Every morning, we generally wake up around 5 or 6am, and wait a second, then make our way onto the streets in search of some food. America has no concept of street food (other than say a hotdog cart) so we’ve just been indulging at … Read More →
Daily Archives: 11 Apr ’08
Our Friend. MelissaMaples.com
We have this friend living in Turkey and she’s a pro-blogger/freelance writer – www.melissamaples.com and she wrote up a nice little post about us: “If you guys aren’t subscribed to LeahAndMark.com, you need to be. They’re two American adventurers making their way around China, armed … Read More →
Goodbye Guangxi Province
Whew! Leah here. It’s crazy how a few short days without internet leaves me feeling totally out of touch with the rest of the world. But we’re here in a Guilin until 1:00 today when we leave for the airport to fly to Lijiang by … Read More →
The Village of Aishanmen
We stayed at The Giggling Tree Hostel in the very small village of Aishanmen – about 3 km outside of Yangshuo. It was nestled deep in the Karst mountains and away from the busy streets – in fact you have to drive on a bumpy … Read More →
The Dragon’s BackBone – Longji Rice Terraces
I was very happy to be leaving Yangshuo today. It started out quite well with our taxi being about 20 minutes early so there was no need to worry about being late for the bus. The only moment of slight panic was when the bus … Read More →
We’ve met some great people in China
Traveling in the US can be a very lonely act. Traveling anywhere in general can become a lonesome journey where one aims to lose themselves in solitude and to escape the general madness that can stretch from downtown to far borders of any suburb. I … Read More →
Yes, I’m with him
The numbers of Westerners traveling to China has soared over the past decade, so seeing a crazy little white girl bopping around the streets of Zhonguo is not a huge deal anymore. But apparently it is still very strange to most Chinese to see a … Read More →