. Still sleep-deprived after a 4-hour night before going to see the AMAZING Leshan Buddha, then we stayed up and out much longer than anticipated because we decided to be social for once outside of our little G-Ray bubble of travel happiness and antisocial contentment [...]
Another major dream on the Bucket List achieved!: we have seen Pandas in China! Moreover, I got to HOLD a panda in China and get my picture taken with it! Man just a minute ago I was updating from a great time with Carol in Taiwan and now already I’m smack in the middle of [...]
Just a quick update because life is too good to NOT give a squeak about it! The past few days have been totally awesome, pal-ing around with my friend-from-3rd-grade’s mom. She picked us up from our late-night train arrival, then the next day took us hiking (ok she and Ray would call it strolling, I [...]
We love this country. The people are consistently surprisingly nice, sweet, helpful and…well…there’s no other way to put this – adorable. From the little kids to the elderly, they are all totally awesome. I’ve never really thought twice about Taiwan or the Taiwanese. But that’s why we’re here, so that we would. So we could [...]
The amazing ice in the middle of the Gobi desert during summer, and some other fun stuff! The ice in this gorge in late JUNE is testament to the -40 degree (F and C) temps it reaches in winter. Come check it out! Photos of Mongolia: the Gobi Desert – Yolin Am Ice Gorge
